CHAPTER 5 - THE ROMAN EMPIRE

This Persian miniature shows the great conqueror and founder of the Mongol empire with members of his army and entourage as well as an apparent supplicant (lower right). Maps. Map 1–1 SPREAD OF THE BLACK DEATH. Apparently introduced by seaborne rats from Black Sea areas where plague-infested rodents had long been known, the Black Death ... ................
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