Black Death

The Black Death Sometime about 1338 AD, an earthquake or some other natural calamity began what would become the most terrible outbreak of any disease known to man. After outbreaks in Asia, which stretched from China to India, Persia, Syria, and Egypt and Asia Minor, this disease traveled along the Silk Road to the town of Kaffa. The disease rode inside small insects, which could live between six months and a year without the benefit of …

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