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The Black Death was a devastating worldwide epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-13th century. The plague reached Europe in October 1347, when 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were seriously ill and covered [of|in|for|from|to] black boils. Sicilian authorities ordered the group of "death ships" out of port, but it was too late. Over the next five years, the Black Death would kill nearly a third of the continent's population.

Meanwhile, in a panic, healthy people did everything they could to avoid the sick. Doctors refused to see and treat patients [of|in|for|from|to] the disease and shopkeepers closed their stores. Many people ran away from the cities to the countryside to avoid being involved [of|in|for|from|to] sick communities, but even there they could not escape the disease. People complained [of|in|for|from|to] the fact that the Black Death affected cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens as well as people.