Pandemics in the history of Mongolia and Eurasia

Abstract

Abstract Throughout humankind history, various plagues and epidemics spread annihilated millions of people and destroyed entire civilizations and whole tribes, as well. Historical sources show that many infectious diseases have occurred in Mongolia's history and caused great damage. In particular bubonic plague pandemic and smallpox. Despite the rapid development of science and technology and the rapid development of the health sector, various epidemics continue to pose a threat to humanity. Nowadays the world has been combating COVID-19 pandemic for the last 2 years, which started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. As of November 03, 2021, there were 235,435,786 registered cases totally. The pandemic is not only threatening the health and lives of the population, but also causes enormous damage to social and economic situations of the countries worldwide. The economic downturn due to Covid-19 is pushing millions of people into poverty. Countries all over the world are taking all possible measures to counter this, but so far they have not been able to contain the spread of the pandemic. The world economy is expected to revive in 2021; however, the full recovery is expected to take much longer time. Furthermore, the effects of pandemic are expected to be long-lasting. In this article, I want to compare the history of infectious diseases that have caused great harm to Mongolians and the current situation.