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    The black death first came to Messina in Italy in 1347 when a few Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port. People gathered at the port to greet the travelers‚ but they were met with an unfortunate surprise. Most of the fleet’s ship’s crew was dead‚ however‚ the people who were alive were seriously ill and eventually died. The most unusual thing of all‚ they were covered in huge black boils. The disease spread throughout Europe and killed nearly one third of Europe’s population over the

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    Parallel Worlds and the End of the World “The voice of the light remains ever so faint; images quiet as ancient constellations float across the dome of my dawning mind. They are indistinct fragments that never merge into a sensate picture. There would be a landscape I have not seen before‚ unfamiliar melodic echoes‚ whisperings in a chaos of tongues” (Murakami 183). There’s no escaping the apocalypse. For all of us‚ there will be some “end of the world” experience‚ whether or not we live

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    NAME COURSE PROFESSOR DATE The Causes and Effects of The Black Death The Bubonic Plague or the Black Death has been in the history books since the medieval times. This deadly disease has claimed nearly 1.5 million lives in Europe (Gottfried). The Black Death hit Europe in October of 1347 and quickly spread through most of Europe by the end of 1349 and continued on to Scandinavia and Russia in the 1350s. Not only did the plague effect the European population by killing one-third to two-thirds

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    Kasey Regan “The Cause and effect of the Black Death” Intercultural Humanities II Jan. 28‚ 2013 Over the years many tragedies have affected the arts and the way people express emotion. However‚ during the fourteenth century there was nothing as devastatingly inspiring as The Black Death. Commonly known as the bubonic plague‚ the Black Death swept the west and left people throughout Europe‚ Asia Minor‚ the Middle East and North Africa cheerless and filled with grief. Although the plague devoured

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    Research Paper First Draft How did the Black Death impact the surviving people of Europe? Submitted by: Kimberly Bouchard LSTD 5003 Introduction to Grad Studies College of Liberal Studies The University of Oklahoma To Dr. Courtney Vaughn April 15‚ 2013 I certify that I have read the assigned material on academic integrity and this paper is an original paper composed by me for this course. It has not been copied or closely paraphrased from any other source and has not been submitted

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    The Black Death was the deadliest disease known to man. The Black Death first came from the shores of Italy in 1348. The plague came from merchant ships which came from middle-east and Asian. Most sailors on board were dying from this disease and a few days after arriving in west Europe‚ many peasants and poor people in the shore cities were immediately dying as well. The Black Death was very deadly and it hit anyone who wasn’t clean or people who have animals with the disease. Even though

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    of all time. Starting in 1347‚ endemic to Asia‚ The Black Death began spreading through parts of western Europe. This devastating pandemic took Europe

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    Bravery: The Kidnapping You’ll Never Guess The End is written by Barbara Wersba. This book is about a young teenager named Joel. His story is that out of the ordinary‚ as his older brother becomes a celebrity overnight. JJ‚ his brother‚ lived the life of a typical teenager. Sleepless nights‚ video games and flirting with girls was part of his daily routine. Joel has lived in his brothers shadow ever since‚ as his parents mainly focused on JJ and his fame. Till one day‚ things happen and that changed

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    The Black Death was one of the few epidemics that greatly affected demographic catastrophes. Researchers noticed that the 11th-14th centuries were distressful times with this assassinating disease that had spread throughout many continents around the world by the lives of the people‚ population and societal developments. The Black Death is known by many names such as “the blue sickness‚” la pest‚ “the great mortality or it’s scientific name Yersinia pestis (Benedictow‚ 2013). The Yersinia pestis

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    ’s yield enough to feed the population. The Black death struck in 1347 and decimated the European population. The black death was a necessity to prevent overpopulation and economic decline. The economy of the fourteenth century was in a state of decline. The population boom along with the shortage of food was leading Europe down a road to starvation. The climate in western Europe also was beginning to change at the turn of the fourteenth century. This caused a very wet climate and greatly adversely

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