2007-03-18 11:41:03 · 5 answers · asked by K00LiSH [#1 Kings fan!] 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
According to Wikipedia, it started in Central Asia or N. India:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
But googling finds many sources indicating it started in Central Asia:
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/plague.html
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/blackgeo.html
http://www.american.edu/TED/bubonic.htm
Based on that starting point It looks like the first cities would have been in China (say Beijing?) or along the Silk Road according to:
http://historymedren.about.com/library/atlas/natmapasiabd.htm
2007-03-18 12:49:13 · answer #1 · answered by drop 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure of the town, but the first reports of black death come from Hubei province, in south-central China
2007-03-18 18:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by mohacs1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China
2007-03-18 18:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by tapper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that it spread to asia from europe and the crossover point was probably Constantinople, turkey, later called Instanbul
2007-03-18 19:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by bob shark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess Jerusulum.
2007-03-18 18:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by Jayu P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋