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The Bubonic Plague, was a natural form of population control. Before the plague, life in
Europe was getting worse by the day. Europe was severely overpopulated and in a great
economic depression. Most of the land that could be farmed on had been abused. This
made it difficult to grow food. Overpopulation is the condition of having a population so
dense as to cause environmental deterioration, and an impaired quality of life. There was
a great rift between the social classes. The poor were treated very badly before the
plague. The rich always managed to have enough food, while the poor didn't. After the
plague, things changed. The rich and the poor were both dying of this terrible disease.
The social classes that survived the plague, rich and poor, had to come together and find
new ways to survive.
This left all social and economic aspects of life in the 13th and 14th century in
Europe at a stand still killing 25% of Europe's population. The......

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