• A plague is an infectious disease that spreads among a large population of people.
• Plagues can be spread in one of two ways: through
direct physical contact, or by airborne transmission.
• The spread of Bubonic Plague, or Black Death,
originated in Asia. Mongol armies spread the disease
throughout China as they conquered cities during the
1200s.
• As the Mongols expanded the boundaries of their
empire into Europe, they carried the plague with
them.
• The Italian trading city of Caffa, located on the Black
Sea, was...
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