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Plague Outbreaks that Ravaged Europe for Centuries were Driven by Climate Changes in Asia
Thursday, March 5, 2015 12:23
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by Boris Schmid and Nils Christian Stenseth, The Conversation
The Black Death struck Europe in 1347, killing 30-50% of the European population in six violent years. It wasn’t a one-off epidemic: it signalled the start of the second plague pandemic in Europe that lasted for hundreds of years and only slowly disappeared from the continent after the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666.
Source: http://econintersect.com/b2evolution/blog1.php/2015/02/27/plague-outbreaks-that-ravaged-europe-for-centuries-were-driven-by-climate-changes-in-asia
