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 * The Black Death **

This is the black plague itself. The bacteria, yersinia pestis, is a strong bacteria that was in the rats' blood that caused the disease that spread through Europe and the Mediterranean. The black plague killed 30-60% of Europe's population and decreased the world population by 0.8%, which may not seem like a lot, but in all actuality it is.

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An example of the rats that carried the fleas that had, carried, and spread the black plague throughout the middle east.