The Black Death was the greatest pandemic in history. While it was estimated that 30-40% of Europe perished, world wide the death toll came to over 200 million. The story of the Plague is the story of a perfect storm where just the right developments in history met one the fiercest of killers with an equally powerful vector of transmission.

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The Great Mortality - John Kelly

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OMRI LAHAV
Peak of Atlas

FILMSTRO
Drake
Drums of War

ANNO DOMINI
Archetype

AAKASH GANDHI
Dance of the U-Boat


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Tempest

WORLD MUSIC OFFICIAL
Golden Age

SUITE ESPANOLA - MUSOPEN
ASTURIA

ANNO DOMINI
Still Standing

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