Eurasian Trade Routes in the 14th Century

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Eurasian Trade Routes in the 14th Century

Summary

This map shows the extension of the trade routes from Europe along Eurasia and Southeast Asia. In this case, emphasis is placed on these routes as adequate highways for disease transmission.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 2002. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien.

Chapter 2. The Medieval World: “Crisis in Europe and Asia 1330-52,” page 104.

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Ltd. Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History.

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

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