Black death Facts

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia.

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The Black Death peaking in Europe in the years 1346–1353.

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The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of Central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching Crimea by 1343.

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The Black Death killed about 40% of Egypt's population.

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Half of Paris's population of 100,000 people died by black death.

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In Italy, the population of Florence was reduced acause black death from 110,000–120,000 inhabitants in 1338 down to 50,000 in 1351.

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At least 60% of the population of Hamburg and Bremen perished, and a similar percentage of Londoners may have diedacause black death from the disease as well.

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Before 1350, there were about 170,000 settlements in Germany, and this was reduced by nearly 40,000 by 1450 acause black death.

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In crowded cities, it was not uncommon for as much as 50% of the population to die by black death.

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The disease of black death bypassed some areas, and the most isolated areas were less vulnerable to contagion.

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Monks and priests were especially hard-hit since they cared for victims of the Black Death.

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Renewed religious fervour and fanaticism bloomed in the wake of the Black Death.

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The Black Death ravaged much of the Islamic world.

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The phrase "black death" (mors nigra) was used in 1350 by Simon de Covino or Couvin.

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The 12th-century French physician Gilles de Corbeil's On the Signs and Symptoms of Diseases uses the phrase "black death" .

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