14th 17th facts
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The Black Death killed so many people in the 14th century that the world population did not recover to pre-plague levels until the 17th century.
Between the 14th and 17th centuries, groups of people would break out and dance eratically, sometimes thousands at a time. It was known as Dancing Mania, a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe. To date there is no explanation for what caused the outbreaks of mass hysteria
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The abundance of corpses due to plagues and wars in the 14th-17th Centuries is believed to have caused a change in the behavior of gray wolves in Europe, such that they feared humans less and began to see them as prey. Wolves killed thousands before being largely eradicated by the 20th Century.
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Because Elizabeth II is the Queen of 16 independent and legally distinct monarchies she is the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st and 22nd longest currently reigning monarch in the world
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The dancing plague, also referred to as a dancing mania, reported to have happened in Western Europe from the 14th to the 17th century. Around 400 people took to dancing for days without rest and, over the period of about one month, some died of exhaustion.
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China called Istanbul 'Lumi City' from the 14th to the 17th century in an attempt to name it after the Seljuk philosopher Rumi
