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For years it was common for Europeans to assume that the Black Death originated in China. Charles Creighton, in his History of Epidemics in Britain (1891), summarizes the tendency to retrospectively describe the origins of the Black Death in China despite lack of evidence for it: "In that nebulous and unsatisfactory state the old tradition of the Black Death originating in China has remained ...
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3]
the second plague pandemic from ~1331 to ~1855, spreading from Central Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe (starting with the Black Death), and probably also to China [3] the third plague pandemic from 1855 to 1960, spreading from China to various places around the world, notably India and the West Coast of the United States. [4]
Tian Mingjian, angered by the death of his wife during a forced abortion, retrieved an assault rifle from the weapons vault in his army base, and shot to death 6 soldiers and officers. He then stole a jeep and drove to Jianguo Gate, where he shot and killed 23 civilians, and injured at least 30 others, before being shot by a military sniper.
Articles relating to the Black Death (1346–1353), a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the death of 75–200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa , peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.
The third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855. [1] This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately led to more than 12 million deaths in India and China [2] (and perhaps over 15 million worldwide [3]), and at least 10 million Indians were killed in British Raj India alone, making it one of the deadliest ...
The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348–1350: A Brief History with Documents (2005) excerpt and text search, with primary sources; Benedictow, Ole J. The Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History (2012) excerpt and text search; Borsch, Stuart J. The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study (U of Texas Press, 2005) online
The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750–1400 (2018) Chao, Kang. Man and Land in Chinese History: An Economic Analysis (Stanford UP, 1986) Chow, Gregory C. China's Economic Transformation (2nd ed. 2007) Elvin, Mark. Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China. (2004). 564 pp.