The Black Death 1347: How 50 Million People Died in 5 Years

In October 1347, twelve Genoese trading ships arrived in the port of Messina, Sicily. Most of the sailors were already dead. Those still alive were covered in strange black swellings the size of eggs, oozing blood and pus. What those ships carried would kill between 25 and 50 million people — up to 60% of Europe's entire population — in just five years. This is the story of the Black Death. ⏱️ TIMECODES: 00:00 – The Ships Arrive (Genoa, October 1347) 02:30 – Origins: The Silk Road & Central Asia 05:10 – The Siege of Caffa — History's First Biological Weapon 08:00 – The Plague Hits Italy: Florence, Venice, Genoa 10:40 – The Symptoms: What Black Death Did to the Body 13:00 – How It Swept Across Europe (France, England, Germany) 15:50 – The Flagellants: Whipping Themselves to Stop the Plague 17:20 – The Persecution of Jews 19:00 – The Danse Macabre: When Death Became an Obsession 20:40 – What Changed: The Feudal System, the Church, the Renaissance 22:10 – What AI Found in the Ancient DNA #BlackDeath #MedievalHistory #Plague #History #HistoryBeats #DanseMacabre #BubonicPlague #Medieval #Europe #1347