In 1347 AD when the plague-ridden ship arrived in Venice, it was immediately put into quarantine. Unfortunately no one could stop the black rats from coming ashore. Within three years, a third of Western Europe's population was dead. Quite a tragic story...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
THE BLACK DEATH
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