Mrs. Kelly The Black Death‚ or as most people know it today as The Plague‚ killed more than 20 million people in Europe and Asia in the Late Middle Ages. This horrific disease affected all aspects of life during the time. The population decreased by more than 60 percent. The Black Death got its name from the black boils that oozed blood and pus from all of its victims. These were called "buboes" and appeared black on the skin. "Blood and pus seeped out of these strange
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Although Christian and Muslim responses to The Black Death were somewhat similar in some aspects‚ they were extremely different when comparing their thoughts on the cause of the disease‚ the behavior of people during this time‚ and their context. According to a map of the Middle East and Europe‚ the Black Death didn’t have many routes through the Middle East‚ but quite a lot of routes are shown in Europe. Most of the routes in Europe spread over water‚ the Mediterranean Sea‚ but there were
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responses to the Black Death. The religion‚ demography‚ and interactions all contributed to the differentiation of Muslim and Christian reactions. Christians thought that the Black Death was sent from God as a punishment and blamed the Jews‚ while Muslims considered it a blessing and did not accuse any minority of initiating the outbreak. The entire reason that the Black Death even spread in the first place was because of interactions. Trade was the main way the plague spread‚ mainly in Europe. (doc. 1)
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The Black Death was one of the deadliest and most impactful events that the world has ever witnessed. It is believed that the plague originated in Asia and it began to spread to other parts of the world around 1345 to 1346 when the plague struck water for the first time. Supposedly‚ this happened when Yanibeg‚ a khan of the Golden Horde‚ which was a part of the Mongol Empire‚ began catapulting the bodies of plague victims over its walls into the Black Sea. Once the plague hit the Black Sea‚ there
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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 century Europe weaker and more susceptible to
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or two‚ the swellings appeared. They were hard‚ painful‚ burning lumps on their neck‚ under their arms‚ on their inner thighs. Soon they turned black‚ split open‚ and began to ooze pus and blood. They may have grown to the size of an orange. These are the symptoms of the Black Death‚ one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague‚ and during those dark times‚ it is estimated to have killed
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The source is trying to argue that the Black Death was devastating but also had some benefits.It does this by putting out first hand sources of what some survivors wrote in the time or after the Black Death’s effects. The source gives accounts of three people in particular‚ GeoffreyChaucer‚ William Langland‚ the pope‚ and a group of people the “flagellants”. With all of these people there is an example of what benefit came out of their suffering of the Black Death.Geoffrey Chaucer experienced the
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The Black Death is a time in medieval history that is to this day the worst demographic disaster in European history. The Black Death is the nickname of the disease “Yersinia Pestis” that hit the European world in the 1340 CE. This disease wiped out 80 million people total. The devastation of this disease makes the Black Death the most significant event that occurred in the later medieval period. The Black Death is the most significant event because of the devastating nature of the disease and the
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The Black Death according to many historians does not narrow down to one cause. There have been several interpretations of what has caused the plague. But there have not been different opinions on the effects of the Black Death. The plague has caused a decrease in population; drop in food prices‚ religious conflicts‚ and land lost. Historians can conclude with the aftermath of the plague that it was a significant event in which many people were affected. Besides the fact that the Black Death devastated
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The Black death was a disease that spreaded over Western Asia‚ the Middle East‚ North Africa and Europe during 1346 to 1353 causing great human fatalities because it killed within a week. It was not until centuries later‚ that people (Europeans) started calling it the Black Death. Due to the underdeveloped techniques of science and antibiotics‚ people were not aware of bacteria‚ viruses and other agents of disease‚ therefore they thought it was God´s punishment. The black death reached Europe by
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