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    The Black Plague

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    bit by fleas who carried the disease. The Black Plague caused a tremendous population drop in England‚ which caused the peasants to revolt in 1381‚ due to the higher value that had been placed on labor. 
 I chose this topic because I am very fascinated by the fact that a disease swept out about a third of a population. Since this was not something that people purposely gave each other‚ it is interesting to know that the people living during this time did not try to protect themselves from this disease

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    The Bubonic Plague

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    The 1300s were a dark time for Europe. Disease spread throughout the continent. The disease that affected Europe the most was the Black Death. The Black Death was a terrible disease because it killed nearly half of Europe’s population‚ was highly contagious‚ and extremely deadly. Shakespeare’s plays had a particularly important role in the plague‚ even though Shakespeare was alive almost 300 years after the largest outbreak of the Black Death. Shakespeare’s plays were really crowded.So crowded in

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    Black Plague

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    DBQ-Black Plague During mid-fourteen century‚ a terrible plague hit Europe and wiped out a third of the population‚ 25‚000‚000 people of Western Europe. This plague was named the Black Plague since when people got the disease they got bumps that oozed black liquid and different body parts would turn black. The plague was spread by infected fleas on rats that bit humans. Since the Europeans lacked medical knowledge‚ the Plague caused hysteria and hopelessness to spread across Europe. Therefore the

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    Black Plague

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    What were the different responses between Christian and Muslims towards the Black plague? Well the black plague was a highly contagious disease. It spread through the 13th century killing 80116000 people. During that time period there was many religious powers. The Christianities and Muslims responses towards the black plague were different on their beliefs on whether it was Gods punishment or blessing‚ on how Christians jumped to conclusions and Muslims believed in rumors‚ and lastly their

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    the great plague

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    Paper # 2: The Great Plague “An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not‚ as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18‚ disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust‚” stated by Barbara W. Tuchman‚ A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. The Great Plague was the worst outbreak in England since the black death of 1348. The Great Plague began in 1665 until 1666 that lead to 68‚596

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    Plagues and People

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    Plagues and Peoples was written by William H. McNeill. The basis of this book all falls on epidemiology‚ also known as the study of patterns‚ causes‚ and effects that disease and health conditions have on certain populations. McNeill’s writing shows how the relationship that mankind‚ referred to a macroparasites‚ and parasites‚ referred to as microparasites‚ have made an impact on the world through history. The relationship at first during existence was said to be “balanced”‚ but when mankind in

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    The Plague Monologue

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    Midnight Theft. The destructive plague stole during midnight—it stole lives. Deep in the heart of Galich‚ people were dying‚ and the whole country was beginning to perish. The flowers withered as they bloomed. The mountain peaks crumbled under viscous weight. Animals fled to holes to live out the final moments of their life. People were distraught‚ and chaos was invading every end of the world. Panic had been cast over civilisation‚ caused by the onslaught of the plague grasping at every opportunity

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    Outline of Plague

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    Adrianna Silerio Mr. Garcia AP European History‚ p. 6 24 September 2014 Plague – DBQ Prompt: Analyze the various responses to the outbreaks of plague from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Discuss the beliefs and concerns that these responses express. In the mid-fourteenth century of Europe‚ a deathly plague struck killing about 25 million people from a single fleabite. Once infected‚ a person would experience very high fevers‚ buboes‚ and die within a few days and it was an airborne

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    The Black Plague

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    places The Black Plague is called several different names. Today‚ the Black Plague is referred to as the Black Plague or the Black Death but‚ the people who lived through the Plague‚ referred to it as the Great Dying or the Pestilence (Altman 18). Most people know it as the Black Plague. No matter what the Black Plague is called‚ though‚ it is all the same thing. The Black Plague caused death everywhere‚ and‚ the effect is change in religion‚ economy‚ and the country. The Black Plague all started from

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    Bubonic Plague

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    Bubonic plague has had a major impact on the history of the world. Caused by the bacterium‚ Yersinia pestis‚ and transmitted by fleas often found on rats‚ bubonic plague has killed over 50 million people over the centuries. Burrowing rodent populations across the world keep the disease present in the world today. Outbreaks‚ though often small‚ still occur in many places. The use of antibiotics and increased scientific knowledge first gained in the 1890s have reduced the destruction of plague outbreaks

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