Civilization as a form of human organization became popular, with the rise of Islam in the seventh and eighth centuries, followed by the relocation of the Chinese and European economies from 650-1330 C.E. The Black Death greatly destroyed this progress, by creating an epidemic that began in East Asia approximately around the mid-1330’s. The Black Death destroyed populations by a third or more in most areas.

Before the Black Death, the Justinian plague had succeeded in wiping out many different tribes. The Justinian plague originally struck Constantinople around 542, and at least fifteen outbreaks followed in the coming years, finally diminishing around 750 C.E. No other plagues followed until the fourteenth century, with the well-known Black Death. The plague penetrates the body by mucous membranes of the mouth or lungs, also through small abrasion

There were three huge breakthroughs in technological and demographic breakthrough’s in the period of 650-1300 C.E. The first one was after 500 C.E. A new type of heavy iron hoe opened up new lands previously too densely sodden for cultivation in the Zambezi River valley. Cattle herding also became a major source in this area. Population increase also happened in this part of the world, specifically in Zambia, western Uganda, and southwestern Tanganyika. The second major breakthrough of the 650-1300 C.E. era was the heavy-wheeled plow. This was a European agricultural revolution. It opened up new lands on the southern frontier, and developed a new complex set of improvements in agriculture techniques and crops. The third breakthrough came in the form of a web of irrigation canals, which the Po Valley in Italy was one of the firsts to do this.

Along with the Chinese agricultural revolution, came the invention of the mold-board plow. In soft, wet fields it required virtually no power, a single ox or water buffalo would have done the trick. To enrich the soil, peasants applied manure, human and animal.

In an attempt to escapee the Black Death, people from different civilizations began to flee. In the Mediterranean the urban population fled to the countryside, but not very far. There was nowhere to go southward. Africa didn’t offer much, and the Middle East was already settled. However, the Chinese people moved far and often. Millions moved southward into the Yangtze watershed. Most were peasan

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