The Black Death
A devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages.
One of the largest pandemics in human history, it crossed through Eurasia and killed as many as 200 million people.
During the Black Death, three different forms of the plague manifested across Europe.
The Black Death still haunts the world as the worst-case scenario for an epidemic.
75 to 200 million people died of the Black Death.
The disease was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents.
It would take 200 years for the population of Europe to recover to the level seen prior to the Black Death.
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