I wonder...

I wonder what would happen if more than 60% of Europe was killed by the black death...


Firstly-what exactly was the black death? Well,the black death was a large epidemic that wiped out around 50-60% of Europe during the mid 1300's,as well as many in Asia. In total,around 75 million people were killed out of a worldwide population of about 450 million. It was spread by plague infected fleas,which lived on rats,which bit humans,who got infected by the plague. The plague struck Europe again in the 1600's,known as the great plague of London,but that plague was not as bad as the black death.

What were to happen if more than 60% of Europe was killed by this plague? Lets assume that around 80-90% of Humans in Europe were killed by the black death,here's what i believe would happen if this did occur:firstly,lets say that the plague lasted around 5-10 years longer than it did in real life,meaning it would end in around 1358-1563.It would be close to impossible for Europe to re-populate,as only around 7 million people would be living there,which is less than the population of new York,living in a place around the size of lets say the us,meaning villages,towns and cities would grow smaller,and forestry would increase.As the forestry increases,building would start to decay or become destroyed. Because there would be less people,less children would be born,causing Europe to take many centuries to re-populate. As less people lived in Europe and less were born there,it would be easier for enemy colonies to take over Europe,as there would be less people to fight for Europe. So,lets assume that about 3 different enemy colonies took over different parts of Europe,Arabs in the west,Turks and mongols to the east,this would cause the Europeans to go into hiding to stop the risk of being killed by these enemy colonies,or,instead of going into hiding,the Europeans would fit in with these people,creating peace. As more people were coming to Europe,this would cause the cities and towns to be rebuilt and grow in population once again,although this process would take centuries to complete. Because of this,america would not be colonized,and China would go into a state of isolation,not wanting to trade for a period of time. Europe would be largely populated,but it would be ethnically and culturally divided. Each different colony that has taken over Europe all share one thing,Judaism. Speaking of religion,if so little Europeans survived the plague,there would be close to no Christians,as nearly all of them lived in Europe at the time the Plague hit. A lot would happen to Europe if 80-90% of its population were killed by the black death,forestry would grow,places would be ruined,different colonies would re-colonize it,you know what i mean. Anyway,its quite interesting to think about what could happen to Europe if only 20-30% more of its citizens were killed by such a devastating plague,its also interesting to think about how rats and fleas were able to create such a large,devastating epidemic. I believe that if what i previous explained were to occur,Europe would be much different than what it was today,Europe,instead of being what it is today,would probably be a culturally divided society,with hardly any proper Europeans actually living there. I'm sure there are other theories out there,but this is my one. This is what i would think would happen if more than 60% of Europe were killed by the black death.