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The Origins and Spread of the Black Death
Learn what the Black Death was, how modern evidence explains its cause, and why trade routes helped it spread so widely.
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A pandemic in an interconnected world
The Black Death was not only a European event. It was a devastating mid-14th-century plague outbreak that affected Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, killing a very large proportion of affected populations.