Darn Chinese globalists in 300 BC. Were they exporting deadly diseases back then, too?
The Justinian plague epidemic was first reported by the Byzantine historian Procopius in 541 A.D. from the ancient port of Pelusium, near Suez in Egypt. Historians had assumed it arrived there from the Red Sea or Africa, but in 2010 geneticists began positing it had a Chinese origin via the Silk Road and oceanic voyages.
It wouldn’t be surprising to find that Chinese diseases were propagated as soon as sea and overland trade began.
Darn Chinese globalists in 300 BC. Were they exporting deadly diseases back then, too?
The Chinese stuff came off the 17th century Turkish wreck, which received the lion's share of the attention of the article writer. But regardless, since it went to the bottom, in this particular case, their evil plan didn't work! :^)
“ Were they exporting deadly diseases back then, too?”
Yes, the plague came over the Silk Road.