[Anykeylo]

Originally posted by _BuRjaCi_
When people talk about the plague they always focus on Europe.
I was wondering how the Arab world or Asia faired?

It’s hard to believe that a disease, which killed a third of a continents population would have left the rest of the world untouched.

And since the plague erupted several times in the following centuries why didn’t the Native Americans suffer from it like they did from other European diseases?

The only mention of non-Europeans I can remember are the Mongols (who used their dead comrades as an early biological weapon). Huge numbers were killed in the ME and in China. Just about as high as in Europe, IIUC.

bub plague wasnt like Smallpox, etc, that were always around. It burst out at certain times, and then burnt out quickly. all outbreaks after 1400 were local, IIUC. Just at it never causeed an epidemic among native americans, I dont think bub pl ever caused an epidemic among the white settlers either. So the issue was getting across to the new world at a time of massive outbread, rather than indian immunity.

Eventually it did show up = plague is endemic to rodent populations in the southwest US, IIUC. But by that time the indian pop was pretty thin on the ground.

BTw, someone wrote an alt history about a plague that only killed europeans, leaving a world dominated by the muslims and Chinese. Years of Rice and Salt, I believe.

[@Aerodyno@]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
BTw, someone wrote an alt history about a plague that only killed europeans, leaving a world dominated by the muslims and Chinese. Years of Rice and Salt, I believe. That was a Civ3 scenario too

[JesikaFlpk]

Originally posted by _BuRjaCi_
When people talk about the plague they always focus on Europe.
I was wondering how the Arab world or Asia faired?

It’s hard to believe that a disease, which killed a third of a continents population would have left the rest of the world untouched.

And since the plague erupted several times in the following centuries why didn’t the Native Americans suffer from it like they did from other European diseases?

The only mention of non-Europeans I can remember are the Mongols (who used their dead comrades as an early biological weapon). From the Wiki article on "Black Death":

Almost simultaneous epidemics occurred across large portions of Asia and the Middle East during the same period, indicating that the European outbreak was actually part of a multi-regional pandemic. Including Middle Eastern lands, India and China, the Black Death killed at least 75 million people. The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe every generation with varying degrees of intensity and fatality until the 1700s. Notable later outbreaks include the Italian Plague of 1629-1631, the Great Plague of London (1665–1666), the Great Plague of Vienna (1679), the Great Plague of Marseilles in 1720–1722 and the 1771 plague in Moscow. There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form the disease appears to have disappeared from Europe in the 18th century. Bubonic plague survives in other parts of the world (Central and Oriental Africa, Madagascar, Asia, some parts of South America) and was responsible for a pandemic in the early 20th century.[citation neede

You can read the rest of the article, but the short of it is yes, you are correct. The Plague hit Asia/ME as hard as it did Europe.

[KuRoregioNka]

Hi Beta, how's life?

It's been years indeed. I remember quitting Vox before starting Uni and now I'm about to finish it.

[DurryVony]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
IIRC, the Black Death first made its appearance in Europe when the Mongols were beseiging a city in Greece and began hurling their own dead over the walls. These guys had died from the Plague. If you check my first post you will see I already mentioned that.

[JanetMorris]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
IIRC, the Black Death first made its appearance in Europe when the Mongols were beseiging a city in Greece and began hurling their own dead over the walls. These guys had died from the Plague. The Mongols knew how to party!