The Black Death‚ or Black Plague‚ was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic are estimated at least 75 million people. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe’s population. The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe’s population‚ irrevocably changing Europe’s social structure
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Black Death packet 1. The story that was told was that rat got on a ship in the Italian port of Messina. The rat carried a flea that breads the plague inside of it and from there it spread to all of Europe. 2. The author believes that fleas carried bacteria called Xenopsylla Cheopis. 3. Greek word for groin. 4. The population was fearful because it could kill somebody overnight. 5. Ring around the Rosy could relate to the Black Death because the ring showed an early sign that a blotch was
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Michael Robinson History Final His 101 Before and After Consequences of the Black Death The Black Death was a plague that began in Asia and moved throughout Europe killing one third to half of population of everywhere it touched. During the the fourteenth century‚ Europe had been at the peak of a population boom. (Perry‚ M)The large increase in population coupled with torrential downpours of rain and a reliance on grain farming led to a long famine. The famine in turn made people living in 14th
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Middle Ages there were many progresses made such as many new inventions and art and literate was at a peak. With these very important improvements of the late middle ages there was a problem that nothing could be compared to‚ the black death. During this time period the Black Death was a major factor in Europe from when it swept threw from 1300 to 1450. Many people said it was the end of the world because of the plague’s effects on the European people and Europe in general. The plague was brought
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Bryan Rayburg September 8‚ 2009 Early Modern History MWF 10-10:50 Response Paper 1 The Black Death And How Society Dealt With It Giovanni Boccaccio talks about the Black Death in The Decameron a whole lot not only about how many people it killed‚ but also some treatments‚ funerals‚ and also how effective it really was. The sick during this time were ignored by mostly everyone. Not even family of most sick would try and care for them because they feared that they themselves would catch
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not any one has parallel fame and influences to the human communities compared to the Black Death that emerged in medieval. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will analyze the influences of Black Death in several aspects- politics‚ economy‚ society and culture. Before getting into any specific aspect of Black’s impacts‚ I will provide a brief introduction to the social background and basic background of the Black Death. There are two key words for the background--famine and war. The famine was due to heavy
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book called “The Black Death” by Philip Ziegler. The book itself‚ not including the “notes” at the end of the book‚ is two hundred and seventy nine pages long. This edition of “The Black Death” was published in two thousand nine. It is a book that informs you not only about how the Black Death begun and how it was caused‚ but also about what went on during the Black Death and about the aftermath of this pandemic that ravaged Europe during the fourteenth century. The Black Death was one of the worst
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Kasey Regan “The Cause and effect of the Black Death” Intercultural Humanities II Jan. 28‚ 2013 Over the years many tragedies have affected the arts and the way people express emotion. However‚ during the fourteenth century there was nothing as devastatingly inspiring as The Black Death. Commonly known as the bubonic plague‚ the Black Death swept the west and left people throughout Europe‚ Asia Minor‚ the Middle East and North Africa cheerless and filled with grief. Although the plague devoured
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Exterminating around a third of Europe’s population in just three years‚ the Black Death affected nearly every aspect of society as it ravaged through countrysides and towns. Entering Europe in 1348‚ this deadly plague drastically altered the nation socioeconomically as it swept across the nation blindly‚ careless to one’s social status or prosperity (Khan Academy). Surprisingly‚ the main culprit found to be responsible for such severe damage was a bacterium carried by fleas. The likelihood of this
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The Black Death When talking about Europe’s history‚ it’s impossible not to mention the Black Death. This plague was one of the most devastating illnesses in human history. According to records‚ it was estimated to have killed over a third of Europe’s population. The consequences of this plague were tragic. They included social change‚ economic and religious effects‚ and depopulation. There were also three different types of the plague. The Bubonic plague‚ which was the disease’s most common
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