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Period: 1334 to 1346
Yersina pestis (Plague) peacefully infects people within inner Asia
A strain of bacteria found in inner Asia, Yersina Pestis is now known as "Plague". It ravages inner Asia, acting as the influenza there. Over time, the Asian became immune to it. -
Period: 1338 to 1346
The plague spreads across Asia into the Mediterranean Basin
Yersina Pestis spreads quickly and brings a wave of death from China to Mongolia, Mongolia to Russia and then into the slavic countries. Meanwhile the plague spreads into the Mediterranean Basin through Africa. -
1340
The black death strikes the Middle East.
As climate change in Europe forces rats into towns, infected traders move into the middle east, spreading death and destruction with them. -
1347
The siege of Kaffa spreads the plague
Kipchak khan Janibeg attempts to besiege the port city of Kaffa, where his army gets infected. As the plague spreads among his troops, his army quickly dies, and rats carrying Oriental Rat Fleas that are infected with Yersinia Pestis make their way into the city, where they spread the disease. -
Period: 1347 to 1351
The black death kills 25 million people
The black death comes on quickly, sometimes killing in under a day. The first symptoms are a raging fever, aches and pains, as well as weakness. After about a day after the initial infection, the victim's lymph nodes would swell to the size of a egg, and would begin experiencing necrosis and leaking of pus. Later on, the infection would become septicemic and lead to gangrene, vomiting blood, chills, constant bleeding and death. -
Period: Apr 1, 1347 to Aug 1, 1347
Genonese traders from Kaffa bring slaves into Constantinople, and in the process bring infected rats into the city.
After the devastating siege layed by Khan Janibeg, the Genonese in Kaffa had a outbreak of the plague, killing them in droves. Some attempt to escape and move to other cities, selling their wares in the thriving city Constantinople. However, some of the merchants either brought infected rats to the city or were infected themselves. This spread the plague into Constantinople. -
Oct 1, 1347
The plague arrives in Sicily
12 Genonese merchants attempt to escape Constantinople, bringing slaves along to help them establish themselves in Europe. They land in Sicily in October 1347, bringing with them the plague and infected rats and slaves. Things can only get worse from here. -
Period: Oct 1, 1347 to Dec 31, 1347
The black death overtakes Sicily
As the people of Sicily greet the gallies, they find that every sailor on board is either dead or dying, with those still alive suffering greatly from black boils spewing pus. When being brought to the graveyard, the morticians are infected, and the black death goes rampant throughout Sicily, with more and more people infecting each other everyday. -
Period: Dec 1, 1347 to 1350
The black death rampages into Europe
As the rich and healthy attempted to flee the plague-striken island of Sicily, they spread the disease into Pisa, Italy. From there the plague spread into Marseilles, and into the rest of Europe. Around this time, the first treatments appeared. They were some rational treatments, such as quarantine and social distancing, but there were some ridiculous ones too, such as strapping a live chicken to your buboes, eating emeralds and drinking 'potions'. -
Period: Dec 1, 1347 to 1351
Ridiculous treatments are tried on patients.
As more and more people died due to the failure of their lymphatic system and severe septicemia (Blood infections), doctors tried to make a lot of money by trying out 'miracle cures' such as the "4 theives potion" that was made of various alchoholic drinks, "potions" made almost entirely of opium, placing leeches on your buboes and eating crushed gemstones or arsenic. Almost all of the treatments attempted failed, as they were entirely nonsensical. -
1351
The black death finally dies down (For now)
As Europe finally learns to dispose of bodies and possessions correctly, the plague dies down and disappears, for the most part. The death toll in Europe is estimated 23,840,000, which was nearly a third (32%) of Europe's population at the time. -
1351
Peasants and labourers become far more valuable.
As peasants died off in droves during the plague, farms have nearly nobody tending to them, leading to huge food shortages and a spike in wages for peasants. The overall wage for peasants grew higher, and rebellions happened across Europe as the people grew angry at the higher-ups for their poor management of the plague. -
Period: 1351 to
The black death occasionally flares up, but none of the new pandemics are as deadly as the first.
While the black death seemed to be eradicated, it never really died, with new strains constantly appearing and starting a pandemic only to die down later. Even now occasional Yersinia Pestis pandemics appear, and the bacterium itself is still alive and well.