On the Trail of the First Pandemic (new research on the Justinianic Plague) By Johannes Preiser-Kapeller

https://www.academia.edu/143668444/On_the_Trail_of_the_First_Pandemic_new_research_on_the_Justinianic_Plague_?email_work_card=title From the 6th to the 8th century CE, devastating waves of plague repeatedly ravaged Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. The origins of this first "global" pandemic remain a mystery to this day. An international research team coordinated by historians from the Austrian Academy of Sciences has reexamined possible causes of this catastrophe. English Version of the press release by the Austrian Press Agency (https://science.apa.at/power-search/14844575972489939791) on our new study in Human Ecology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-025-00617-6