Brian Toh Mr. Smith English 2 Honors 13 October 2014 Shrew Search 1. Black Death Summary: The Black Death‚ or the Bubonic Plague‚ surfaced in Europe in the 1300s and persisted into the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries during the Elizabethan era when Shakespeare lived. The plague was the most devastating disease in that era‚ killing more than 20 million people‚ or almost one-third of Europe’s population. It was brought to Europe through trading ships‚ specifically 12 Genoese trading ships
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ it resulted in the deaths of about 75 to 200 million people in Europe in the years 1346–53. The cause of this sudden eruption of the plague is not exactly known. From the Gobi desert‚ it spread out in all directions. The plague then spread eastward to China. During the expansion of trade during the Early and High Middle ages‚ trade routes with China were strengthened and ventured greatly. European traders‚ particularly those
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The Black Death‚ spread to many countries throughout the world and still lingers today. The bacteria Yersinia pestis carries disease in three forms: the bubonic‚ septicaemic and the pneumonic plagues. In the middle ages no one was safe from the plague‚ everyone was a target‚ including the rich and wealthy. The impact
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The Black Death The Black Death almost wiped out all of Western Europe. The Black Death was carried by flea infested rat. These rats came from ships coming from Asia. The rats thrived in the filthy streets of Western Europe. The Black Death killed 1/3 of Western Europe’s population. Although the Black Death devastated Western Europe it also had many benefits such as higher wages for peasants‚ job opportunities for women‚ and innovations in the work place. One of the benefits of the Black
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thinking‚ why is this happening to me? That is how the victims of the Black Death felt. The Black Death had many different effects on the people of the Middle Ages. To understand the severity of this tragic epidemic you must realize a few things about the plague. You should know what the Black Death is‚ the cause of the plague‚ the symptoms‚ the different effects it had on the people‚ and the preventions and cures for the plague. The Black Death‚ also known as the Black Plague or the
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Benedictow‚ Ole J. "The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever." History Today. 01 Mar. 2005: 42. eLibrary. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. This website told me how people could catch the Black Death. It says that people did very little to help but some people helped carry and bury dead bodies. That was a major hazard though. The disease still lived on dead people‚ so even just touching a dead body could get yourself killed. This website was very good because it gave you
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have had on this Earth has greatly affected the outcome of history. In an attempt to provide an overview of human history in his book This Fleeting World‚ David Christian introduces it in the context of the history of the universe and then systematically breaks it down into three distinct eras providing a logical framework that can be used in a more detailed study. His goal is to provide a “big picture” of world history and the interconnections that exist among the peoples of this world. Christian
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deadly disease and leaves your town with very few people‚ that happened in the Middle Ages. The Black Death was a deadly disease that can kill people in 2 days. Feudalism is a political structure that was a way to pay taxes and work to get food. The Black Death was one of the reasons for the decline of feudalism because it killed many people in the system and didn’t matter what social class you were in. The Black Plague was one of the major issues that led to the decline of feudalism. The Plague started
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Discuss the extent to which the Black Death had a negative impact on the 14th Century Europe. The Black Death was an outbreak of a bubonic plague that was pandemic across Asia‚ Africa and Europe. It was believed that the plague was spread from merchants coming from Asia to Europe. The Black Death had pessimistic consequences in the 14th Century Europe. The copious consequences were the decrease of population which lead to labour shortages and economic rise. Another consequence was the collapse of
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The Black Death was a devastating plague that quickly spread‚ ravaging and wiping out much of Europe‚ Central Asia‚ the Middle East‚ and North Africa. This pandemic has attracted the attention of many different scholarly works. Two scholars that have researched this somber period of time are Michael W. Dols and Justin Stearns. Dols wrote an article titled “The Comparative Communal Responses to the Black Death in Muslim and Christian Societies” in the Department of History at California State
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