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Why do historians disagree about the number of people who died because of the Black Death

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Because it is hard to get a very accurate death count especially back then
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Historians do indeed disagree over the precise number of fatalities caused by the Black Death . Estimates vary as to the number of people killed by this deadly pandemic. Some say 75 million died; others, 200 million.
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