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Plague of Justinian didn't destroy the Roman Empire
- MichaelMoser123 7y agoThis is the journal article: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/51/25546 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/51/25546
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- bediger4000 7y agoOk, that's cool. But the Black Plague, the 1347CE plague, killed 30-60% of Europe's population, and led to drastically remaking the political and social landscape of the continent: "Some historians believe the innumerable deaths brought on by the plague cooled the climate by freeing up land and triggering reforestation. This may have led to the Little Ice Age" I mean, if we're trying to judge what effects a coronavirus pandemic might have, we should look on both sides of historical pandemics to try to bracket what to brace for, no?