4)++++Plagues+and+Diseases+-+Sumer+Rise

**  ×  Flood: ×  Occurred around 2900 BC   ×   Big impact on Mesopotamia ×  Sumerian flood hero (early Noah) called Ubar-Tutu (friend of the god Tutu) ×  About 2000BC a plague broke out ([]) ×  5-7 thousand non-resistant unexposed hosts found in Sumer ×  Earliest found person-to-person transfer of a disease ×  Said to be measles ×  Result was devastating to Sumerian population ×  According to demon lore – popular in Mesopotamia demons were cause of plagues ([]) ×  Demon of plagues was Pazuzu ×  Although diseases of Sumer were not well known probably included: typhoid and paratyphoid fever, jaundice, cerebro-spinal, meningitis, malaria, streptococcal sore throat, erysipelas, cholera and possibly early form venereal disease (The //International Standard Bible Encyclopedia// By Geoffrey W. Bromiley pg. 954) ×  Irra, Erra God of plague
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