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Death and Dissent: Disasters, Revolts and Wars of the 14th Century

The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind

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How Famine Amplified the Black Death

Mitchell Rocklin explains weakened populations from prolonged famines that increased susceptibility to the bubonic plague.

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