represent the bubonic plague. The bubonic plague, also known as the bubonic plague killed many people, to be more specific one thirds of the people died, which is worse than any war. This originated from china and in Europe it first started in Italy.The cause of the bubonic plague were the fleas that were on the rats then went to clothes and bags of traders. Rats would be aboard ships, then all of a sudden people aboard started to get sick then eventually die.The effect of the bubonic plague was the way…
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The Bubonic Plague also known as the Black Death was a very deadly disease that spread across Europe in the 1300’s. It started as a small disease and then grew and spread all across Europe and turned into one of the deadliest diseases in the history of the world. The Bubonic Plague spread across Europe because people never were properly hygienic and they were never making sure they kept the sick away from the healthy, and never took proper care of the sick to make sure they didn’t spread the sickness…
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epidemics in the world occurred during the fourteenth century, from about 1347 to 1348. This epidemic was the bubonic plague. Although there was not a lot of information as to how the epidemic came to pass, the people had their beliefs. Although it is impossible to determine someone’s exact reactions to the bubonic plague, those with religious beliefs had differing responses. The plague was a significant event, especially in its time period, and elicited a variety of responses from those who held…
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World ID #12 1. Bubonic Plague (342-343) The bubonic plague (black death), a destructive outbreak, spread throughout China. The plague spread by infecting rodents which would infect other hosts such as humans. The Mongol’s military campaigns, merchants, and travelers assisted in spreading the disease. It eventually spread to the Black Sea ports where Italian traders spread it to the Mediterranean basin. Through trade routes, the disease spread to Europe. The effects of the plague were horrifying…
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The bubonic plague or better known as the Black death is a bacterial infection. The infection spread to contact from people, objects, and animals, mostly black rights, with the infection. During the 15th and 17th century there was a massive outbreak of the plague in European countries.The epidemic lead to many different responses from the people of Europe such as fear and a desire for an explanation for the unfortunate deaths. Although some reacted in a massive hysteria some use the play for the…
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1. The Bubonic Plague would spread due to bad hygiene or fleas on animals, but it was most commonly spread by rats. Many people at the time did not know that the disease was spread that way. The Bubonic plague killed 25,000,000 within a span of five years. 2. People were called the death cart laborers who would come to pick up the dead bodies. These people were often well paid due to the high mortality rate due to them being around the plague most of the time. 3. Houses that contained victims…
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of it’s population. The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was a disease that spread from Asia to Europe. The Black Death spread through trade routes from China by infected fleas on rats during the 14th century. The plague affected all aspects of society, economic structure, and morals through it’s large death toll that killed millions of people in Europe. Economic structure was severely diminished as a consequence of the plague. Shopkeepers, peasants, nobles, and even the clergy were…
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other, the plague, and their religion. For Christianity, they viewed the plague as a punishment made by God out of his anger for their sins and plead for his forgiveness. The Muslims on the other hand, take it as a blessing and willingly accept their fate. Bacteria were widely unknown from doctors and especially the public so the medical knowledge back then was far behind than what we have today. The Black Death is not just one illness the Black Death has three bacterial strains Bubonic, Pneumonic…
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Black Death DBQ Journal Dear Friend, The plague has finally struck Paris, France! I came from Turkestan, there is a rumor that it came from the Italian erchants because harbor cities were infested first (DOC A). It will be heading to you in London soon, as it spreads from east to west through miasma or impure air (DOC F). Also, we believe that you can catch the plague through conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, excessive clothing or outrageous fashion (DOC F). I just don’t get it; why…
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MEDIEVAL EUROPE: FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE RENAISSANCE A BACKGROUND READING LINKING CLASSICAL TO MODERN TIMES From approximately 200 B.C. to 476 A.D., the "civilized" areas of Europe and the Near East were dominated, ruled, and imprinted with a lasting influence from the Roman Empire. At its greatest extent, the Roman Empire stretched east to include Greece, Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia; it stretched south to encompass Africa north of the Sahara from the Atlantic to Egypt; and, it stretched…
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