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In the 14th century (the 1300's), a horrible disease struck Asia, Africa, and Europe. The people called this illness the Black Death.
Outbreaks of the plague continued for two hundred years. The cause of the plague was not discovered until the 20th century (1900's.)
The truth is, only the very strong survived. But the strong had no defense against the Black Death. No one was safe. And millions of people died.
In just two years, 25 million people died of the plague. In ten years, the plague had killed over 1/3 of Europe's population
Infected people first broke out with red ring shaped marks with dark center spots on their arms and necks. They would run high fevers. They became even more ill, and then they died.
At first, people locked their doors trying to protect themselves. They carried flowers to ward off the smell of the dead and dying. The skies were filled with ashes as people burned houses filled with the dead. Villages filled with the dead were burned down, to contain and kill the disease. Nothing worked.
People did not know that infected rats carried the disease. They thought it was a punishment from God for being wicked. They believed if you were bad, you would get the plague and die.
New Name
Today in our time this disease is called the Bubonic Plague
We have a vaccine for the plague should an outbreak ever happen again. The people in the Middle Ages did not have vaccines to protect themselves from many diseases as we do today.