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    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3]

  2. Jun 21, 2024 · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

  3. Sep 17, 2010 · The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. Explore the facts of the plague, the symptoms it caused and how millions died...

  4. Apr 5, 2023 · The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders.

  5. Apr 16, 2020 · The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence and the Plague, was the deadliest pandemics ever recorded. Track how it ravaged humanity through history.

  6. Jul 6, 2020 · Plague was one of history’s deadliest diseases—then we found a cure. Known as the Black Death, the much feared disease spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. The bacterial infection ...

  7. List of causes and effects of the devastating pandemic known as the Black Death. At the time the pandemic ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, many people thought the Black Death was a punishment for their sins.

  8. They called it the Great Dying or The Great Pestilence, later coined The Black Death. Lasting in potency for roughly 6 years, 1346–1352, the Black Death claimed one-third of the European human population, with mortality rates as high as 70%-80%.

  9. Jun 21, 2024 · Black Death - Bubonic Plague, Europe, 1347: The plague originated in Asia, and entered Europe in 1347 when Janibeg catapulted plague-infested corpses into the besieged port of Kaffa (now Feodosiya) in Crimea.

  10. In October 1347, a ship came from the Crimea and Asia and docked in Messina, Sicily. Aboard the ship were not only sailors but rats. The rats brought with them the Black Death, the bubonic plague. Reports that came to Europe about the disease indicated that 20 million people had died in Asia.

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