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Spread and Effects of Epidemic Diseases

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SPREAD OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES

THROUGH THE SILK ROAD

MOST DESTRUCTIVE

  • Smallpox
  • Measles
  • Bubonic plague

SHARP POPULATION DECLINE

  • By 400 C.E.
  • Roman-60 million -> 40 million
  • Mediterranean basin smallpox outbreak