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  2. Black Death - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] [15] In 2022, it was discovered that there was a sudden surge of deaths in what is today Kyrgyzstan from the Black Death in the late 1330s; when combined with genetic evidence, this implies that the initial spread may have been unrelated to the 14th century Mongol conquests previously postulated as the cause. [16] [17] The Black Death ...

  3. History of plague - Wikipedia

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    In AD 588 a second major wave of plague spread through the Mediterranean into what is now France. It is estimated that the Plague of Justinian killed as many as 100 million people across the world. [21] [22] It caused Europe's population to drop by around 50% between 541 and 700. [23] It also may have contributed to the success of the Arab ...

  4. Theories of the Black Death - Wikipedia

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    Theories of the Black Death are a variety of explanations that have been advanced to explain the nature and transmission of the Black Death (1347–51). A number of epidemiologists from the 1980s to the 2000s challenged the traditional view that the Black Death was caused by plague based on the type and spread of the disease.

  5. The 9 Worst Years in History to be Alive - AOL

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    2. 1348 – Black Death. The Black Death, one of history’s deadliest pandemics, ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1351. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and primarily spread by fleas on rats ...

  6. Black Death migration - Wikipedia

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    From there, the plague spread to Genoa and Venice by the turn of 1347–1348, spreading across Italy. From Italy the disease spread northwest across Europe, striking France , the Crown of Aragon, the Crown of Castile , Portugal and England by June 1348, then turned and spread east through Germany and Scandinavia from 1348 to 1350.

  7. Gerbils may have caused the Black Death epidemic - AOL

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    Our history teachers taught us that the epidemic from 1347-1353 was likely spread by rats carrying fleas. When we hear about the "black death," a couple things come to mind: the death of tens of ...

  8. The Plague Never Went Away: What to Know - AOL

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    The overall risk of death for all types of plague in the U.S., according to Mayo Clinic, is around 11%. The most important factor for survival is that medical attention begins promptly.

  9. Black Death in England - Wikipedia

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    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic, which reached England in June 1348. It was the first and most severe manifestation of the second pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. The term Black Death was not used until the late 17th century.