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- 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.
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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.
- Mark Cartwright
Apr 16, 2020 · The outbreak of plague in Europe between 1347-1352 – known as the Black Death – completely changed the world of medieval Europe. Severe depopulation upset the socio-economic feudal system of the time but the experience of the plague itself affected every aspect of people's lives.
- Joshua J. Mark
- What were some of the effects of the Black Death?Effects of the Black Death included more rights for women (because so many men had died), more rights for serfs, a revision of medical knowledge, l...
- What caused the Black Death?The Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis carried by fleas on rodents.
- What did medieval people think caused the Black Death?People of the time attributed the Black Death to supernatural agencies, either God's punishment for sin or demonic attacks.
- Did the Black Death influence the Protestant Reformation?The Black Death influenced the Protestant Reformation by weakening people's trust in the teachings of the Catholic Church, eventually allowing for...
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.
This timeline is a chronology of the spread of the Black Death that reached Europe in the mid 14th century killing around 50 million people – possibly as many as two thirds of the population.
Mar 22, 2020 · A map illustrating the rapid spread of the 14th-century plague pandemic commonly known as the "Black Death", across Europe and the Middle East.
A rough estimate is that 25 million people in Europe died from plague during the Black Death. The population of western Europe did not again reach its pre-1348 level until the beginning of the 16th century. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 6, 2023 · Inhabitants there were sickened by the plague by early July. From these Greek-speaking lands, the plague spread to North Africa and the Middle East with terrible consequences; by autumn 1347, it had reached the French port of Marseilles and progressed both north and west.
