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    5000 years with the Plague

    Apr 05, 2023 1 minute

    1347: Black Death halved population

    nown as the Black Death, the plague may have come via the Mongols to Crimea, then via Genoese traders to Italy, spreading across Europe over the next six years. The epidemic killed 70-200 million, around half of Europe’s population.

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