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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the Black Death. This horrible disease caused the deaths of nearly half of Europe’s population. It came in three forms‚ bubonic‚ septicaemic and pneumonic‚ all of which eventually lead to death. There were many supposed cures for the disease such as sweet smelling herbs and spices‚ lancing of the buboes and bleeding the poison out of the body. Sadly‚ not one of these “cures” could ever be named as effective. As well as there being many “cures”‚ there were also many “causes” for the Black Death. Again
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The Black Death changed Europe by making the people lose faith in the church‚ which makes the government collapse. A big reason why the government collapsed‚ as explained by Anne Chapman was that “Some have seen popular loss of confidence in Church and political authorities as contributing to greater individualism and to a rising interest in personal‚ mystical religious beliefs”(Anne Chapman). In the middle ages many people looked towards religion as an answer to their diseases and problems‚ so when
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Islamic law and non-Muslims Some pro-Israeli opinion cite traditional interpretations of sharia (Islamic law) which requires‚ among other things‚ that Muslim territory encompass all land that was ever under Muslim control‚ as a source for the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since the territory of Israel‚ prior to being the British Mandate of Palestine‚ was once part of the Ottoman caliphate‚ some Islamic clerics believe it is unlawful for any portion of it to remain ’usurped’ by non-Muslims. By contrast‚ pro-Arab
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In the fourteenth century‚ a pandemic known as the Black Death‚ or bubonic plague‚ wiped out almost half of Europe’s entire population. Carried into Europe by fleas on rats‚ this disease has terrible symptoms‚ and hits small European towns the hardest. Essentially‚ once you started having symptoms‚ you were already dead‚ as the concentrated population and poor hygiene made it difficult to treat the disease. The Black Death was not only physically devastating‚ but it also took a huge toll on the economy
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The Black Death The Black Death was an especially a traumatic event because of the origin‚ prevalence of unsanitary conditions to the number of the deaths‚ and the remorseless treatment of citizens by others. Only devastating memories are left from the lack of cleanliness to the high death rates of The Black Death. It was first heard of in Central Asia in 1338-39. Scholars have yet not agreed where exactly in Asia the plague originated from‚ research and further investigation
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The Black Death In our modern times we are fortunate enough to have numerous ways to protect ourselves form infections disease. However‚ mid 1300th Europe wasn’t as lucky. One might even say that they where defenseless. There seemed to be no stopping this infections disease know as the black death from invading Europe. This disease made a lasting impact on European culture because of the ruthless symptoms‚ the blaming of innocent people‚ and the effect it had on the citizens. A terrible illness
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The Black Death‚ also known as the bubonic plague‚ was a devastating global epidemic that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. It was believed to have originated in Asia and traveled along the Silk Road‚ reaching Crimea by 1347. From there‚ it was most likely carried by fleas living on the black rats that so frequently lived aboard merchant ships‚ spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe. The black death had a catastrophic impact on the population of Europe‚ killing an estimated 25 million
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approximately is known as the period before the plague. These seven bad years of weather and famine lead to the greatest plague of all time. Starting in 1347‚ endemic to Asia‚ The Black Death began spreading through parts of western Europe. This devastating pandemic took Europe
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David. 1997. The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. Cambridge‚ MA and London‚ England: Harvard University Press. Herlihy argues that the Black Death paved the way for an explosion of technological advances‚ greatly altered religion and theology‚ and completely transformed European society as a whole. The Black Death was catalystic for the transformation from a feudalistic society‚ to Europe as we now know it. Herlihy argues that the havoc wreaked by the Black Death and subsequent diseases
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