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Giovanni Boccacio's The Plague
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 of the infected bodies after they passed and kept the sickened away by barring them from the city. There was no cure for the disease that they could find, which is why so many people died. I think by saying “the nature of the disease did not allow for any cure” might simply mean they put their faith into God and it was not accepted. As for “ignorance of physicians”, …show more content…
Neighboring countries that had little to no resources started to trade with Mesopotamia. Since then trading has become “nature” to us. Communities and countries since then have been trading with each other and I think it has also aided in how we have built up our flea markets and handled our bargaining. As a result, we’ve all learned to trade and pretty much get what we want. People in New York hustle and trade to make a living just like the people in Mesopotamia once did.
Medieval Asians areas used agriculture as their main source of income. Planting, harvesting, and selling their crops is what got them by. They used agriculture to enhance their economic development. It yielded the way we promote selling crops as a huge export for our economy. They produced a lot of crops resulting in extra income. Other countries have followed suit and are selling our crops. Farmers in the South sell their crops cheaper than a “fruit stand” or grocery store

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