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The Black Death devastated societies especially in Eurasia and Northern Africa during the 14th to the 17th century. The disease is said to have first appeared in the steppe land of Mongolia. In many major cities, almost half the population died due to the disease. One reason that the disease could spread to this extent is because of the decreased temp of the time period known as the Little Ice Age. The significance of this term is that it links to the theme of the environmental upheavals in the (0 cards)

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