SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia, and peaking in Eurasia from 1321 to 1353. Its migration followed the sea and land trading routes of the medieval world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Originating in Yunnan, China, the plague-caused by the bite of infected fleas in rodents, or contact with the carcass of an infected rodent in humans-travelled across the country to Hong Kong, from where it arrived in British India and the rest of the world, through trading ships.

Detailed explanation-3: -This time, scientists are sure it originated in China in the 19th century, in what is now the southwestern province of Yunnan. That bubonic plague outbreak made its way to Hong Kong – then a British colony – and from there, spread via trade routes to other parts of Asia and the United States.