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Black Death Spread Across Europe 1346-1353 — Galexia
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Black Death Spread Across Europe 1346-1353
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· May 19, 2026
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The Black Death: Spread Across Europe
1346–1353 CE • Yersinia pestis
Central Asia
Origin (1346)
Kaffa
1346-47
Constantinople
May 1347
Messina
Oct 1347
Genoa
Venice
Marseille
Jan 1348
Paris
Jun 1348
London
Nov 1348
Bergen
May 1349
Barcelona
Moscow
1352
Spread Timeline
1346: Origin (Central Asia)
1347: Constantinople, Sicily
1348: Italy, France, Spain
1349: England, Scandinavia
1350-53: Russia, Eastern Europe
Estimated Death Toll
25–50
million
30–60% of Europe's population
(~75–200 million globally)
Transmission Vector
Pathogen:
Yersinia pestis (bacterium)
Vector:
Fleas on black rats
Routes:
Maritime trade + Silk Road
Siege of Kaffa (1347)
Mongol army catapulted
plague-infected corpses
into the city — one of the
first biological attacks
SILK ROAD
MEDITERRANEAN TRADE ROUTES