When the great Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 it was in the throes of a great plague which killed half of the population. Even so, he reported 'God lightened their affliction; for the number of deaths in a single day at Damascus did not attain 2,000, while in Cairo it reached the figure of 24,000 a day'. Humankind has always struggled with illness and the experiences of different cities and countries have been compared and connected for thousands of years. Plague, pestilence and pandemics have been part of the human story through the ages and have been reflected on at eve Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic - Peter Furtado od authora Peter Furtado a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.