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Why was the Black Death called the black death ? (name origin)​

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The all deid and after that the Black Death Nd all that we’re done
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Some think it was called this because of how the skin turned dark at the late stages of the disease, but it was more likely called "Black" to reflect the dark and horrible time in history.
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