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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
And of course God: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam each coursed along the Silk Road. So did revolutionary innovations such as algebra. So did the bubonic plague. (Scholars think the Black Death ...
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The Black Death: what was it, how did it start and what effect has it had?
The Black Death, caused by the spread of the yersinia ... of Christian traders "who then spread the disease via the Silk Road". It arrived on the British Isles in 1348, travelling on boat from ...
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2,200-year-old grave in China contains 'Red Princess of the Silk Road' whose teeth were painted with a toxic substance
Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...