How global connectivity fueled the world's most devastating pandemics
In short: History's deadliest outbreaks often follow the opening of new trade routes. This lecture explores how the bubonic plague utilized established networks to spread across continents.
Lester K. Little, a history professor from Smith College, examines the relationship between increased communication and the spread of infectious diseases. He focuses on the three documented pandemics of the bubonic plague.
The first pandemic linked Europe with the Middle East and parts of North and East Africa. The second spanned the entirety of Eurasia, while the third reached global seaports. The lecture investigates the specific role the Silk Road played in these historical catastrophes.
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