bacteria‚ is a highly contagious communicable disease. The bacteria is transferred from animals‚ to fleas‚ to humans. This bacteria can be found in multiple location world-wide. The earliest reporting of the Bubonic plague‚ also known as the “Black Death”‚ dates back to 1347‚ via land and sea trade routes of the ancient Silk Road. When rat filled ships arrived at the harbors of Europe‚ people came to welcome the sailors home. They soon realized most of them were dead and the rest were dying. By
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changed with the Black Plague and the religious exchange between China and the West. However‚ the continuity was maintained with its main purpose of trading goods passed along its routes. Flea bites from rats would infect the Black Plague along merchants and consumers throughout Eurasia which caused a decline in the economy. During the Middle Ages ships would stop at various points such as Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ and Iraq that are along the Silk Road. People infected with the Black Plague would have
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"The Masque of the Red Death" 1. Poe was a master "wordsmith." Through carefully chosen diction he is able to create a psychological effect on his reader. What effect did his description of "Red Death‚" in the very first paragraph of the story‚ have on you? Quote those details that provoke this response from you. Through Poe’s diction there was a psychological effect made on the reader. “The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal‚ or so hideous. Blood
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Smallpox emerged around 200 years after the Black Death‚ during the mid-14th century‚ and quickly became one of the biggest killers in the expanding world. (Dobson‚p.130) Smallpox changed the beauty standards in Europe through the use of makeup‚ fashion‚ and accessories. This disease struck in all social classes of society and was not dependent on status‚ wealth‚ sanitary conditions‚ or hygiene. Because of that‚ smallpox was sometimes referred to as the “democratic” disease (Skold‚p.145) People
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Yersinia pestis bacteria may form different types of the plague; bubonic‚ septicemic‚ and pneumonic. The bubonic plague is the most common form of yersinia pestis that attacks and infects the lymphatic system of the organisms‚ once resulting to one-third to one-half of the Europeans population wiped out in the year 1347. The lymphatic system works closely with the immune system‚ therefore the bacteria is incredibly harmful for the whole body. (http://www.ukessays.co.uk/essays/biology/bubonic-plague
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appreciation of the arts; education; government; rebirth in man; and human emphasis on their uniqueness‚ capabilities‚ and achievements. All of the changes to Renaissance characteristics were stimulated by the Great Schism’s‚ Hundred Years War’s‚ and the Black Death’s effect - population loss‚ nationalism‚ higher per capita‚ and secularism. Those effects - which in general created a secular society‚ and higher wealth - were the main fuel for the Renaissance movement. Secularism allowed people to do whatever
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also known as the black death. The black death had an extreme outbreak in the fourteenth century‚ killing around 25 million people.
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The Spread of the Black Plague in 14th Century Europe During the mid-1300’s the world was engulfed with the fear of catching and inevitably dying from a disease that began like flu but ended with repertory failure‚ fever and eventually death. The bubonic plague or better known as the black plague is responsible for killing nearly one third of Europe’s population during the 14th century. Many believed that the plague was punishment from god for the world’s sins‚ and that it was a sign of the end of
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Dennis Berk A.P. World Dr. Andrews Summer Assignment The accelerating pace of international trade is one of the most dominating‚ and important features‚ of contemporary life. Globalization is creating widespread changes for societies‚ economics‚ and governments. Since the invention of the steam engine‚ transportation and communication limits have faded away and‚ with the development of the Internet‚ practically disappeared. A case can be made for the proposition that
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They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives. There was no longer any trade‚ only unceasing terror. It truly was dark. People starved to death because of lack of food. Cannibalism became common‚ and the most convenient source of food‚ because the streets were ridden with people who did not survive the Black Death. Not only was the population wrenched apart by the plague‚ knights who looted towns for fun finished them off. Moreover‚among all the trials and distress
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