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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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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The Black Death swept throughout Western Europe like wildfire from 1347 to 1349‚ devastating the European population. In just this short amount of time‚ this horrifying plague killed between 25% to 50% of the entire Western Europe‚ which was more than any pestilence had beforehand or since. This Black Death‚ otherwise known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was caused by a bad bacteria (Yersinia pestis) that inhabited fleas‚ which lived on rats. Then‚ these infected rat fleas started infecting people with the
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The Black Death impacted Europe both socially and economically. This plague altered Europe’s art‚ faith and everyday peasant lifestyle. During the onslaught of death‚ art and literature took a dark turn to reflect the epic pandemic. Not only that but people’s faith in God was also tested as people believed that he was abandoning them or even the cause of the Black Death itself. Additionally lifestyle of everyday peasants was changed as worker’s wages were also affected due to the disease as there
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The Black Death‚ also known as the Black Plague‚ was a rapid plague that swept over Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s resulting in the death of millions of people. This disease is believed to have started in the Eastern parts of Asia‚ and it eventually made its way over to Europe by way of trade routes. Fever and “dark despair” characterized this plague. The highly contagious sickness displayed many flu like symptoms‚ but the victim’s lymph nodes would quickly become infected resulting in a vast and
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The Black Death was and still is a very deadly disease. There were many effects it had on the trading economy. Also‚ “The Black Death” is still being carried around today‚ but it is very rare. The Black Death spread as quickly as it did because Europe was becoming richer‚ and trade was widespread. The Black Death had many names like “The Black Plague‚” but one of the less common names was Zoonosis. Zoonosis is a word people used for all sorts of life threatening diseases. They used zoonosis so people
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The black plague: The black plague also known as the black death started in the years 1346-1353 leading in the deaths of 75 to 200 million deaths‚ almost a third of the population. The black plague is also known as the black death because‚ of the dark patches on the skin caused by subcutaneous bleeding. The black plague was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. A deadly epidemic known as the Sixth-Century Plague or Justinian’s plague struck Constantinople and parts of southern Europe
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sight of a black bubble in a person’s skin could scare someone at least a little‚ or the terrible aches and pains brought about by a disease which no one in the region had heard about or had the slightest idea of a cure for could be a bit frightening. Just as it was during the 14th thru 16th centuries in Western Europe and just as it is today‚ death was and still is a big thing to fear. Thus‚ this epidemic that killed one third of Western Europe’s population got to be known as the Black Death‚ and people
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Analissa Sanchez World History AP – 8 November 28‚ 2011 The Black Death was known as a very fatal disease that struck many locations and wiped out many countries and cities. The Black Death took the lives of almost 1/3 of the population. It all started by infection from fleas on rats‚ but the Christians and Muslims see it differently. Not only did the responses of the Christians and the Muslims differentiate by the way they responded to the plague‚ but also the non-religious causes. While the
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1. Describe what Federici takes to be the relationship between the black death (the plague)‚ wages‚ and the witch hunts. What was the role of women in society before the black death? How did it change? What does Federici take to be the reasons for the witch hunts? According to Federici‚ the black death was a major turning point in the history of Europe‚ with about a third of the population being killed (44)‚ thus necessitating the reconstruction of the entire labor market. In this case‚ wages went
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