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Apr 5, 2023 · Definition. 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.
Black Death | Timeline. 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. Today scientists think it was an outbreak of plague.
Apr 16, 2020 · The Black Death: A Timeline of the Gruesome Pandemic. One of the worst plagues in history arrived at Europe's shores in 1347. Five years later, some 25 to 50 million people were dead. By:...
Jul 6, 2020 · Known as the Black Death, the much feared disease spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. The bacterial infection still occurs but can be treated with antibiotics. By Jenny Howard. July...
John Brooke. The Black Death was the second pandemic of bubonic plague and the most devastating pandemic in world history. It was a descendant of the ancient plague that had afflicted Rome, from 541 to 549 CE, during the time of emperor Justinian.
The plague is considered the likely cause of the Black Death that swept through Asia, Europe, and Africa in the 14th century and killed an estimated 50 million people, including about 25% to 60% of the European population. Because the plague killed so many of the working population, wages rose due to the demand for labor.
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. From Kaffa, Genoese ships carried the epidemic westward to the rest of Europe, and the plague reached northern Europe by 1350.
