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The
Plague
(Black Death)
"The Black Death was one
of the deadliest
pandemics in
human history, peaking in
Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely
thought to have been an outbreak of
bubonic plague caused by the bacterium
Yersinia pestis.[1]
Usually thought to have started in
Central Asia, it had reached the
Crimea by 1346 and from there, probably on
merchant ships, it spread throughout the
Mediterranean and Europe. The Black Death is
estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's
population, reducing the world's population from an
estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million
in 1400. This has been seen as creating a series of
religious, social and economic upheavals which had
profound effects on the course of
European history. The plague returned at various
times, resulting in a larger number of deaths, until
it left Europe in the nineteenth century.
Source: Wikipedia
