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Books by Kyle Harper mentioned on podcasts
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Plagues upon the Earth
Kyle Harper's Plagues upon the Earth is a sweeping historical examination of disease and how pathogens have continuously shaped human history, politics, and civilization.
Recommended“And then I also wanted to recommend um Kyle Harper's Plagues Upon the Earth, which is a history of disease and the way that it has shaped history and politics um social life, civilization for, you know, the whole of um human history.”
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The Fate of Rome
The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper is a historical study that examines how climate change and three major disease outbreaks impacted the Roman Empire.
Discussed“You have this graph in The Fate of Rome. You show human population over the last few thousand years. I assume that these two downspikes are both the bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, right?”
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Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425
Discussed“Let's turn to another one of your books, the one about slavery in the Roman world. I did not realize before I read that one how much Rome was a slave society.”
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