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“The Plague Increased and Spread Further”: The Spread of the Black Death

A discussion of the spread of the Black Death to the Middle East

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“The Plague Increased and Spread Further”: The Spread of the Black Death
From page 62 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description
From page 62 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

As I was putting together last week’s short post on the Black Death, I came across another Arabic source. This source can easily be paired with the map of Afroeurasian trade routes below.

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