heights. The two scourges are bubonic plague‚ which influenced Europe during the 1300’s‚ and smallpox‚ which impacted Mesoamerica and the Native Americans from the 1500’s to the 1900’s. To understand how these sicknesses were so altering to their related societies‚ one must understand the disease. First‚ one must know the background of the disease. The earliest known outbreak of smallpox originated in Asia‚ more specifically in India (Carr para. 2). Bubonic plague is also presumed to have originated
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An important event of Shakespeare’s time was the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague is one of the world’s most well-known epidemics. During the middle ages this deadly disease managed to kill 30 to 50% of Europe’s population. Throughout the years the plague’s effect has died down‚ but it is very much still alive today. The play is a very deadly disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia Pestis. The main way that the plague gets transported is by rats and fleas. The bacteria can also be transported
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The Bubonic Plague The Bubonic Plague occurred in the fourteenth century and caused an enormous death rate across Europe‚ Africa and China. The Bubonic Plague is a pandemic that that took more lives than any other known disease (“Black Death”). People during the fourteenth century had never experienced a disease that was as serious as the Bubonic Plague and were unable to comprehend the cause of this disease or how to treat it. The plague began killing at an incredible speed that wiped out many countries
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In the past‚ bubonic destroyed entire civilizations. The plague can be found in the fleas that feed on them. The bacteria that cause plague‚ Yersinia Pestis‚ can cause several types of serious of potentially fatal illnesses: Bubonic plague‚ which has symptoms that include swollen lymph node‚ pneumonic plague‚ which involves the infection spreading to the lungs; and Septicemic Plague‚ which may involve skin and other tissues turning black and dying. The Pentagon’s most secure laboratories may have
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PLAGUE DBQ In the 1300’s‚ a disease known as the Bubonic plague tore through parts of Asia North Africa‚ and Europe. This plague- commonly known as the “black death”- originated in Asia‚ and used the trade routes to travel to other cities‚ allowing the plague to strike many major cities. The plague took away lives of around 25 million people. The plague not only claimed many lives during its reign‚ but had a tremendous effect on Europe economically‚ politically‚ and socially. The Bubonic plague
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What do you think caused the death go millions of Native Americans? The answer is plague. The Smallpox plague was caused by the exploration and encounter of the Europeans in the the Americas. Whenever the Europeans A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a c a aA a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a c a aA a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a c a aA a a a a a a a
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in the plague‚ even though Shakespeare was alive almost 300 years after the largest outbreak of the Black Death. Shakespeare’s plays were really crowded.So crowded in fact‚ that they were “considered to be hotbeds for contagion”(Rasmussan and DeJong 7). Even though the Black Death was easily spread in the theatres people still came and watched Shakespeare’s plays. People came to his plays because they helped people
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I. Thesis Statement: The symptoms of the bubonic plague spread rapidly causing outbreaks and identifying the need for modern science to deal with epidemics. II. Topic Sentence: The bubonic plague or otherwise known as the black plague spread extremely fast and there were many symptoms of the disease. A. There are many initial symptoms and symptoms before death of the black plague. “The Bubonic Plague” E medicine. 24 December 2004. http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic428.htm ‚ Velendzas‚ Demetres
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http://ponderosa-pine.uoregon.edu/students/Janis/menu.html Abstract Bubonic plague has had a major impact on the history of the world. Caused by the bacterium‚ Yersinia pestis‚ and transmitted by fleas often found on rats‚ bubonic plague has killed over 50 million people over the centuries. Burrowing rodent populations across the world keep the disease present in the world today. Outbreaks‚ though often small‚ still occur in many places. The use of antibiotics and increased scientific knowledge
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influenced by religion especially by the Catholic Church. The Plague‚ or the Black Death‚ struck Europe over the course of the first three-quarters of the 14th century‚ marked a significant change‚ not only for the Catholic Church but also for society as a whole. It resulted in the death of half to two thirds of the population. It caused a widespread labor shortage‚ the Catholic Church’s credibility was severely damaged as it could not stop the plague‚ and new technology was developed to make up for the labor
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