One of the Deadliest Plagues in Human History: The Black Death

The Virulent Contagion that Once Swept Across Europe

Today, we will discuss one of the deadliest plagues in human history: the Black Death.

In the mid-14th century, a terrible plague swept across all of Europe, with infected patients suffering agonizing deaths, almost without any chance of recovery.

The victims’ bodies turned black, which is why this particular plague was also known as “the Black Death.”

In just a few years, the Black Death claimed the lives of 25 million Europeans, approximately one-third of Europe’s total population at the time, turning Europe into a veritable hell on earth.

This was a fast-spreading, highly infectious, and lethal naturally occurring zoonotic disease that severely endangered human health.

Today, let’s explore how the deadliest infectious disease event in human history unfolded.

On the Crimean Peninsula by the Black Sea, there was a small town that had been conquered by the Golden Horde during the Mongol invasions. At the end of the 13th century, Genoese merchants bought the town and…