Wade, Nicholas (31. oktober 2010): "Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds"Arkiveret 9. november 2020 hos Wayback Machine. New York Times. "The first appeared in the 6th century during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, reaching his capital, Constantinople, on grain ships from Egypt. The Justinian plague, as historians call it, is thought to have killed perhaps half the population of Europe and to have eased the Arab takeover of Byzantine provinces in the Near East and Africa."
Wade, Nicholas (31. oktober 2010): "Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds"Arkiveret 9. november 2020 hos Wayback Machine. New York Times. "The first appeared in the 6th century during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, reaching his capital, Constantinople, on grain ships from Egypt. The Justinian plague, as historians call it, is thought to have killed perhaps half the population of Europe and to have eased the Arab takeover of Byzantine provinces in the Near East and Africa."
