The Black Death: How The Silk Road Infected The World
The Silk Road is one of humanity’s greatest enterprises. For thousands of years in the vastness of Eurasia, a trade route linking east and west has deeply influenced history. It has helped to build and break empires, fed revolutions and profoundly affected civilisations. Episode Two: Light From Darkness explores how disease and life spread along the Silk Road to change the world. Travel through history, from the decimation of the Black Death to a grain that helped to create advanced civilizations.
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