swordstorms: HISTORY MEME - two natural disasters: The Black Death[½] From the

swordstorms:HISTORY MEME - two natural disasters: The Black Death[½]From the years 1348-1350, a bubonic plague called The Black Death killed 1.5 million people of the 4 million people in Medieval England. The plague was brought on by fleas carried by rats and the fleas would bite into their victims and inject them with the deadly disease. It spread quickly because the towns were always packed with people and the streets were filthy and crawling with rats. People who handled the sick or the dead didn’t wear any protective garments and they eventually got caught with the plague as well. Worldwide, The Black Death killed approximately over 200 million people.  -- source link

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