The black death is usually contracted by fleas that have jumped from rats that carried the black death bacteria. If a person gets the disease black welts will bloom all over his or her body as the bacteria spreads to your lymph glands The black death is so deadly because of how fast it can spread‚ and the lack of medical technology to “currently” help stop it It is extremely deadly and aggressive as eight out of ten people who contract the disease die of the it It can be prevented‚ just do simple
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A grey world—cities‚ faces‚ grime—but two colours made their rare appearance: bloody red and asphyxiation blue. Spring‚ 1918: both gruesome shades were present in London’s hovels and had struck down the hardworking with fevers and coughs. The greatest of mysteries: How had Mrs Jim Dawson been felled by the Spanish flu? The squalid shack was filled with the drifting sounds of boisterous children‚ laundering women‚ loitering men‚ many unemployed catcalling the loose women whose ankles flashed beneath
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It was a quiet town but it got scary fast. Because There was a dead man around the corner from my house and there were doctors around the dead body. But then 2 days later they died. Also keep in mind i’m the only one that showers in my family. A few days later it seemed like the whole town was dying out so we were ordered to stay away from the dead bodys and evacuate the town. There were people dieing still even when we were hours even mile’s away from the town but up the road there were a big pile
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In 1346‚ a very deadly disease‚ identified as the Bubonic Plague‚ broke out in China and very quickly swept across the European continent. The Christian and Muslim populations were vastly effected with mortality rates as high as thirty-three percent. Although both religions were affected‚ the Christian and Muslims had very controversial outlooks and responses to the Bubonic Plague. The most argued opinion coming from these two religions was whether or not the plague was a good or bad thing. The Islamic
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Around 1347 in Western Europe‚ an Asia epidemic‚ The Black Death became widely spread through frequent trading with infected cities. In three years’ time‚ one third or about twenty-five millions of Europe’s population was killed by the plague. The Black Death victims were susceptible to contracting the plague due the seven year famine that occurred directly before the outbreak. Shortage of food‚ caused by extreme weathers that prevented crop growth‚ weakened the population’s immunity to deadliest
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I think I am starting to get tired of the everyday routine that we have to endure so we can spend the rest of the day travelling‚ only to rise the next day to repeat the process again. We wake up earlier than the sun does to eat a meal consisting of bacon‚ bacon‚ and more bacon. It wasn’t all that bad at first‚ but now‚ I can’t even look at it anymore. At this point in the journey‚ I am starting to be introduced to another side of nature‚ one that I didn’t get to experience back in Pittsburgh
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The inevitability of death: Whether it is by natural causes or by disease‚ death is a part of existence. In the Edgar Allan Poe story‚ “The Masque of Red Death”‚ people are dying from a viciously fast-acting plague. Within thirty minutes of getting the disease‚ a person is dead. In Robert Kirkmans comic book turned TV series‚ The Walking Dead‚ disease is very much a part of peoples every day life. “Walkers‚” or people infected‚ remind the people remaining in this world of the disease. “The Masque
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Hot scorching flames rising from the ground of the homes of the innocent. The smell of smoke filling your lungs as you struggle to get a breath of air. But what would have caused three hundred people to die and one hundred thousand Chicago residents to go homeless. How about the famous legend of Mrs O’Leary and her cow? Why not Pegleg Sullivan the one who first noticed the barn spark up in flames. The most responsible and logical answer to all this Biela’s comet. Could have pieces of Biela’s comet
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Settling In Charles Town Settling in Charles Town was really dangerous because of the tigers and the diseases. Before the English settled in Charles Town the Indians lived there before anyone else‚ the Indians could of killed the settlers.There were also cartographers that would copy old maps of Charles Town which were not trustworthy because they changed over timed. The people that did settled in Charles Town probably got a disease called chicken pox. The chicken pox was a highly contagious
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“The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World” 1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence‚ squalor‚ treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox‚ also many people contracted measles‚ influenza‚ typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t
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