blackplague

==  == ==Black Plague 1347-1351 == = =

Also known as the bubonic plague was one of the world's largest [|pandemics] killing approximately 75 million people. media type="youtube" key="9IjhQDnoCcY" height="344" width="425"

[[image:Plague-Routes-Eurasia.jpg width="920" height="511"]]Spread of the Plague[[image:jkeegansblackplague:Plague-Routes-Eurasia.jpg width="1032" height="572"]]
The plague is believed to have originated in the [|Gobi desert] and was carried to the Black Sea port city of [|Caffa] by invading Mongols. The invaders were [|catapulting] infected bodies over the city walls in one of the world's earliest examples of [|bio-terrorism]. At this time this city was controlled by [|Genoa, Italy] and when inhabitants fled the city for Genoa; they unknowingly brought the disease with them. Additionally, as evidenced from the maps shown, the disease traveled along land and sea trade routes. It first traveled along the [|silk road] by land in Asia and then was brought to Europe by the sea trade. Once arriving in Europe, it reached the sea ports first, then traveled further inland and headed north.