What areas of the world were affected by spread plague in 14th century?

The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It is estimated to have killed between 75 and 200 million people in the 14th century.

1. Europe

- Initially hitting Crimea and the Golden Horde in 1347, a plague bacillus was probably brought westward to the Italian peninsula by the Genoese trade ship in October of that year.

- In January 1348, some Genoese ships from the Black Sea arrived in the Sicilian port of Messina, and some members of the crew were already infected and dying; the rest infected the whole city.

- It spread into mainland Italy, France, Spain and Portugal in 1348.

- The plague hit England in 1348 and eventually all of northwestern Europe, reaching Moscow in 1353 and dying out by 1351 in the west and 1353 in the east.

2. Northern Africa

- The plague was widespread all along the North African coast including Egypt and Tunis, and eventually reaching Morocco.

- The disease devastated the coastal region and killed as much as 25% of the population.

3. Western Asia

- It had reached Tabriz in 1348, Mosul in 1349, Baghdad in the winter of 1349–1350 and Aleppo and Gaza by 1351.

- It hit the Mamluk Sultanate, especially Gaza and Jerusalem.

- It is believed that the plague might have reached Mecca during the pilgrimage between August and October 1349, which had attendees not only from the Middle East but also from Southeast Asia and Africa.

4. Central Asia

- The plague affected the regions of Azerbaijan and modern day Armenia, causing major disruption in the regional economy and social structure.

5. South Asia

- The plague struck the Indian subcontinent in 1347–48, entering through trade routes from Central Asia.

- It had ravaged Sindh and Deccan region by 1349 and reached Delhi by 1351.

- The plague left many regions abandoned and caused many deaths in the Sultanate of Madurai.

6. Southeast Asia

- The plague reached the Middle Eastern port city of Aden between late 1347 and early 1348 and arrived sometime later in the Malay Archipelago, particularly affecting Java and Sumatra, with millions dead within a year.

- The plague is widely believed to have entered modern Indonesia through the port of Gresik in East Java in 1348.

- It struck the Majapahit Empire and led to the deaths of several members of its royal family, including king Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi and crown prince Hayam Wuruk.