WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The data is sufficiently widespread and numerous to make it likely that the Black Death swept away around 60 per cent of Europe’s population.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sicilian authorities hastily ordered the fleet of “death ships” out of the harbor, but it was too late: Over the next five years, the Black Death would kill more than 20 million people in Europe-almost one-third of the continent’s population.

Detailed explanation-3: -Best estimates now are that at least 25 million people died in Europe from 1347 to 1352. This was almost 40% of the population (some estimates indicate 60%). Half of Paris’s population of 100, 000 people died. In Italy, Florence’s population was reduced from 120, 000 inhabitants in 1338 to 50, 000 in 1351.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. The Black Death, originating in Asia, arrived in the Mediterranean harbors of Europe in 1347 CE, via the land and sea trade routes of the ancient Silk Road system. This epidemic marked the start of the second plague pandemic, which lasted in Europe until the early 19th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -The catastrophic plague known as the Black Death hit Europe in 1348 and swept through the continent rapidly. It would eventually kill between a third and half of the population. These huge death tolls sparked off a chain of events that would change the position of the peasant in England forever.