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Described by satirists as the ‘Sick Man of Europe’, the Ottoman sultanate was in rapid political, military and economic decline by the second half of the 1800s. The Ottomans were defeated in several wars including the Crimean War (1853-56), Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) and First Balkans...
Europe’s ambivalence to war By the start of the 20th century, many Europeans seemed indifferent to the dangers of war. This was partly due to their lack of exposure to it. Aside from the Crimean War (1853-56) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), the second-half of the 1800s was...
Devastating famine in the Indian region of Bengal that occurred in 1943 and resulted in the deaths of some three million people. It was the result not of a shortfall in food production but of an entitlement failure. Special wartime factors inhibited the
Brucellosis, infectious disease of humans and domestic animals characterized by an insidious onset of fever, chills, sweats, weakness, pains, and aches, all of which resolve within three to six months. The disease was initially referred to as Malta fever
the globe rapidly, most likely fueled by troop movement and poor hygiene during World War I. At this time, influenza viruses had not been discovered, but modern technologies allowed the recreation of the pandemic virus from autopsy samples or frozen corpses from victims of the pandemic [1,2]....