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    event ever‚ the Bubonic Plague. Originating from the Gobi desert in China‚ the plague or Black Death spread like wildfire across Europe and Asia. The Black Death had a major impact on society and the city. A writer named Boccaccio wrote a first-hand account on the effects of the plague. His writing on the plague does a good job on helping historians depict how the plague disrupted the social order in the city of Florence and tells us how it affected families. The plague was a serious disaster

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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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    Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    The initial decline of the middle ages laid between 1420 and stretched to 1470.  During that time was the disastrous bubonic plague‚ also known as the black death‚  and other factors dragging the time longer after the plague even released it’s solid grasp on the world. Nearly seven thousand people died per day in Cairo‚ Egypt. The entire world was impacted by this time period‚ leaving no room for any group‚ social place‚ or country safe‚ save for very few. As for example‚ some German villages were

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    movement from Asia to Europe‚ with trade playing a vital role in the spread of the plague. Seven hundred years later‚ it is the greatest natural disaster in human history. “Worldwide the disease has killed an estimate 200 million people”. Kelly described that “in a century when nothing moved faster than the fastest horse; the Black Death had circumnavigated Europe in a little less than four years”. No other of plague has taken as many lives or caused as much suffering as the Black Death. It has been

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    DBQ Throughout the course of the plague‚ beginning in Italy in 1348‚ many people had different responses to how the plague was spread and who caused it. These different responses show how the people during the Middle Ages were ignorant to how disease spread and how it was instigated. Many people blamed God and Jews‚ others prayed‚ and finally others secluded themselves during the spread of the plague. Most responses proved to be ineffective for stopping the plague‚ while others were well thought out

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    The Black Death If you think Ebola is bad‚ you obviously haven’t heard about The Black Death. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was a fatal disease that spread from China in 1348 to the rest of Europe. During those years of the pestilence‚ between 25-50% of Europe’s population was killed. The Black Death was a very deadly disease that infected everybody it came in contact with and caused farmers to flee. Due to many failed attempts to cure the disease‚ the people of Europe shifted

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    Bubonic Plague Analysis

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    as the Bubonic plague is said to be one of the most catastrophic events in the history. Early in the 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria and Egypt. The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. The people who gathered on the docks to greet the ships were met with a horrid scene. Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead‚ and those who were still alive were extremely ill. The plague was so paramount

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    When Plague Strikes

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    Overview of: ‘When Plague Strikes’ by James Giblin This book is separated into three main parts the Black Death‚ smallpox‚ and aids. This book gives facts of occurring diseases and the diseases from the past. This books content mainly took place in Europe and Asia when it gave facts dates and examples. It explains the nature and symptoms of diseases from long ago. The bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected‚ they infect others

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    Great Plague Dbq

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    In 542 CE a disease called‚ The Great Plague struck Constantinople that was so overwhelming‚ it changed the face of history forever in Eastern Europe. The disease was first noticed in Pelusium‚ an Egyptian harbor town. The problem with this plague was that no one was sure of what caused it. In later years we have found out that the disease was caused by bacteria and parasites that used rats as hosts. North Africa‚ in the 8th century CE‚ was the primary source of grain for the empire‚ along with a

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