#RA-3211Read AloudCore & AcademicMedium
Plague Epidemic
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
800 years before the plague epidemic known as the Black Death killed as many as 20 million people in Western Europe, a similar scourge decimated the population of the Byzantine Empire. The Justinian plague named for Emperor Justinian I, who himself was struck with the disease, but survived broke out between A.D. 541 and
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Scored Enabling Skills
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Timing Standard
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