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TED Case Studies The Role of Trade in Transmitting the Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION B. LEGAL CLUSTERS C. GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS D. TRADE CLUSTERS E. ENVIRONMENT CLUSTERS F. RELEVANT WEB SITES CASE NUMBER: 414 CASE MNEMONIC: BUBONIC CASE NAME: The Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION 1. The Issue Between 1339 and 1351 AD, a pandemic of plague traveled from China to Europe, known in Western history as The ...

A unique mass grave and nearly 1, 000 tombs from the fifth and fourth century B.C. were recovered during excavations prior to construction of a subway station in Athens.

Illustration of a plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, by Russell Kightley Media ...

Plague Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents that can be spread to humans and other animals by infected fleas. Plague has three forms: bubonic plague (infection of the lymph glands), septicemia plague (infection of the blood), and pneumonic plague (infection of the lungs). Pneumonic plague can spread from person to person. People can get plague: by the bites of infected fleas; by direct ...