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No problem outside Europe? Asia is outside of Europe. Now the plague caused the decline of the Mongol empire - the first trans continental, almost global tradin
by MichaelMoser123 9y ago
No problem outside Europe? Asia is outside of Europe. Now the plague caused the decline of the Mongol empire - the first trans continental, almost global trading network, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Mongolica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Mongolica
- astrodust 9y agoMaybe it was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back but it doesn't seem to be the deciding factor in that decline. Like the Roman empire before, the fractured bits of the Mongol empire survived for hundreds of years after.