It’s Yersinia pestis‚ the bacterium that causes the plague. The Black Death and the Plague of Justinian had profound effects on society. Both cultures‚ when faced with the plague‚ reacted differently. The Plague of Justinian was the first recorded plague epidemic. It occurred in the 6th century‚ from around 541 to 542 A.D. It spread to the whole of the Byzantine empire and killed approximately 10-20 million people. It was said that the plague was killing 10‚000 people a day in Constantinople at
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The Black Plague is best known for taking the lives of about half of europe during the middle ages. It seemingly come out of nowhere‚ killed thousands‚ then went off and on for several more centuries. Many know of the plague but do not about it‚ what caused it‚ or what were the effects on the people from this killing disease. During the middle ages of 1348‚ the plague had begun. Many were dying‚ there was no difference between the healthy adults and children. Some thought it was from witchcraft
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The black plague: The black plague also known as the black death started in the years 1346-1353 leading in the deaths of 75 to 200 million deaths‚ almost a third of the population. The black plague is also known as the black death because‚ of the dark patches on the skin caused by subcutaneous bleeding. The black plague was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. A deadly epidemic known as the Sixth-Century Plague or Justinian’s plague struck Constantinople and parts of southern Europe
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The plague‚ figuratively speaking‚ is something one goes out of their way to avoid. The phrase is a cliche used lightly in modern eras to describe wanting to be as far away as possible from someone or something‚ but historically‚ your life depended on doing just that. However‚ the plague isn’t just part of a hilarious idiom‚ but a crippling epidemic that swept across Eurasia‚ infecting nearly all the nations it touched‚ not to mention killing up to one third of their respective populations. Now it
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When reacting to the Black Plague‚ Christian and Muslim responses were very different but the same in some ways. Some tried to find cures and others found people to blame for it. They had tried to find treatments and preventions for the plague. The responses from the living were shocking but yet expected and during the time that the Black Plague hit‚ religion was the most powerful and the two big and common religions that got hit hardest were Christianity and Islam. The cause for this disease and
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diseases and death. Many villages became abandoned‚ since work could not be found people resorted to living on the streets. It was a vicious cycle and very hard to improve conditions. The Bubonic Plague was first started in China or Russia but quickly spread to Western Europe. The results of the plague were that everything and everyone became frightened and confused. There was such over crowding in the cities that the
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The Fever and The American Plague Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres because I can learn while being entertained. The Fever and The American Plague helped prove that to me even more. These books were about yellow fever which was an epidemic that spread panic through our entire country. When it first broke out in Philadelphia unsanitary city conditions and dirty water were thought by some to be the cause. This disease turned out to be carried through mosquitoes. I enjoyed both these
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“Plague has been responsive for some of the worst catastrophes in the story of humankind”(Dobson 8) The black plague was one of the most catastrophic events that ever happened in the history of the world. It killed hundreds of millions of people over a 700-year time span (Benedictow). In this paper I will be exploring how people got the plague‚ what happened when you have the plague and the impact the plague has on the world today There were numerous causes to the black plague; one of the main ones
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The bubonic plague‚ caused by the Yersinia pest is bacteria‚ is a highly contagious communicable disease. The bacteria is transferred from animals‚ to fleas‚ to humans. This bacteria can be found in multiple location world-wide. The earliest reporting of the Bubonic plague‚ also known as the “Black Death”‚ dates back to 1347‚ via land and sea trade routes of the ancient Silk Road. When rat filled ships arrived at the harbors of Europe‚ people came to welcome the sailors home. They soon realized
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he tried to contain the plague. He had no way of saving the unlucky souls and was forced to see patients die over and over again. The standards and way of life that the plague brought to the town caused Dr. Rieux to have to harden his heart and face the ordinary circumstances of hundreds of people dying everyday. The plague drastically affected the town of Oran as people drifted into hopelessness or death. The plague affected everything and anyone. The effect that the plague had on Oran was similar
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