Monte’ Atkinson English 112-07 Ms. Suchanec 26 April 2013 Rough Draft The Black Death was undoubtedly one of the most devastating diseases that occurred during the middle ages. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was s worldwide epidemic that caused the death of more than 20 million people throughout Europe. The plague killed over a third of the entire population. However‚ I will include two book sources and two articles. Authors Jerrold Atlas‚ Barbara Tuchman‚ Graham Twigg‚
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The Black Death according to many historians does not narrow down to one cause. There have been several interpretations of what has caused the plague. But there have not been different opinions on the effects of the Black Death. The plague has caused a decrease in population; drop in food prices‚ religious conflicts‚ and land lost. Historians can conclude with the aftermath of the plague that it was a significant event in which many people were affected. Besides the fact that the Black Death devastated
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The Black Death “The Black Death was the first catastrophic outbreak from the 14th to the 18th century” (Hallen‚ 254). The Black Death was such a catastrophic outbreak because the black death claimed over 75 million lives. A person could not even go near the sick or touch their clothes because if they did they would catch the plague (The Black death‚ 1348). The Black Death first arrived in Europe by sea and the sailors aboard were mostly dead by the time they reached the dock (Black Death). When
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their fair share of disagreements‚ one being their responses to the Black Death. The religion‚ demography‚ and interactions all contributed to the differentiation of Muslim and Christian reactions. Christians thought that the Black Death was sent from God as a punishment and blamed the Jews‚ while Muslims considered it a blessing and did not accuse any minority of initiating the outbreak. The entire reason that the Black Death even spread in the first place was because of interactions. Trade was
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To what extent did the Black Death effect early modern Europe? Early modern Europe was a society that did not included the cleanliness‚ systematic function or technology that people enjoy in society today‚ it was an era of discovery‚ option and a boom of trade. The black death was a tremendous tragedy that swept across Europe and was responsible for the death of millions of people‚ this disease ‘ravaged the Christian and Islamic worlds‚ killing perhaps 40 percent of the population’ (Byrne‚ 2012)
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The Black death was a disease that spreaded over Western Asia‚ the Middle East‚ North Africa and Europe during 1346 to 1353 causing great human fatalities because it killed within a week. It was not until centuries later‚ that people (Europeans) started calling it the Black Death. Due to the underdeveloped techniques of science and antibiotics‚ people were not aware of bacteria‚ viruses and other agents of disease‚ therefore they thought it was God´s punishment. The black death reached Europe
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The Black Death was a name given to a deadly pandemic that spread from China to Mongolia‚ Northern India‚ and the Middle East during the 1300s. It moved with astonishing rapidity‚ advancing about two miles per day‚ summer‚ or winter. It continued to erupt in local epidemics from the next 300 years; some localities could expect a renewed outbreak between 1661 and 1669‚ although there were sporadic outbreaks in Poland and Russia until the end of the eighteenth century. In 2011‚ medical historians have
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IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH The topic of this paper is the Impact of the Black Death. We will discover what the Black Death is‚ where it came from‚ and Influence that is had on society. The Black Death was a fast spreading plague that was reported aboard Genoese vessels in early October 1347. Because these vessels were sent back out to sea where everyone who encountered these vessels was contaminated by a fast spreading plague. Was there any way to have prevented this epidemic? Martin
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Arriving by ships carrying flea infested rats‚ the Black Death originated in the 1340s in China and spread west along European trade routes eventually arriving on the British Isles. Since the ships bringing goods and more resources to England‚ the Americas‚ and more places‚ were not clean and had unsuitable living conditions‚ disease broke out. (Unknown Where Did Black Death Start?) Anywhere the ship stopped left disease behind‚ and since it was fabricated by new types of bacterium and was isolated
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number of victims and lasting social impacts‚ these vicious diseases have become widely known throughout society. Two of these ruthless diseases are the Black Death and AIDS. Despite these incidents having occurred over six-hundred years apart‚ they swept over the world very similarly‚ leaving millions of people infected‚ or dead. The Black Death was a plague caused by the bacteria known as Yersinia Pestis. Rats and other rodents are the primary source of the bacteria‚ making fleas which bite these
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