Trade+Route+Maps

=__Black Plague Along Trade Routes Maps__=

**--European** **Trade RoutesSpread of Black Plague Map**


The following maps above show (left) a regular trade map before the black plague and the hot spots and places of the black death and were it spread from (right). These maps are just some of the hundreds of places were the black death took thousands of life's and continue to spread and take its toll on mankind and threatened to wipe out the entire human population.The Black Plague and other diseases spread through trade routes such as the Silk Road and the Columbian Exchange. The black plague spread first by the mongols using biological warfare (catapulted infected dead bodies at the enemy) and was believed to start in China. This also had a big connection with the silk road since a big deal of it was spread through the silk road. The Columbian Exchange spread smallpox, measles, chicken pox, malaria, yellow fever, the flu, and the common cold. These diseases impacted the populations of the Native Americans more than any war with them. Syphilis was also a major disease transferred through the Colombian Exchange, but instead of being brought to the New World, it was brought back to the old world. Sources: [] [] [] []