This chapter is mostly about cultures and different cultures of the world. Its an interesting chapter because it has a lot to do with the Silk Roads, the Sea Roads. There is also a good chunk about the diseases in transit in the world. In particular I thought this section was one of the most interesting subjects to talk about.
The diseases of the world have a lot to do with the population number rising and decreasing. There was also many disease patterns that took in account over times in Afro-Eurasia. With different trades happening all over the world, this also carried many different diseases. The first one was the early case of the great epidemic in Athens. During this time, Roman and Han empires was greatly affected with measles and small pox. This took out a huge chunk of the population, in those times there was no cure or a way to contain the disease. Moving alone, the Bubonic Plague that took place between 534-750 c.e. took over the Mediterranean world and wiped out a good amount of people. The Black death also spread because the Mongol Empire unified which caused much diseases. Overall, millions of people died during the disease transit.
In my point of view I think it is very sad that so many people had to die from these diseases. It was a given that there was not much technology, meaning there was also not much medical help from anywhere. People were not educated enough to handle diseases like this, or to at least contain it from spreading. It is heart breaking to think about this because they were helpless and if they had the medical attention that we take so granted for now a days, millions of people could have been saved from these diseases. It is very important that we appreciate what we have because not everyone had the same privileges to keep our lives. This also shows how far society has come with not only technology but the intricate aspects of technology such as medical, food, and electronics.
Overall, this is a touchy yet huge topic in our history of Chapter 8.
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