How did the bubonic plague not reach Japan? is it simply because it couldn't jump the ocean?
>>1934023
>is it simply because it couldn't jump the ocean?
Rats don't swim so good.
>>1934023
Most Chinese urban centers at the time were inland, and trade with Japan wasn't as prolific as trade across the silk road or across the Mediterranean.
>>1934023
Nobody fucking went to Japan
Silk route went west.
It is simply because it couldn't jump the ocean.
>>1934029
>mongols don't swim so good
Ftfy
>>1934023
No retard Japan wasn't populated yet.
>>1934142
Japan was populated around 100AD though.