A mysterious figure in a plague doctor costume enveloped in smoke with a dark, creepy atmosphere.

A pandemic like a scythe

The Black Death killed about 75–200 million people in a few years.

Human History: The Black Death—When Europe Stopped Breathing

13th-century French historiated initial with the three classes of medieval society: those who prayed (the clergy), those who fought (the knights), and those who worked (the peasantry)

Across continents, into cities

Starting in Asia, it hit the Mediterranean and Western Europe in the late 1340s, killing a quarter to a third of Europeans.

Human History: The Black Death—When Europe Stopped Breathing