The Bubonic Plague is a disease that started around 1346 in China. This disease was very deadly. “In five short years the plague killed around 25 to 45 percent of the population where it struck”. Back then knowledge of bacteria and germs were largely unknown to doctors. There were three types of plague‚ bubonic‚ septicemic‚ and pneumonic. The Christian and Muslim people had very different views on this disease‚ but they had also had very few similarities. Here are a some reasons explaining this theory::
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Black Plague When the Black Plague is mentioned most people think of the first occurrence from 1348-1400‚ yet many people don’t know that it reoccurred when Shakespeare was alive. Shakespeare was affected by the Black Plague in several ways: many of his family members died‚ his family incurred the high expenses of medical care‚ and he lived in an environment where people were dying everywhere and bodies even littered the streets. Many people in Shakespeare’s family died from the Plague‚ during
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The Bubonic Plague In Europe during the late 1340s‚ almost 25 million people died. During the Great Plague of London in the 1660s‚ one in every five people died. This was all caused by one deadly disease‚ the Bubonic Plague (National Geographic). The Bubonic Plague attacks a body system called the immune system. This disease’s structure and function cause this body system to malfunction and will also cause many awful problems and symptoms in the body. Imagine what it would be like if an outbreak
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as the Bubonic Plague‚ broke out in China and very quickly swept across the European continent. The Christian and Muslim populations were vastly effected with mortality rates as high as thirty-three percent. Although both religions were affected‚ the Christian and Muslims had very controversial outlooks and responses to the Bubonic Plague. The most argued opinion coming from these two religions was whether or not the plague was a good or bad thing. The Islamic community felt that the plague was a
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time‚ I would go to places where I could help people in need. I’d especially like to travel to China in the early 1330s to prevent the bubonic plague that originated here. This plague causes fever‚ painful buboes and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. Bubonic plague mainly affects rats‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people‚ so the plague often breaks out in run-down‚ dirty areas‚ which provide ideal environments for fleas to grow. Once people are infected‚ they infect
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known as the Bubonic plague is said to be one of the most catastrophic events in the history. Early in the 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria and Egypt. The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. The people who gathered on the docks to greet the ships were met with a horrid scene. Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead‚ and those who were still alive were extremely ill. The plague was so paramount
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from the bubonic plague that had arrived at their city. After this‚ a village leader called Ulrich came with his army‚ which’s members were Wolfstan‚ Hob‚ and Dalyway‚ to tell the monks that they’re going to investigate about a village that didn’t have the Bubonic Plague‚ so they needed someone to guide them‚ because they wanted to know why the village didn’t have the bubonic plague. This lets the viewers understand that the Middle Ages were dark because there
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about what happened in Europe far before modernization took place‚ specifically the never- forgotten pandemic of the century known to man as the Black Plague. This outbreak has been the main source of suffering for so many Europeans centuries ago‚ affecting not only the people but the whole country itself. Ranging from economic to personal‚ the Black Plague has sought to destroy each and every Englishman alive. All of which started from a simple virus that was not curable at that time‚ and by the next
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The Black Death‚ one of the biggest plague. The Black Death happened between 1346-1353. It was caused by rats and fleas. The Black Death was important because it was an epidemic of a disease called Bubonic Plague. It was able to kill 38 million people. The black death was one of the biggest epidemic to hit mankind. It was given the name ‘Black Death’ because people who were infected‚ were cover in black boils. For example‚ “Early in 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria‚ and Egypt”
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the disease. People called it the Bubonic Plague or “Black Death”. Many people were affected because of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was a disadvantage. The people that were infected had symptoms because of the disease. In Document 1‚ it said that the Bubonic Plague began in (Europe) Italy. It started approximately in 1348‚ and it took 2 years for the plague to spread. The Bubonic Plague travelled East to West. The Bubonic Plague was fleas that were on rodents and
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