actually be. A pandemic is one of the scariest things to imagine. It is an outbreak of some sort of disease process infecting and killing thousands or even millions of people before a cure can be discovered. One of the deadliest pandemics‚ the Black Death‚ killed an estimated upwards of 50 million people back in the 1300s in Asia and Europe. (Benedictow‚ 2005) This sparks a good and interesting question. What would we
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The Sanitation Problems of the Black Death The bubonic plague is a bacterial disease that is considered one of the most lethal in history. Recorded pandemics of the plague reach back to 541 A.D. and minor epidemics can still be found around the world (Plague). The plague consists of a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. This bacterium has the ability to mutate quickly and can easily destroy the immune system of the infected person‚ “it does this by injecting toxins into defense cells such as macrophages
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porcelain‚ and jade‚ to 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
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The Muslims were very intelligent people. They tried themselves in every which way. Muslims worked their way around many things to get to what they wanted to learn. The Muslims accomplished and contributed many things; they had many achievements such as math‚ art‚ and poetry; their contributions highly impacted the world. The Muslims were very good at math. Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician he studied many Indian resources and wrote an algebraic textbook in the 800’s (Document 4). This book was
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not any one has parallel fame and influences to the human communities compared to the Black Death that emerged in medieval. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will analyze the influences of Black Death in several aspects- politics‚ economy‚ society and culture. Before getting into any specific aspect of Black’s impacts‚ I will provide a brief introduction to the social background and basic background of the Black Death. There are two key words for the background--famine and war. The famine was due to heavy
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The demographics of medieval Europe grew to an unprecedented scale. The population had grown to the brink of starvation. Only under the best conditions would the field ’s yield enough to feed the population. The Black death struck in 1347 and decimated the European population. The black death was a necessity to prevent overpopulation and economic decline. The economy of the fourteenth century was in a state of decline. The population boom along with the shortage of food was leading Europe down a road
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The impact of the plague or Black Death‚ on Eurasian society was huge. Black Death changed many different aspects of how society had to function. People had to adapt to a new way of life because of how many lives the plague took. The plague caused a drastic decrease in population numbers. This deadly disease took the lives of nearly one quarter of the Eurasian population‚ easily allowing this to be one of the most deadly diseases in our history. It effected men‚ women‚ and children of all ages.
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Rob Roemer Mr. Killoran World History Period 1 March 1‚ 2017 The Black Death Introduction: In all of history‚ people in the world have overcome some pretty devastating things in their lives. For example‚ people have had to overcome death‚ disease‚ human rights‚ and many more things. However‚ none of these events have been as devastating as Epidemics. Epidemics spread the fear of people thinking the world would end even if it was going to not to. Epidemics however‚ do have the power of ending because
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The Black Death The middle ages were a dark and scary time. They had everything broken down into groups of people. This system was called feudalism. The stages were broken into peasants next squire‚ knights‚ then onto kings. During this time something horrible happened‚ the black death occurred. The black death happened in the 1300s. The Black Death killed an extraordinary 25 million people in 2 years!!! This happened in Europe. According to the article Black Death‚ in ten years‚ it killed
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Exterminating around a third of Europe’s population in just three years‚ the Black Death affected nearly every aspect of society as it ravaged through countrysides and towns. Entering Europe in 1348‚ this deadly plague drastically altered the nation socioeconomically as it swept across the nation blindly‚ careless to one’s social status or prosperity (Khan Academy). Surprisingly‚ the main culprit found to be responsible for such severe damage was a bacterium carried by fleas. The likelihood of this
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