Bubonic plague is still found in scattered locations around the world, but thanks to modern antibiotics it is far easier to treat than in the past. Yet, the disease may still have left its mark on ...

The Black Death: what was it, how ... Kyrgyzstan, is thought to have jumped into a community of Christian traders "who then spread the disease via the Silk Road". It arrived on the British Isles ...

Despite surviving, and sometimes thriving, during times of trouble, the Silk Road trade started to deteriorate by about A.D. 1360. Already drained by the bursts of the bubonic plague during the Black ...

In the 14th century, the Black Death broke out along the Silk Road, the trade route between modern China and Europe, killing about 50 million people in Europe, ...

Object Details Author Frankopan, Peter Notes "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Contents The creation of the Silk Road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to ...