Black Death

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These fleas passed the infection from rats to humans, fueling the catastrophe known as the Black Death.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Scientists now say a volcano might have triggered Black Death.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

But plague didn’t begin to hit Europe with full force as the Black Death epidemics until A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond