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SYSK Selects: How the Black Death Worked

08.03.2019 - By iHeartPodcastsPlay

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The Black Death was gruesome: Symptoms included tumors, purple splotches, fevers and vomiting. But how did this disease manage to spread from the Gobi desert and kill approximately one-third of the population of 14th-century Europe? Find out in this classic episode.

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