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If rats or other animals/humans with the black death were on board a ship exporting goods from an area affected by the disease, then it would mean that the people on the ship would catch the disease.

Also the products being exported, especially if food, would become contaminated.

This meant that few ships were exporting goods and there were fewer imports, as sailors shipping the goods might catch the disease and take it back to their country, possibly affecting a large majority of the country.

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