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Mapping the World
Season 31 · Episode 11
Epidemics: A Long History
0.010mMay 30, 2020
A look back at the great epidemics and pandemics of human history and how they spread through the world. The propagation of the Black Death in medieval Europe, the Spanish Flu in the 20th century or indeed Covid-19 today, all indicate how human populations are linked via trade, travel and geography.
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- Episode 3Train - means of transport of the future
- Episode 4Episode 4
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- Episode 8Episode 8
- Episode 9Episode 9
- Episode 10Episode 10
- Episode 11Epidemics: A Long History
- Episode 12Episode 12
- Episode 13A World of Forests
- Episode 14Plastic Planet
- Episode 15Islam, Islamism: What geographical spread
- Episode 16The increasing expansion of the Caspian Sea
- Episode 17Episode 17
- Episode 18A History of Immigration in Europe
- Episode 19Putin, Erdogan The watch on the Black Sea
- Episode 20The new Silk Road - Xi Jinpings Monopoly
- Episode 21Greenland - Desire in the eternal ice
- Episode 22China: One Country, Many Facets
- Episode 23Coffee: A Global Beverage
- Episode 24Italy: European Testing Ground
- Episode 25The Electrification of Africa
- Episode 26Portugal: Small Country, Big History
- Episode 275G: The New Cold War?
- Episode 28Namibia: Twice Colonialised
- Episode 29Climate Change Is Happening Now
- Episode 30Syria: A Decade of War