William PollardDemocratic Roots12/11/13The world, somewhere, has always been terrible for at least one group of people in the past history of the world. All of Europe, impoverished, sick due to bad hygiene and constantly attacked by barbarians. Now add the fact that there was a disease that would kill you, out of nowhere, with no way to successfully stop it. The Black Death was by far one of the most influential events of the Middle Ages. If the Black Death hadn't happened; the world would be completely different. In the Middle Ages, the main effect talked about is the decline in the European population, caused directly by the Black Death. The death toll in just two years (1348-1350) peaked at around 200 million, but may have fallen to 75 million. In just 4 years about 50% of the whole of Europe died. Now consider the people who died because no food was grown because there was no one to take care of the fields, the people who died because there was no security. This affected knowledge, trade and genetic continuity. Another debilitating factor caused disastrous consequences...