It killed over half of the human population as it spread across the world. ... This time around they called it the Black Death and it wiped out one-third of the population of Europe. ... Of the three, the pneumonic plague is the deadliest and easily transmitted within the human population. ... Yersinia pestis has a history of devastating the human population. ... The use of antibiotics is a double-edged sword and if researchers do not find another way to treat the plague, antibiotics will make Yersinia pestis even more menacing and plague more difficult to combat. ...

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However, it is also argued that the recurring epidemics killed roughly 25 to 70 percent of the population so it cannot be stated in exact figures (Ross, 2014). This was in each city and district and clearly suggests a monumental loss of the population in the summit years of the plague. ... Therefore it can be said that the impact of the Black Death on Europe and Scotland resulted in mass mortality and huge destruction of the population across the world for several years. ... This resulted in salt prices rapidly increaseing and the price of wheat doubled. ... It left thousands of people dead ...

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The Black Death was a massive brutal epidemic that spread across Europe from 1346 to 1353, It killed over an estimated one-third of Europe's entire population. ... The European population grew into a steady decline for at least a century as a result. ... Over one-third of the populations of Europe, Asia and Africa were completely destroyed as a result. ... Mortality rates during the Black Death differ greatly from about one-fourth to three-fourths of the population of Europe (Kohn), although most historians now believe that the Black Death claimed nearly one-third of Europe's popu...

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For two generations after the plague, there was almost no increase in the population of Europe (Strayer and Munro 462), while the rest of the world increased in population. ... Some tried easing their conscience through "exaggerated penances" (Strayer and Munro 463), or others doubled their devotions and encouraged revivals (Strayer and Munro). ... The European population steadily declined after 1350 for the next century (Gottfried xiii). ...

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