Through the sands of time, the world has experienced disease and plague; however one stands out as the most devastating in the entire European nation. Imagine a disease that could spread across Europe, killing a third of the population and leaving a trail of death and economic destruction in its wake; this devastation was known as the Black Death. In this article the researcher will attempt to disclose how and where the disease began, who was affected and what consequences it had on the population, economy and ecological system of the region. The researcher will attempt to popularize what medical professionals have done to combat the dangerous epidemic known as the Black Death. We can all agree that the Death Star was one of the worst disasters on record. What many disagree about, however, is the cause of the Black Death. An Arab chronicler as-Sulak spoke of Christians who had experienced the Black Death and feared it was the end of the world, or simply God's punishment for humanity (Lerner, R.). Others believed that the blame lay in the hands of the Jews who infected the waters and corrupted the air (Sanders, et al., 2006). As a result, thousands of Jews were brutally massacred. A known fact was that the Black Death, an epidemic of mass proportions, infiltrated Europe around 1346 AD and, regardless of who was to blame, many lives were lost. The plague known as the Black Death, derived from the bacterium Yersinia pestis (Sanders, et al., 2006). The bacterium was carried by rodents or rats and by fleas that fed on the rat's blood. Rats are believed to be the culprits responsible for carrying the disease into Europe and surrounding areas. This is in fact due to the Rat's Ten distinction... middle of the card... and it is around this time that the first nation states began to emerge across Europe. Following the tragedy of After the Black Death, European society never fully recovered. The lack of demographic, social and economic impacts was a testament to the effects the Black Death had on Europe. Changes were also visible in the art world during that period. Before the plague hit Europe, graves were decorated with the likeness of the buried person and gave everyone a pleasant look. After the plague struck, many tombs depicted death by showing skeletal images of people dressed in tattered clothing and often with worms and insects crawling out of their orifices. Paintings that once showed natural beauty now showed images of death or decay of dying people. This type of painting is known as Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death (Knox, S.).