From the filthy brothels and inns around the docs in Europe insidious rumors started to spread in the first months of 1346 about a deadly disease that had already left thousand of corpses in other parts of the world. It was coming, inevitable and deadly, travelling on the Silk Road and harvesting the Mongol armies.

It had already destroyed nearly 25% of the population of Asia before it moored in Constantinople and the merchants from Genoa brought it to Sicily. India, Syria and Armenia were depopulated....read more