Read the passage below.The Black Death originated in Asia and swept westward along trade routes. It was spread by the fleas on rats and people infected with the disease. Hoping to avoid the disease, many Europeans fled cities for the countryside. Before the epidemic died out, as many as one third of all Europeans had died from the plague.Which phrase in the passage relates to the reason that Italy was one of the first places in Europe to be affected by the Black Death?

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Read the passage below.“The Black Death originated in Asia and swept westward along trade routes. It was spread by the fleas on rats and people infected with the disease. Hoping to avoid the disease, many Europeans fled cities for the countryside. Before the epidemic died out, as many as one third of all Europeans had died from the plague.”Which phrase in the passage relates to the reason that Italy was one of the first places in Europe to be affected by the Black Death?

A	“originated in Asia”
B	“swept westward along trade routes”
C	“spread by the fleas on rats and people infected with the disease”
D	“many Europeans fled cities for the countryside”

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Death, a plague that killed up to 60% of people in western Eurasia from roughly 1346 to 1353, likely originated in the Tian Shan mountains of central Asia, new research shows.

Detailed explanation-2: -Path of the Black Death to Europe The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of Central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching the Crimea by 1346. It was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis. One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 14th century, the Black Death swept across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, killing up to 50% of the population in some cities. But archaeologists and historians have assumed that the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis, carried by fleas infesting rodents, didn’t make it across the Sahara Desert.

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