The Black Death or Plague can be found in regions all around the globe. The plague is spread by animals, but due to antibiotics and prevention in animals outbreaks are not common anymore.
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The plague (the black death) is endemic in desert places. The gobi desert is the most ancient source of out-breaks.
droplet transmission
No one knows for sure what the black death was; however bubonic plague is the most likely candidate. Bubonic plague is very infectious for everyone.
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there was anitiboitics at the time . but you were lucky if it saved you most likely you would die once you got it
Being in an area where plague is likely to break out, and not being vaccinated against it.
Plague was most commonly transmitted by fleas and rats.
Try making your own. Most Plague Doctor Masks I've found online are very expensive A good tutorial can be found at the site below. And to the original person who answered this -- google "plague doctor". Yes, people did wear masks.
Most likely it is so that you will have an appreciation for the difficulties and sadness that plague the Middle East.
population would decline