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Following the fall of The Roman Empire population was at an all time low. Around the early fourteenth century there was a steady increase in the population. The economy was also showing signs of success. As farmers improved expertise, there was an overall improvement in the manner people produce and allocated resources. A great increase in population was due to people becoming more knowledgeable. That was until the greatest catastrophe began in the fall of 1347, when sailors returning to Sicily from eastern Mediterranean port brought with them a new disease, bubonic plague. There was a large decrease in the population, greater than ever before due to what some call "The Black Death". The sad part about this plague is that people did not know how and what was causing this unbelievably high increase in the death toll. Also the way people went about curing the disease was totally off, sometimes making the problem worse. Incredibly high numbers of deaths occurred during The......

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