The Silk Road and it’s deadly Consequences (The Black Death) Writing Type:Original

I am writing a term paper about the Silk Road being the biggest contributor to the black death in europe, asia, ect. I need in text citations and either mla or apa format for the bibliography. I included how i started my essay to help guide you. I wanted to talk about the rodents and fleas along with sailors spreading it as well all from them being on the silk trade routes