الجوائح و الأوبئة التي شهدتها منطقة الخليج العربي في التاريخ الحديث : الطاعون أنموذجاً

الملخص EN

Various Arab regions, especially the Arabian Gulf region, encountered many diseases and epidemics such as plague and fever due to many climatic and environmental conditions.

The current study aims to identify the factors that fueled the epidemic situation caused by the plague in the Arabian Gulf region in recent history, and the preventive measures followed to attenuate the epidemic and its severity.

The study used descriptive and historical approaches which track the phenomenon and its history.

In addition, the study reviewed the phenomenon through various sources.

It concluded that among the most prominent factors that led to the spread of plague and fever in the Arabian Peninsula were the environmental and climatic conditions, including the contamination of water sources with viruses and bacteria, formed as a result of rotting corpses left by wars.

Also, the study found that people's ignorance of the disease and failure to follow preventive and quarantine measures were among the most significant factors that led to the spread of plague around the world.

Furthermore, voyages by ship for the purposes of visitation or trade played a major role in transmitting the plague and fevers internationally including the Arab Gulf countries as travelers mixed on board which allowed the infection to spread easily.

Finally, after painful experiences suffered from previous epidemics, the people (1) College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - University of Sharjah (Sharjah - United Arab Emirates) of 31 I (+) ciences - University of Sharjah (Sharjah -of the Arab Gulf have come to follow quarantine and the most important precautionary measures to avoid the negative effects of epidemics and save people's lives.