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For Europe, it took over 200 years for the population to approach levels of the early 14th century. Historians have argued that although the plague was devastating, it may have helped to spark the Renaissance and innovation, as new inventions were developed because of population decline. Regardless, the remnants of this plague have been found to reoccur or break out in various regions in the Old World, including in Central Asia where it likely originated, until the early 20th century.<ref>For more on the Black Death, see: Cantor, N.F., 2002. <i>In the wake of the plague: the Black Death and the world it made</i>, 1st Perennial ed. ed. Perennial/HarperCollins, New York. </ref>

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