Europeans who were interested in luxury items. It quickly turned in to a pathway for the trade of knowledge. Goods were not the only thing traded on the Silk Road though so was disease. The most notable was the Bubonic Plague‚ or in layman’s terms the Black plague. The plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward with the help of the Silk Road. With so many merchants from all over the spread was inevitable. Whether goods were carried from animal or boat the plague was transferred from one man
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“The Black Death” During‚ the medieval times‚ there was a destructive disease sweeping across the globe. So destructive it is believed to have taken twice as many lives as the amount of people murdered by Joseph Stalin’s regime in the Soviet Union (Benedictow). In this essay‚ I will explain to you “The Black Death”‚ the name given to the plague breakout in Europe. In order for you to understand the plague in Europe‚ I must first inform you on plagues‚ in general. “Plague is a bacterial infection
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The Black Death is one of the most deadly epidemics in human history‚ and is taught in schools throughout the world. Though it is most known to have killed 50 million people in Europe it also ravaged Asia killing 25 million people. The Black Death is a type of plague called the Bubonic plague. Encyclopedia Britannica defines the Bubonic plague as‚ “an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague and is characterized by the
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Thesis: The Christians and Muslims had different responses to The Black Death. The Muslims and Christians responded to the Black Death in many different ways. The Christians thought of it more as a curse and the Muslims thought of it more as a blessing. In document four‚ the first paragraph is explaining how the Christians think that they have been infected with the plague because it is the reward for their sins. In the next paragraph‚ it states that the plague is a blessing from God for the
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The Black Death started in 1347 and raged on for some years‚ wiping most of Europe as it spread. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) wrote of the plague’s symptoms: swellings or tumors in the armpits and groin‚ which led to blackness on different parts of the body. There’s no doubt that the Europeans had their own opinion on the cause of the plague and how to contain it. The Black Death was a plague that very unfamiliar to the victims. As a result‚ they had different beliefs on the cause of the plague;
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There was no other option; he would have to kill her. She owed her life to him anyway‚ how fitting that her end should come at his bidding. He would have to work out who should actually do the deed of course‚ that would be a necessary evil. Martin massaged his temples very carefully. So as not to kill himself like he did‚ but then again he did that often did when he was deep in thought‚ as though he was coaxing the needed clarity from his cluttered mind. Who would do this thing for him? Would he
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General Conclusion: These experiments helped us understand the importance of molecular polarity. This knowledge can now be used for the future to predict‚ for example‚ if two substances will mix or not. We can now do this by knowing that polar substances only mix with other polar substances‚ while non-polar substances only mix with other non-polar substances. This concept can be used to predict if a substance will be soluble in a specific solvent. The concepts of solubility and conductivity of a
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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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fight to stay alive. You’re thinking why is this happening to me? That is how the victims of the Black Death felt. In five short years‚ the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christians who were followers of Jesus Christ and Muslims who followed the teachings of Muhammad came face to face with the Black Death. In truth‚ Muslims and Christians responded in many different ways. Even the way the blamed others
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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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