In the late Middle Ages, many advances were made, including many new inventions, and art and literacy were at their peak. With these very significant improvements of the late Middle Ages came an unprecedented problem: the Black Death. During this period, the Black Death was a major factor in Europe, from 1300 to 1450. Many people said it was the end of the world due to the plague's effects on European people and Europe in general. transported to Europe by freight from China. In that shipment were flea-carrying rats that carried this plague, and these little fleas caused one of the most devastating epidemics in world history. The people of Europe were already going through difficult times before the plague caused by economic depression and agricultural expansion reached its limits. Then in 1347 the plague struck, once infected with the plague a person would develop a huge swelling in the groin or armpits, black spots would appear on the legs, then diarrhea would occur and the victim would die between the third and the fifth day. The plague was not only transmitted by fleas, the plague was also transmitted through the air and if a person was infected this way they would cough up blood and die within 3 days. By the end of the plague, about two-thirds of the European population was dead, and those who survived had five deaths.....