Black Death was the bubonic plague that struck Europe and the Mediterranean during the fourteenth century. It was known as the Great Mortality, or the Pestilence. The name "Black Death" was not giving until much later. This was also the divider of the central and the late Middle Ages. It's not the crisis, but it added new problems, which caused this period of time known as the Dark Ages. Popular signs made for the Black Death was either a man on a black horse or of a black giant, towering above all buildings. It caused terror and people's uncertainty about their beliefs. There were a series of outbreak of bubonic plague during that time. The plague happened in Europe Marseilles in 1722 was the last major outbreak. Plagues originally started during the sixth and eighth centuries AD. It disappeared for almost a millennium, but reappeared in 1348. However, plagues that began in the late nineteenth century and twentieth century were less deadly. It was another cycle of modern plague. Black Death was one of the worst natural disasters that happened. It destroyed cities, and caused the spread of hysteria and death. One third of the Europe population during that time decreased in two years. Some people believed the effect on the future of England was greater then any other countries. During that time, some villages in England were wiped out. None of the people had survived. Italian cities were seriously affected as well. More then half of the people in the city were dead because of plague. This disease was from oriental rat fleas that were carried on the back of black rats. The disease traveled by water and land, it followed the trade route. In a short amount of time, it had hit all the European countries. From the spread of the plague, we could also clearly see the geography of medieval trade. The Black Death was so serious; it eventually stopped government, trade, and commerce during that time. Lots of historians believed traders ...