Between 1339 and 1351 AD, a pandemic of plague traveled from
China to Europe, known in Western history as The Black Death
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The Black Death was actually a combination of three different types of plague: bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic, with bubonic being the most common
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The initial symptom is a blackish pustule forming over the point of the bite, followed by swollen lymph nodes near that bite.
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Black Death wasn't spread by fleas | The Japan Times - 0 views
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The Silk Road - Ancient China for Kids - 1 views
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led across China to Rome. It was a 4000-mile trip. At one end was China. At the other end was Rome.
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Rome had gold and silver and precious gems. China had silk and spices and ivory.
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Ideas also traveled along the Silk Road, ideas that affected everyone.
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BBC News - 'Gerbils replace rats' as main cause of Black Death - 3 views
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If we're right, we'll have to rewrite that part of history."
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The Black Death, which originated in Asia, arrived in Europe in 1347 and caused one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.
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It had been thought that black rats were responsible for allowing the plague to establish in Europe, with new outbreaks occurring when fleas jumped from infected rodents to humans.
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