The Black Death is one of the most notorious pandemics known to date. Spreading throughout Central Asia and Europe in only a few years‚ around 75 million people fell victim to the plague Scientists discovered that the bacterium to blame was called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia originated from one of its founders – Swiss microbiologist Alexandre-Émile-John Yersin‚ and pestis being Latin for plague or pestilence. How it Spread At the time of the Black Death‚ it was unknown what the cause of the plague
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The plague‚ or Black Death‚ as it became known‚ was a devastating disease that killed approximately 19-38 million people in the 1300’s. At first‚ it was thought to have traveled from the Silk Road‚ but actually came from trade ships returning from China. At the height of the Middle Ages‚ the Black Death spread quickly across Europe and Asia. Researchers believe that the plague began first in China and was carried by fleas‚ which then infected rats. During the Middle Ages‚ rats were in large numbers
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and disease striking the villages. Throughout the rough Medieval Ages‚ Black Death was a disease that could be transmitted by any individual because of the foul and filthy conditions‚ life threatening symptoms and corrupt church systems which ultimately led to unique reactions
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The Black Death. During the 1300’s the Asian and Muslim worlds were both infested with the bubonic plague- a deadly disease that wiped out almost one-third of Europe’s population. In art‚ the time period of the bubonic plague appropriately depicts death as a skeleton on horseback who uses a scythe to cut people down. It is an image we have come to know and recognize today as the Grim Reaper. The plague began in Asia‚ traveling from Asia and infecting most of the Muslim world‚ it spread all the
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The Bubonic Plague was a major disease that evolved during the Middle Ages and spread across sections of Asia‚ Northern Africa‚ and Europe. This disease was also given the title of the Black Death because of how fatal it was and the deadly symptoms one contracted through it. The plague was transmitted from fleas containing bacteria that were carried by rats‚ to humans. Moreover‚ the Black Death killed millions of citizens and completely changed the society of 14th century Europe. As time goes on
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the "Black Death" of the Middle Ages was a phenomenon left to wonder at in text books of historical Europe. An unstoppable plague swept the continent taking as much as eighty percent of the European population along with it (Forsyth). However‚ Today the world is plagued with a similar deadly disease. The AIDS epidemic continues to be incurable. In an essay written by David Herlihy‚ entitled "Bubonic Plague: Historical Epidemiology and the Medical Problems‚" the historic bubonic plague is compared
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Black Death‚ directed by Christopher Smith in 2010‚ it a movie‚ which’s main idea is to show how the Black Death was in the Middle Ages. The movie is about a young monk‚ Osmund‚ who says to the woman he loved‚ Averill‚ to go to the forest because he wanted to protect her 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
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where the transportation of the plague would come to play. As the rodents feasted on the waste‚ the plague-infested fleas would jump to the nearest passerby. "The most devastating to England was the bubonic plague. Also known as‚ ""The Black Death"‚ because of the black spots
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During the Middle Ages‚ the amplification of the Black Death—the plague—from malnutrition and weakened immune systems made the quality of life decrease significantly similar to the population of Europe in the same era. In a time of colder temperatures combined with a constant shortage of food‚ many people struggled to fend against a disease with no viable cure nor treatment at the time. As a way to address the circumstances at hand‚ many individuals formulated opposing theories as to why the habitants
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The Effects of the Bubonic Plague on Europe The topic of my research paper is how the bubonic plague affected Europe. The bubonic plague began during the fourteenth century and was a widespread epidemic that spread throughout Asia and Europe. The bubonic plague killed approximately 25 million people or one third of the population of people living in Europe. The disease was brought to Europe by rats that traveled along trading ships that ventured to Asia. The TED Talk that inspired my research
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