The 100 Greatest Disasters That Threaten the World’s Survival (Part One)

This book covers topics including the destruction of Pompeii: the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 63 AD; famine and survival of the fittest: the great famine in Egypt in 1199; eight centuries of suffering in Sicily: the Italian Mafia's reign of terror since 1282; the worst plague in human history: the spread of the Black Death in Europe from 1348 to 1451; and the water demon that ravaged China for a century: the great floods of the 14th century.