The+Black+Death

=THE BLACK DEATH= = = = = =The Black Death is one of the devastating pandemics in huamans history. The black death was in Europe in 1348-1350. The Bacterium in the plague, the black death, was Yersinia pestis. It traveled down the Silk Road and reached Crimea in 1346. There is a theory that it came from fleas which were carried by rats. most poeple ion europe died from this fateful diease. The symptoms were blackening skin around swellings also called buboes. the swellings were red at first then over time turned a dark purple or black. At this point most people with this would have very little chance of surving. When the victoms blood came out of the buboes thick and vile smelling greenish scum was mixed with the blood. This diease came from trade routes. The black death is believed to have originated from the Gobi Dessert.= = = =media type="youtube" key="rZy6XilXDZQ" height="315" width="420"=