![]() ![]() Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson renders an immensely rich tapestry. This is a universe where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, and Christianity is merely a historical footnote. This is a universe where the Industrial Revolution is triggered by the world's greatest scientific minds-in India. This is a universe where the first ship to reach the New World travels across the Pacific Ocean from China and colonization spreads from west to east. ![]() But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been-a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. It is the fourteenth century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur-the coming of the Black Death. ![]()
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