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The Wikipedia page for the Black Death shows a border between two nations (the Principality of Kiev and the Golden Horde) that slowed the progression of the plague greatly. Where did this border come from? What was its purpose?

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In Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, he says that Romans were suspicious of both sailing and navigation. Were Romans indeed suspicious, and if so, why?

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The Wikipedia page for the Black Death shows a border between two nations (the Principality of Kiev and the Golden Horde) that slowed the progression of the plague greatly. Where did this border come from? What was its purpose?	200
In Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, he says that Romans were suspicious of both sailing and navigation. Were Romans indeed suspicious, and if so, why?	8