Why did the black death kill so many people in Europe?

Answer 1

Poor sanitation, lack of broad spectrum (or any) antibiotics, and lack of a basic idea of airborne pathogens. Also, the cities were crowded, spreading the disease much more rapidly than it spread in rural farming areas.

Answer 2

because they got infected by people that had the diease There are different versions of the plague a good source of information can be found on the related link (Death Defined Black Death Causes and Symptoms) below.

Answer 3

the plague spread so quickly beccause people in the mid evil times did not know how to deal with germs or disease to begin with. so they tried to flea which spread the black death even more rapidly that's the main reason why it killed so many people.

Answer 4

because people who had it fled causing it to spread

Answer 5

the people from the old days knew nothing about clealiness - no baths, no one washed their hands. some doctors cut people in the hope that the infections would drain away with the blood