<P> The Black Death , also known as the Great Plague or simply Plague , or less commonly as the Black Plague , was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history , resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351 . The bacterium Yersinia pestis , which results in several forms of plague , is believed to have been the cause . The plague created a series of religious , social and economic upheavals , which had profound effects on the course of European history . </P>
<P> The Black Death , also known as the Great Plague or simply Plague , or less commonly as the Black Plague , was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history , resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351 . The bacterium Yersinia pestis , which results in several forms of plague , is believed to have been the cause . The plague created a series of religious , social and economic upheavals , which had profound effects on the course of European history . </P>
is the black death an epidemic or pandemic
is the black death an epidemic or pandemic
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