The Black Death: Worst Ever
Pandemics and diseases have been a constant companion of humanity for millenia. Though rare, they are tremendously destructive. Perhaps the most devastating in human history was The Black Death, a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe in October 1347. Eerily similar to today’s COVID-19 pandemic, The Black Death originated in the then tiny province of Hubei, around Wuhan, China. In the following five years, it spread rapidly over the “Silk Road” and other trade routes through Asia and into Europe, ravaging the area. During this period, the pandemic killed as much as 60 percent of the European continent and it is believed that some 200 million people perished throughout EurAsia, approximately 42 percent of the human population at the time. Here’s more on the devastation from Real Life Lore.
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