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Historically the Black Death, also referred to as the Bubonic plague, is disputably recognized as the most devastating disease to affect the human race. During the outbreak of the Black Death approximately 75 million people (nearly one third of Europe’s population at the time) were killed. The disease is said to have started somewhere in the Gobi desert during the late 1320s and spread at an obscene rate. The question remains: how did the Black Death spread so quickly? In the sixth century there had been an outbreak throughout Europe but had remained dormant until the 14th century, therefore it is unclear as to what caused the dramatic outbreak up to this point in history. During this time period climates began to rapidly change, whilst there was a smaller scale ice-age occurring during this time thus causing the temperature of the globe to decline significantly from previous years. Some argue that this decrease in temperature was the main cause of these events.
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