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    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. In the Middle East‚ the plague spread

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    hits earth. One theory though seems a bit more bit more plausible‚ a super virus. A super virus is a virus‚ or bacteria that could spread around the world‚ killing millions of people wherever it goes. Since it has already happened once‚ the black plague in the 1300s‚ there is a possibility of another one happening. We are also at a greater risk for this occurring because of commercial travel. People could infect each other and not even know it‚ then fly to Europe and know it’s a pandemic. The truth

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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 a disease

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    Causes and Effects of the Extent of the Black Death The Bubonic Plague started in Europe in the fourteenth century. The plague had wiped out nearly one third of the population and did not single anyone out‚ regardless of age‚ gender‚ or religion. All of this occurred as a result of a single fleabite. Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death started in Asia and traveled to Europe by ships. The Bubonic Plague was an infectious disease spread by fleas living on rats which would attached themselves

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    How the Black Plague Affected Europe If you had a baby you knew was infected with a deadly disease‚ what would you do? You knew your baby was going to die because there was no cure. If you took care of your baby‚ you both would die. Would you take care of your baby or let her die? That was the choice parents had to make during the 14 Century. The Black Plague began by spreading disease‚ it affected the European people in both good and bad ways and it also affected their culture. First‚ the

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    It’s well known how devastating the Black Death was for Europe in the XIV century and that reached the maximum point between 1346 and 1361‚ killing one third of the continental population. From the big terror that provoked this unknown disease‚ people inclined to think that this was a supernatural occurrence. The Black Death was considered a divine punishment because of mortals sins. In plain desperation‚ guilty people were searched to calm this divine rage. It was told that Jews and lepers poisoned

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    The Bubonic Plague During the fourteenth century there was a deadly epidemic spreading across Europe. This epidemic was eventually given the name The Bubonic Plague. The Plague whipped one third of Europe in a short period of time. This epidemic affected multiple countries in Europe. Although there was many theories for what caused the Black Plague‚ research proves that this deadly outbreak was caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. The Black Plague was a deadly disease that broke out in

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    water and sitting on doors‚ tables‚ and chairs. Because of these things‚ the Bubonic Plague of London was started. But was hygiene the only reason the plague was started? And what is the Bubonic Plague? During the Renaissance time period‚ the Bubonic Plague killed many people in London‚ and this paper will state what caused it‚ the symptoms of the plague‚ and the treatments and results of it. The Bubonic Plague in London was one of the many epidemics in the world‚ and its cause was misunderstood

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    consequences of the Black Death included social‚ economic and political. The first cause of the Black Plague was people from Asia travelled to Europe. The people from Asia that travelled to Europe brought the Black Plague with them and it spread very quickly. The people were probably from Mongolia‚ they travelled through the Black Sea to Messina in Italy on October 1346. The second cause of the Black Plague was the cycle of fleas and rats. The cycle is fleas sucking the rats blood that carries bacteria

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    The plague from 1347 to 1350 in Europe was one of the miserable events in European history. Merchants brought the plague from Constantinople to Europe in 1347 and the plague began to spread quickly throughout Europe. During these 3 years were the peak of the plague in Europe and huge percentages of people died. Siena was also one of the central commercial city-states in Italy that suffered from the plague. When the plague arrived to Siena in 1348‚ fifty percentage or probably more of the population

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