(UFU - 2021 - 1 fase) Much new can be (1) _____ on

(UFU - 2021 - 1ª fase) Much new can be (1) _____ on the Black Death’s patterns of territorial spread. Of particular importance was the sudden (2) _____ of the plague over vast distances, due to its rapid transportation by ship. Ships travelled at an average (3) _____ of around 40km a day (4) _____ today seems quite slow. However, this speed meant that the Black Death (5) _____ moved 600km in a fortnight by ship: spreading, in contemporary terms, with astonishing speed and unpredictability. By land, the average spread was much (6) _____: up to 2km per day along the busiest highways or roads and about 0.6km per day along secondary lines of communication.

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