jun 25, 541 - Plague of Justinian

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-Originated in Asia
-Extremely climatic event that happened (not clear) that caused famine -> people travelled to find food ->germs travelled
Famine -> rats got hungry -> followed people
10000 people killed a day in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul)
¼ of the population in Mediterranean Europe died in 3-4 years period
-Last recurrence in 750 AD
25 mil people in 250 years
Does not appear in Europe again until the Black Death (Iverson Cabral)

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