Using Map (In the Textbook) 14

question 71

Essay

Using Map (in the textbook) 14.1, trace the spread of the Black Death in each of five successive years after the plague struck in the mid-fourteenth century. How does the Map (in the textbook) assist in understanding the spread of disease? What areas were affected first, and what areas were affected last? Why were some cities unaffected?

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