may 28, 1335 - 1335: The Asian scourge struck Persia just a few years after it appeared in China proof if any is needed that the Silk Road was a convenient route of transmission for the deadly bacteria. IlKhan, the Mongol ruler of Persia, died of the plague. An estimated 30% of Persia's people died of the plague in the 14th century.
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may 28, 1335
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~ 690 years ago