The Black Death or bubonic plague, was a killer disease that swept repeatedly through many areas of the world in the mid 14th century.  It wiped out two-thirds of the population in some areas of China, destroyed populations of Mulim towns in Southwest Asia, and then decimated a third of the European population. 
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"We see death coming into our midst like black smoke..."
                                           
--Welsh poet leuan Gethin in 1349
The Black Death
This flea is the primary transmitter in most large plague epidemics of the Black Death.
This page was done by Rocio G. and Juan A. for Ms. Flores' World History class from LJHS.
Do we get a 100 Ms. Flores?? Please, we worked really hard on this project...
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