Justinianic Plague
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The Justinianic Plague was a devastating 6th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the Byzantine Empire and Mediterranean world, often considered a precursor to the later Black Death.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Justinianic Plague canonical | 6 |
| Justinianic Plague era | 2 |
| First Plague Pandemic | 1 |
| Plague of Justinian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Justinianic Plague Context triple: [Black Death, relatedTo, Justinianic Plague]
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Black Death
The Black Death was a devastating 14th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that killed tens of millions of people in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and profoundly reshaped medieval society.
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B.
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665–1666 that killed a large portion of the city’s population and marked the last major epidemic of its kind in England.
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C.
Crisis of the Third Century
The Crisis of the Third Century was a period of severe political instability, military upheaval, economic collapse, and external invasion that nearly caused the disintegration of the Roman Empire between roughly 235 and 284 CE.
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D.
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the gradual decline and eventual collapse of Roman imperial authority in the West during the 5th century, marked by internal decay, barbarian invasions, and the deposition of the last Western emperor in 476 CE.
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E.
Porajmos
Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Justinianic Plague Target entity description: The Justinianic Plague was a devastating 6th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the Byzantine Empire and Mediterranean world, often considered a precursor to the later Black Death.
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A.
Black Death
The Black Death was a devastating 14th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that killed tens of millions of people in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and profoundly reshaped medieval society.
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B.
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665–1666 that killed a large portion of the city’s population and marked the last major epidemic of its kind in England.
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C.
Crisis of the Third Century
The Crisis of the Third Century was a period of severe political instability, military upheaval, economic collapse, and external invasion that nearly caused the disintegration of the Roman Empire between roughly 235 and 284 CE.
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D.
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the gradual decline and eventual collapse of Roman imperial authority in the West during the 5th century, marked by internal decay, barbarian invasions, and the deposition of the last Western emperor in 476 CE.
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E.
Porajmos
Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bubonic plague outbreak
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ pandemic ⓘ |
| affectedEntity |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean world
Sasanian Empire ⓘ urban centers ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Justinian I
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Justinian I
|
| documentedBy |
Evagrius Scholasticus
ⓘ
John of Ephesus ⓘ Procopius ⓘ |
| endTime | c. mid-8th century ⓘ |
| estimatedDeaths | tens of millions (uncertain) ⓘ |
| estimatedMortalityRate | very high ⓘ |
| firstMajorOutbreakLocation |
Egypt
ⓘ
Pelusium ⓘ |
| followedBy | Black Death ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Justinianic Plague
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surface form:
Plague of Justinian
|
| hasCauseAgent | Yersinia pestis ⓘ |
| hasDiseaseType |
Yersinia pestis
ⓘ
surface form:
bubonic plague
pneumonic plague ⓘ septicemic plague ⓘ |
| hasEpicenter | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| hasGeneticEvidence | confirmed Yersinia pestis DNA in early medieval remains ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | scale and demographic impact are debated by scholars ⓘ |
| impactOn |
Byzantine demography
ⓘ
Byzantine economy ⓘ Byzantine military strength ⓘ tax revenues of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ urbanization in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| isConsidered | precursor to the Black Death ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Justinian I ⓘ |
| occurredDuring | reign of Justinian I ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Outbreak of Antonine Plague
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surface form:
Antonine Plague
|
| spreadTo |
Istanbul
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surface form:
Constantinople
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Gaul ⓘ Germanic kingdoms ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italy ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 541 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
6th century
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Justinianic Plague self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
First Plague Pandemic
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| transmissionMode |
flea bites
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respiratory droplets (pneumonic form) ⓘ |
| transmissionVector |
black rats
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fleas ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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