Where did the plague begin and spread? The plague began in 1348 in East Asia but very quickly spread to Florence‚ Italy. 1b. What two possible cause did Boccaccio suggest for such a terrible event? Boccaccio suggested that it was through the influence of heavenly bodies or that it was God’s anger because of our wicked deeds. 2. How did people behave to those that were sick? Why? The city ordered that the streets be cleansed and any sick person was forbidden from entering the city. Many people
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Paige Layman Literature 2nd hour November 4‚ 2014 The Dancing Plague The outbreak began in July 1518‚ when a woman‚ Frau Troffea‚ began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg. This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week‚ 34 others had joined‚ and within a month‚ there were around 400 dancers. Some of these people eventually died from heart attacks‚ strokes‚ or exhaustion. The Plague started when a woman by the name of Frau Troffea started to dance in the streets of Strasbourge
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Plagiarism‚ a Deadly Plague The feeling of putting in an enormous amount of time into something can be viewed as your masterpiece can be cheerful and satisfying. What if‚ however‚ someone comes along and willingly tries to steal your work of art‚ ignorantly using it for another purpose‚ with the intention of not giving any credit to you? Would you call them a thief in spite of what they have done? In what way would you approach this situation? However‚ this “practice of claiming‚ or implying
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would go to places where I could help people in need. I’d especially like to travel to China in the early 1330s to prevent the bubonic plague that originated here. This plague causes fever‚ painful buboes and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. Bubonic plague mainly affects rats‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people‚ so the plague often breaks out in run-down‚ dirty areas‚ which provide ideal environments for fleas to grow. Once people are infected‚ they infect others
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was a deadly‚ devastating outbreak disease also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ it was between 1347 and 1352‚ that caused an estimated 25 million deaths in Europe. Many suggest it started in Asia. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on rats. Historians think that black rats living on European merchant ships caught the disease‚ eventually bringing it to Europe. First why don’t we figure out what exactly the Bubonic Plague means. Bubonic is named after the buboes (swollen lymph nodes) which
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May 14th‚ 2098 After the dreaded plague‚ we are what remains of civilisation. What remain of earth is made of ash‚ a graveyard for a lost cause. Empires sunk without a trace‚ gone down with all their men and all their machines into the unexplorable depths of the centuries; with their laws‚ acedemies and histories. And as I ponder in the abyss of history‚ captured by the gallows of death‚ I can make out the phantoms of great ships laden with wealth and intellect. The disaster that had sent them down
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that changed the world forever and ever. For last there are many types of diseases‚ plagues‚ and other nasty things that make us sick to the stomach. The Bubonic Plague made many people sick and killed millions of people. The sickness is also known as the Black Death. Thankfully the sickness is not created by people that is a good sign that we will know if you are that person who knows everything about the plague. The one and only way to get infected is get bitten by an infected flea on a dead rodent
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Human nature and its relationship with social norms is a curious thing. By nature‚ humans are helpful‚ friendly creatures that look for the good in things. Strangely enough‚ when crossed with social norms‚ human nature is sometimes distorted and people assume the worst of situations. This has become an ongoing issue and is only becoming more and more prevalent. If we begin to focus on the things that make us similar to others instead of what makes us better‚ or smarter‚ or different than others‚
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The Plague is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. It is responsible for killing millions of people in the Middle Ages. However‚ today we have a cure for it. The author Giovanni Boccacio wrote The Decameron to report‚ warn‚ and record the disease. He wanted people to be aware of what happened. The disease spread from place to place‚ animal to human‚ human to human. The people around it were aware that it was spreading and understood that is was “contagious”. As a result‚ they got rid
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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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