GK
WORLD HISTORY
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They could be used for biological warfare.
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They could help populations “shield themselves from conquest” by other populations.
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They kept population density low.
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There is no positive aspect of diseases.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. According to John Green, what is an upside of diseases? They could be used for biological warfare.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of 75–200 million people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.
Detailed explanation-3: -Studying ancient plague genomes, researchers traced the origins of the Black Death to Central Asia, close to Lake Issyk Kul, in what is now Kyrgyzstan. In 1347, plague first entered the Mediterranean via trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in the Black Sea.