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What if a mutation of the SI Virus leads to an earlier HI Virus?

The scenario:
In the 9th century somewhere in Africa HIV begins to exist. Slave traders and merchants bring the Virus to Europe and the Middle East in the 10th century. Prostitutes, soldiers and merchants spread it over Eurasia.

How would that change society? How many would die? What is the cultural and demographic impact?
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