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Did the Black Death impact India?

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The Black Death did not affect India. However for years people thought it did. Venetian and Genoan writers wrote that before the Plague came to Europe, it appeared in Mongolia and went south to affect India. What really happened was it started in China and went through the Silk Road. read more

One of the few things everyone studying the plague can, I think, agree on is the importance of plague dynamics in Asia. read more

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