Talk:First plague pandemic

Latest comment: 4 months ago by Marnanel in topic "Only later did Arabic writers…"

Ayn or hamza? edit

@GPinkerton: For my spelling, I rely on Maʾrib and Wabāʾ. Srnec (talk) 02:27, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Srnec: Ah. I thought these were all ayns! I don't know what the difference is between the two symbols, I thought they were just inconsistent. It's a pity we don't have the Arabic script to work from which would have made it obvious and I have no proficiency in Syriac. GPinkerton (talk) 02:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
I've undone my changes! GPinkerton (talk) 02:32, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Srnec: Also, have you seen Sussman (2015)? It pours quite cold water on the idea of an African origin for the 540s plague. I was also surprised to hear of the Red Sea canal even possibly existing at this point. GPinkerton (talk) 02:37, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

"Only later did Arabic writers…" edit

only later did Arabic writers term the condition ṭāʿūn (to some extent interchangeable with wabāʾ, 'plague')

What did they call it before that, then? Marnanel (talk) 12:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply