What was the Black Death‚ and what was its impact on European society? The Black Death was a bacterium which was carried by flea infested rats. This disaster spread across Europe quite rapidly. Much accusation for the cause of the plague was pressed onto the Jewish community. The most common plague was the bubonic plague‚ although the pneumatic plague also existed. This disaster caused economic‚ social‚ political and cultural havoc. Approximately 50% of the infested population died
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“ The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people” (Black Death). The Black Death with its certain symptoms‚ causes‚ diagnoses‚ and treatments has a long history and has been used in biological warfare. The best known symptom of bubonic plague infected‚ enlarged‚ and painful lymph nodes‚ known as buboes. After being transmitted via the bite of infected fleas‚ the Y. pestis bacteria localize in an
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When the plague first reached Europe‚ people panicked. In hopes of survival‚ many began to abandon what they had and moved to villages and country sides in hope of fleeing from the disease. “Children abandoned the father‚ husband abandoned the wife‚ wife the husband‚ one brother the other‚ one sister the other…. Some fled to villas‚ others to villages in order to get a change in air. Where there had been no [plague]‚ there they carried it; if it was already there‚ they caused it to increase” (Zahler
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Diogo Cao to Cape Cross -continued along coast‚ reached Kwaaihoek (today known as Eastern Cape province) and erected a stone cross to mark the‚ at the time‚ easternmost point of Portuguese exploration - on the way back discovered Cape of Good Hope Impact of Discovery: -created a more direct route for trade between Europe and India/Asia -allowed traders to avoid the Middle East‚ where merchants would require payment in order for the Portuguese to travel through their land -established a route for
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the world upside-down‚ the black death helped pave way for the new" (Giblin 44). There were many names for the Black Death including The Great Pestilence‚ The Great Plague‚ The Great Mortality‚ The Death‚ and The Black Plague. Genoan ships are thought to have brought the disease from Kaffa (Dunn 26). The bacteria first infected the black rats and transmitted the infection to humans by fleabites (Bagley 100). Once people are infected‚ they infect others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a painful
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Black Death Alex Park Time: This play will be taken place in the early morning and will end in the afternoon. It starts in the morning because the story simply states “It is early morning” (Paragraph 2). I chose for the play to end in the afternoon because after the kids play and the black shadow comes along‚ this will happen over a long period of time. There will be few events that happen throughout the play that will need time to occur. Period: The month will be July because the story
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The Black Death was one of the worst pandemics in human history. In the 14th century‚ at least 75 million people on three continents perished due to the painful‚ highly contagious disease. Originating from fleas on rodents in China‚ the “Great Pestilence” spread westward and spared few regions. In Europe’s cities‚ hundreds died daily and their bodies were usually thrown into mass graves. The plague devastated towns‚ rural communities‚ families‚ and religious institutions. Following centuries of a
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The Black Death This paper analyzes the documentary film "Secrets of the dead-Mystery of the Black Death". This film discusses about the Black Death‚ a disease resulting from a combination of bubonic and pneumonic plague‚ which killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. Researchers in this video clarify the origins of this pandemic/how it spread‚ the damage it caused on the whole European continent‚ the theory explaining how some people managed to escape the Black Death and the
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Alexander July 17‚ 2012 Document Reaction Paper: A Chronicle of the Black Death by Jean de Venette Ring around the rosy‚ pocket full of poesy‚ ashes‚ ashes‚ we all fall down. This seemingly innocent nursery rhyme that we all sang as little kids is actually a description of one of the most tragic outbreaks in all of history. This little ditty describes the signs and progress of the black death. Ring around the rosy‚ the plague first makes an introduction to it ’s victim by a boil like sore in
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