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    The initial decline of the middle ages laid between 1420 and stretched to 1470.  During that time was the disastrous bubonic plague‚ also known as the black death‚  and other factors dragging the time longer after the plague even released it’s solid grasp on the world. Nearly seven thousand people died per day in Cairo‚ Egypt. The entire world was impacted by this time period‚ leaving no room for any group‚ social place‚ or country safe‚ save for very few. As for example‚ some German villages were

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    middle Ages. There was inflation throughout the Northern Europe. Torrential rain ruined what little crops farmers had and caused a "great famine." Since many people had little to eat they were not able to receive vitamins and became very unhealthy. They became susceptible to diseases and death. Many villages became abandoned‚ since work could not be found people resorted to living on the streets. It was a vicious cycle and very hard to improve conditions. The Bubonic Plague was first started in

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    time‚ I would go to places where I could help people in need. I’d especially like to travel to China in the early 1330s to prevent the bubonic plague that originated here. This plague causes fever‚ painful buboes and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. Bubonic plague mainly affects rats‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people‚ so the plague often breaks out in run-down‚ dirty areas‚ which provide ideal environments for fleas to grow. Once people are infected‚ they infect

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    years after the revolutionary War began‚ the United States government faced a small-scale revolution by some of its own citizens. As in the previous war‚ taxes were a central issue. And Alexander Hamilton understood that putting down this rebellion was critical to the life of the nation. In order to create a self-supporting and effective government‚ Treasury Secretary Hamilton knew he needed to find a steady source of revenue. He proposed an excise tax on whiskey produced in the United States‚ and

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    What was the Bubonic Plague and what made the disease spread so far‚ so rapidly and kill millions of people. How did the Bubonic Plague affect Europe? The Plague vastly affected millions of lives in Europe‚ but it also affected millions of lives around the globe. The Plague is still‚ up to current date one of the largest disease outbreaks in recorded history. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that originated in Turkey in 1347. It was caused by the fleas that lived on rats. The fleas have a bad

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    of the Bubonic Plague on Europe The topic of my research paper is how the bubonic plague affected Europe. The bubonic plague began during the fourteenth century and was a widespread epidemic that spread throughout Asia and Europe. The bubonic plague killed approximately 25 million people or one third of the population of people living in Europe. The disease was brought to Europe by rats that traveled along trading ships that ventured to Asia. The TED Talk that inspired my research was delivered

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    Throughout history‚ there were a series of horrific bubonic plagues that spread around the world. The bubonic plague is a deadly disease that forms buboes and causes many other terrible symptoms. The bubonic plague affected the world three different times. The first time the pandemic hit was in 542‚ it was called the Justinian Plague. The second time was in 1347‚ it was called the Black Death. The third time was in 1665‚ it was called the Great Plague of London. A pandemic is the term used when

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    took place‚ specifically the never- forgotten pandemic of the century known to man as the Black Plague. This outbreak has been the main source of suffering for so many Europeans centuries ago‚ affecting not only the people but the whole country itself. Ranging from economic to personal‚ the Black Plague has sought to destroy each and every Englishman alive. All of which started from a simple virus that was not curable at that time‚ and by the next moment‚ millions of souls were consumed. It wasted almost

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    part of the world with the disastrous bubonic plague. In addition to the Black Death spreading around Europe‚ it spread to Africa and the Middle East. The plague was first reported in Caffa‚ Crimea. The plague then spread to Sicily‚ Genoa‚ Venice‚ Pisa‚ and Marseilles. As the disease rapidly spread‚ it spread to France‚ Portugal‚ Spain‚ England‚ Germany‚ and Scandinavia. The plague did not slow down‚ it kept spreading to more people in different places. The plague spread as far north as Russia in 1351

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    The Black Death‚ one of the biggest plague. The Black Death happened between 1346-1353. It was caused by rats and fleas. The Black Death was important because it was an epidemic of a disease called Bubonic Plague. It was able to kill 38 million people. The black death was one of the biggest epidemic to hit mankind. It was given the name ‘Black Death’ because people who were infected‚ were cover in black boils. For example‚ “Early in 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria‚ and Egypt”

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