INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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trade routes
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ocean currents
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the pope
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war fare
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Detailed explanation-1: -The medieval Silk Road brought a wealth of goods, spices, and new ideas from China and Central Asia to Europe. In 1346, the trade also likely carried the deadly bubonic plague that killed as many as half of all Europeans within 7 years, in what is known as the Black Death.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Silk Road was a vital trading route connecting East and West-but it also became a conduit for one of history’s deadliest pandemics. The Silk Road was a vital trading route connecting East and West-but it also became a conduit for one of history’s deadliest pandemics.
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.]
Detailed explanation-4: -From Italy the disease spread northwest across Europe, striking France, the Crown of Aragon, the Crown of Castile, Portugal and England by June 1348, then turned and spread east through Germany and Scandinavia from 1348 to 1350.