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Black Death
noun
a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated quarter of the population.
Black Death
noun
a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people See bubonic plague
Black Death
An epidemic of plague, especially its bubonic form, that occurred in outbreaks between 1347 and 1400. It originated in Asia and then swept through Europe, where it killed about a third of the population.
Black Death
A disease that killed nearly half the people of western Europe in the fourteenth century. It was a form of the bubonic plague.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Black Death1
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The agonizing and hilarious “Friendship” makes it feel like the Black Death.
In 1348, the Black Death arrived in London, a plague killing approximately 40,000 people - nearly half of the city's population.
With the Hundred Years' War against England came soldiers reaving and burning through the countryside, while the Black Death followed swiftly thereafter, striking Burgundy in 1348 and again, with even greater severity, in 1360.
Y. pestis has been the culprit behind numerous pandemics, including the Black Death of the Middle Ages that killed millions of people in Europe.
The Black Death in the 14th century was perhaps the most infamous plague epidemic, killing up to half of the population as it spread through Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa.
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