Earth energy evolution, human development and carbon neutral strategy

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Table 2. Statistics of 16 major epidemics in the world

No. Time Epidemic name Death toll 1 430-427 BC Plague of Athens A quarter of the Athenian population 2 165-191 AD Antonine Plague in Ancient Roman Empire 1500×104 3 541-700 AD Mediterranean Plague 1×108 4 1347-1353 Black Death in Europe 7500×104 5 16th century Smallpox virus More than 1×108 6 1629-1631 Great Plague of Milan 28×104 7 1665-1666 Great Plague of London 8×104 8 1720-1765 Great Plague of Marseille 10×104 9 1817-present 7 cholera pandemics More than 2400 × 104 10 1855-1959 Third plague pandemic 1200×104 11 1882-present Tuberculosis More than 2×108 12 1917-1921 Typhoid fever in Russia 300×104 13 1918-1919 Spanish flu 5000×104 14 1976-present Ebola virus More than 3×104 15 2002-2003 SARS epidemic 919 16 2019-present COVID-19 More than 600×104