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In October 1347, ships from the Black Sea region arrived at the Sicilian port of Messina carrying sailors afflicted with a deadly disease, believed to be bubonic plague. The pandemic, likely originating in Central or East Asia, had traveled along trade routes including the Silk Road. From Sicily, the plague spread rapidly through Italy and across Europe over the following years, carried by fleas on rats and through human contact along trade and travel networks. Over the next several years, it killed an estimated one-third to one-half of Europe's population, causing widespread death, social disruption, and economic upheaval, and profoundly reshaping medieval society, labor systems, and religious life.
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The Black Death reaches Europe is dated to 1347.
What was The Black Death reaches Europe?
In October 1347, ships from the Black Sea region arrived at the Sicilian port of Messina carrying sailors afflicted with a deadly disease, believed to be bubonic plague. The pandemic, likely originating in Central or East Asia, had traveled along trade routes including the Silk Road. From Sicily, the plague spread rapidly through Italy and across Europe over the following years, carried by fleas on rats and through human contact along trade and travel networks. Over the next several years, it killed an estimated one-third to one-half of Europe's population, causing widespread death, social disruption, and economic upheaval, and profoundly reshaping medieval society, labor systems, and religious life.
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