Yersinia Pestis

/ Africa, Asia and South Asia, Ancient History, Early Modern, History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries, Medieval History

This baddie not only flourished in 14th and 15th century Eurasia. It also killed millions in the 6th cenuury, and struck again in 19th century China. Scientists are now thinking it might have caused a bottleneck in the population of Europeans in the Neolithic era too!

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