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    NAME COURSE PROFESSOR DATE The Causes and Effects of The Black Death The Bubonic Plague or the Black Death has been in the history books since the medieval times. This deadly disease has claimed nearly 1.5 million lives in Europe (Gottfried). The Black Death hit Europe in October of 1347 and quickly spread through most of Europe by the end of 1349 and continued on to Scandinavia and Russia in the 1350s. Not only did the plague effect the European population by killing one-third to two-thirds

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    Around 1347 in Western Europe‚ an Asia epidemic‚ The Black Death became widely spread through frequent trading with infected cities. In three years’ time‚ one third or about twenty-five millions of Europe’s population was killed by the plague. The Black Death victims were susceptible to contracting the plague due the seven year famine that occurred directly before the outbreak. Shortage of food‚ caused by extreme weathers that prevented crop growth‚ weakened the population’s immunity to deadliest

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    Austin Goodbrand History 1000 The Black Death just emerged in Italy in 1348 and after about 3 years it had killed off 25 to 50% of Europe’s populace.1 It hit Europe so hard because of the conditions that the people were living in. The population had been quite large and in such close living quarters as most of the urban centers were the people could become easily affected by such a problem. As the population was quite high any food shortages would cause a great problem and no one would be very well

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    What were the effects of the black plague on Medieval Europe? The black plague was a very deathly plague that killed many. Effects of the black plague on Medieval Europe were that it killed millions of people‚ it made the land even filthier than it already was‚ and it had lots of effects on the people. To begin with‚ the black plague killed millions. This plague infected most of Africa and it took less than a decade to kill less than one percent of the population. This plague killed about twenty

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    How did the Black Death transform Europe? The Black Death was one of the most devastating diseases in human history. In October 1347 twelve Genoese ships came to the Sicilian port of Messina. In the following three hundred years‚ one-third of the European population had died due to the Black Death changing Europe significantly. Europe transformed in aspects of economysociety and religion. Massive death caused Landlords to have trouble both in finding enough manpower and collecting dues. Meanwhile

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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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    the Black Death? A lot people are familiar with the horrible plague that spread across Europe from early 1348 to late 1349. However‚ most do not know just how big of an effect it had on the nation of Europe. Over time‚ the disease caused famine‚ mass death in highly populated areas‚ and even led to rebellion and uprising from poor people‚ or “peasants”. The disease ravaged the continent of Europe for around two years‚ yet it left tens of thousands of casualties in its wake. The first effect that

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    The Black Death had taken a toll on society. Millions of people died within a matter of weeks. Entire families wiped out by this plague. Mothers‚ fathers‚ brothers‚ sisters‚ everybody was dying. Every layer of society was affected. Lower class‚ middle class‚ and upper class were all affected. Some citizens turned to witchcraft and magic‚ some turned to drinking or other pleasures‚ and others turned to God asking him why. If the citizens were not affected by the disease itself‚ they were affected

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    because it imposes costs on a Society. The cost of employment to a nation can be categorised under three heading‚ namely · The Social Cost · The Cost to the Exchequer · The Economic Cost The Social Cost of Unemployment The social cost of involuntary unemployment is incalculable. For an individual‚ the demoralising effect that it can have clearly depends upon whether the period of unemployment is short term or long term. Short term unemployment may have no serious effect on an individual whilst long

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    America’s black population‚ despite the civil rights movement‚ still has a long way to go in the United States before it is on equal footing. While the law protects blacks from overt racism‚ there is a litany of problems facing the black community‚ many of which relate to lack of opportunity for meaningful employment‚ absence of role models and very little political representation. Also as we will see‚ even though racism is frowned upon in polite society‚ it has not gone away. It has simply been

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