The <a href="https://member.worldhistory.org/Black_Death/" target="_blank">Black Death</a> was a <a href="https://member.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/plague/" target="_blank">plague</a> pandemic which devastated medieval <a href="https://member.worldhistory.org/europe/" target="_blank">Europe</a> from 1347 to 1352 CE, killing an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by <a href="https://member.worldhistory.org/Mongol_Empire/" target="_blank">Mongol</a> warriors and traders. The plague then entered Europe via <a href="https://member.worldhistory.org/italy/" target="_blank">Italy</a>, carried by rats on Genoese trading ships sailing from the Black Sea.

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