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  • The reason why most people associate the plague with the 14th century outbreak is because of how well documented that one was, and how well preserved the documentation is. It was a worldwide plague, BTW, with it affecting Eastern Europe and the Middle East quite badly, too.

    The plague of Justinian killed even more people, but it happened during the dark ages. BTW the rise of Islam and rapid conquest of the first wave of Islamic conquest probably happened as it did because of the massive drop in manpower as a result of all the deaths (that and the continuous wars between the Byzantines and Persians that also wore out the two and left them vulnerable).