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Re:How did British officers live in the scorching heat of In... by z3phyr on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:21AM (#22099865)
> There was enough trade to exchange disease between Europe and Asia

If you look at the long term history, there was widespread and massive instances of migrations too.

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Re:How did British officers live in the scorching heat of In... by treis on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:07PM (#22100238)
Good point. Alexander the Great made it all the way to India before being defeated. Going the other way, Genghis Khan made it from Central Asia to Eastern Europe.
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