Usually thought to have started in

Central Asia, it had reached the Crimea

by 1346 and from there, probably carried
by fleas residing on the black rats that
were regular passengers on merchant ships,
it spread throughout the Mediterranean
and Europe.

The Black Death was one of the deadliest

pandemics in human history, peaking in
Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely
thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic
plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis,
but this view has recently been challenged.
The "Black Death" was thought
to be carried by rats that infested
Britain. The rats carried fleas that
had bad bacteria on them and the
fleas spread to the humans in China,
who then sailed to Sicily and the
disease spread throughout Europe.
There is a disease that happened in
the Middle Ages called the Black Death.
It was caused by fleas from rats but the
people thought it was ether a black cloud
or God is punishing them for something
they did in their life time. They thought
that it was the dogs and cats but it was
the rats that carried the fleas.
The bubonic plague was the most
commonly seen form during the
Black Death, with a mortality rate
of thirty to seventy-five percent
and symptoms including fever
of 38–41 °C (101–105 °F), headaches,
painful aching joints, nausea and
vomiting, and a general feeling of
malaise. Of those who contracted
the bubonic plague, 4 out of 5 died
within eight days
The three forms of plague brought
an array of signs and symptoms
to those infected. The septicemia
plague is a form of "blood poisoning,“
and pneumonic plague is an airborne
plague that attacks the lungs before
the rest of the body. The classic sign
of bubonic plague was the appearance
of buboes in the groin, the neck and
armpits, which oozed pus and bled.
Most victims died within four to seven
days after infection.