ancient wisdom, chinese culture, communal efforts, , cultural resilience, dongguang county, epidemic tales, epidemics, faith and epidemics, german history, historical narratives, historical pandemics, medieval europe, oberammergau, pandemic, pandemic history, plague survival, plagues, public health history, qing dynasty, traditional beliefs, village survival stories
Plagues have the power to topple the mightiest empires and disband the strongest armies. Seemingly impartial and ruthless, neither wealth nor power offer protection. Even a nation’s ruler can easily fall victim. Despite our advanced material and scientific civilization, we have not been immune to the indeterminate origins of current viral crises. However, plagues are ...
Since the existence of humanity, the development of human civilization has always been accompanied by plagues. Statistically, more people were killed through plagues than by war and famine. Despite experiencing many plagues, large and small, humans have still not been able to identify some of their strange characteristics. They come and go without a trace ...
