The Black Death was a plague that spread across Europe during the fourteenth century. It swept the continent and baffled millions of European citizens. I chose this topic because the idea of the past epidemic intrigues me. In elementary school‚ we touched on the topic and barely discussed the possible outcomes. I was fascinated by what could’ve happened those years of peril. I am of Polish descent‚ so I am also learning how this plague could have affected by ancestors and what they were put though
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The Black Plague is one of the most infamous and destructive diseases in the history of the human race. Those infected usually died within three days‚ and suffered horrible symptom such as black welts that grew to the size of apples and were filled with blood and pus. To make matters worse‚ increased trading between Asia and Europe on the Silk Road cause the disease to spread at an alarming rate (Benedictow) . Doctors had no way to treat infected patients and created new phesdo remedies that were
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NO THANKSGET THE APP Untitled document Between 1347 and 1351‚ 200 million people in Europe died from the Black Death. The disease was first exposed to Europe when twelve Genoese trading ships docked in a Sicilian port. Most of the sailors on the ships had already died from the disease‚ and those who were still alive were very ill. Once this disease spread‚ it affected many lives. Some of the ways the Black Death affected an individual’s life was that it killed loved ones‚ it created a rebellion
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The Plague was a Magnificent tragedy that the people couldn’t do anything about. “The Plague is a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium‚ typically with the formation of buboes and sometimes infection of the lungs.”(-------) The main ideas about the plague in the paper is the causes‚ having the plague‚ and the biggest is the toll it brought in society. There are many causes of the plague. One is all of the bacteria from the plague. “The plague is caused by a bacterium
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Do the Dark Ages deserve to be called dark? People believe that the Dark Ages lived up to its name. They tend to use the term Dark Ages‚ because many people died due to the Black Plague‚ crusades‚ and wars. There was also a large loss of knowledge during the Dark Ages. A large portion of the population forgot how to read and write‚ and inventions like cement were lost as well. Although‚ the majority of people in the Dark Ages forgot knowledge‚ the Dark Ages were not that dark‚ because the monasteries
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What was the impact of the 14th century black plaque on Europe? The Black Plague spread from Asia into Europe in the mid fourteenth century and killed thousands along its path of destruction. Trade‚ war‚ and other contacts between Europe and Asia caused the diseases to spread. The plague impacted Europe in more ways than just killing about a third of the population. The plague impacted Europe’s social fabric in that it tore people apart in the fight to survive. The church lost the trust of many
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In the fourteenth century there was virus that spread across Europe. This virus came about by fleas biting rats and then the fleas transferred to the humans and biting them. Which cause people really sick. This virus was deadly during the early times there was no cure‚ people were dying left to right. The virus was very contagious people had to move out the cities and go out to the countryside. The main the city was heavily infected. Safest place was to go farther away from civilization as possible
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In the Middle Ages during the black plague‚ people had religious doubts‚ different economic troubles but mostly the same health concerns. People during the fifteenth through eighteenth century had some similar beliefs and concerns. For example‚ people were locked in there house when they had the plague and stayed there till they died. Some people thought that God sent the plague as a punishment to human kind. People then who had money left while the people with money stayed in their hometown. People
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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 impact of the plague or Black Death‚ on Eurasian society was huge. Black Death changed many different aspects of how society had to function. People had to adapt to a new way of life because of how many lives the plague took. The plague caused a drastic decrease in population numbers. This deadly disease took the lives of nearly one quarter of the Eurasian population‚ easily allowing this to be one of the most deadly diseases in our history. It effected men‚ women‚ and children of all ages.
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