• chitak166@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Do you think farming animals was a significant contributor to the black plague?

    It’s my understanding it was spread primarily by rats, who thrived in the filthy conditions within cities and shipping vessels.

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      11 months ago

      Specifically the black plague, no. But you also don’t get cities to the scale of European ones without agriculture. Especially back then. Globalism and processed foods have made a vegetarian/vegan diet sustainable year round for practically anyone. That was also very difficult in a lot of places for a lot of history.