The Black Death Documentary

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have started in China, it travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346. From there, probably carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships, it spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30--60 percent of Europe's population,[1] reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in the 14th century. The aftermath of the plague created a series of religious, social and economic upheavals, which had profound effects on the course of European history. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover. The plague returned at various times, killing more people, until it left Europe in the 19th century.

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[thsimpsonsguy]

the jews have taken alot of shit through history, lol

[AlyJeanB]

Ironic how so many believe the end of the world is now. We have no reason to believe so. Europe had a reason to believe so. I'd like to say for all of the world: Thank you science!

[ZombieFury69]

banchuuuuuuuuuuuuuteee maa choot 

[LaSerpentaCanta]

@thsimpsonsguy Yeah and the Palestinians are now taking a lot of shit from the jews, including genocide and ethnic cleansing. Funny how things work out.

[79tazman]

Everything we know today we learned from history some of it the hard way as in the Black Plague but don't think that we know everything today because something like this or the Spanish Flu can come back to haunt us

[Crazyman1212]

too bad the plague didn't get the pope

[SolusChristus924]

very informative...and sadly macabre. thanks for posting.

[98bigbutt]

Man these people were stupidly superstitious.

[98bigbutt]

If they would have the technology back then like we do now,this virus would have been in control.

[partytor11]

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