<p>This is a look at how infectious diseases have changed the course of human history. It is admittedly a bit Euro- or Western-centric since that is what I know best. But I think the point of its importance applies more broadly.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Plague" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Plague</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059" class="uri">https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-31/european-colonization-americas-killed-10-percent-world-population-and-caused" class="uri">https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-31/european-colonization-americas-killed-10-percent-world-population-and-caused</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552" class="uri">https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-deaths-in-americas-start-new-co2-epoch/" class="uri">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-deaths-in-americas-start-new-co2-epoch/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoliztli_epidemics" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoliztli_epidemics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dc.gov/measles/downloads/MeaslesDataAndStatsSlideSet.pdf" class="uri">https://dc.gov/measles/downloads/MeaslesDataAndStatsSlideSet.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.palain.com/health-topics/pandemics-in-history/" class="uri">https://www.palain.com/health-topics/pandemics-in-history/</a></li>
</ul>
