GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The spread of Hellenism
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The rise of the Song Dynasty
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The spread of the Black Plague
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Umayyad to Abbasid dynasty
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Detailed explanation-1: -The spread of the bubonic plague from Central Asia into Europe decimated the populations but increased opportunities for the survivors. An enormous variety of new consumer goods, agriculture, weaponry, religion, and medical science became available in Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -“It killed off many of the Mongol rulers and other elite, and weakened the army as well as the local economies, ‘’ explains Christopher I. Beckwith, a distinguished professor at Indiana University Bloomington, and author of the 2011 book Empires of the Silk Road.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ask: How did shipping routes aid in transmitting the plague? [Answer: Infected rats and fleas made way onto ships in contaminated food and supplies. The plague was also transmitted through rat, work animal, and human waste. Ships could efficiently get to other continents as they sailed the seas.]