By Rebecca Storey
Before fresh instances, the dense populations of towns made them dangerous locations as a result of negative sanitation and insufficient nutrients provides. Storey's examine exhibits truly that even supposing Teotihuacan used to be a really diverse surroundings and tradition from 17th-century London, those nice towns are related by way of illnesses and comparable dying rates.
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