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Historians generally agree that the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century killed approximately ____ of the the population of Europe and Asia.

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The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. In total, the plague may have reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century.
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30- 60 percent in Europe, 12 million of the population in Asia.

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In the fourteenth century,The bubonic Plague is also known as the great plague, Pestilence plague, or the black plague. It started in 1347 and ended in 1352. The plague was carried by brown rats and it entered Europe from Italy.

The plague was actually caused by a bacillus bacteria(bacterium Yersinia pestis). The symptoms include; black sores covering the body, joint pains, armpits swelling, fever as so on.

About thirty(30) percent to sixty(60) percent of people in Europe we're killed because of this plague.

In Asia, the plague started in 1855 in Yunnan province killing approximately twelve(12 million) people in Asia. More death were recorded in India.

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