movement from Asia to Europe‚ with trade playing a vital role in the spread of the plague. Seven hundred years later‚ it is the greatest natural disaster in human history. “Worldwide the disease has killed an estimate 200 million people”. Kelly described that “in a century when nothing moved faster than the fastest horse; the Black Death had circumnavigated Europe in a little less than four years”. No other of plague has taken as many lives or caused as much suffering as the Black Death. It has been
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The bubonic plague‚ caused by the Yersinia pest is bacteria‚ is a highly contagious communicable disease. The bacteria is transferred from animals‚ to fleas‚ to humans. This bacteria can be found in multiple location world-wide. The earliest reporting of the Bubonic plague‚ also known as the “Black Death”‚ dates back to 1347‚ via land and sea trade routes of the ancient Silk Road. When rat filled ships arrived at the harbors of Europe‚ people came to welcome the sailors home. They soon realized
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In 542 CE a disease called‚ The Great Plague struck Constantinople that was so overwhelming‚ it changed the face of history forever in Eastern Europe. The disease was first noticed in Pelusium‚ an Egyptian harbor town. The problem with this plague was that no one was sure of what caused it. In later years we have found out that the disease was caused by bacteria and parasites that used rats as hosts. North Africa‚ in the 8th century CE‚ was the primary source of grain for the empire‚ along with a
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The Bubonic Plague In Europe during the late 1340s‚ almost 25 million people died. During the Great Plague of London in the 1660s‚ one in every five people died. This was all caused by one deadly disease‚ the Bubonic Plague (National Geographic). The Bubonic Plague attacks a body system called the immune system. This disease’s structure and function cause this body system to malfunction and will also cause many awful problems and symptoms in the body. Imagine what it would be like if an outbreak
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Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were
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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 others
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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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The bubonic plague was the worst disease you can get in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603)‚The bubonic plague had different names like “the blue sickness”‚ ”black Plague” or “black death”‚ the bubonic plague had symptoms like‚ Situated in the groin‚ armpit or neck about the size of an egg‚ tender and warm to the touch‚ Sudden onset of fever and chills‚ headache‚ fatigue or malaise‚ fever and chills‚ extreme weakness‚ abdominal pain‚ diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ bleeding from your mouth‚ nose or rectum‚ or under
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event ever‚ the Bubonic Plague. Originating from the Gobi desert in China‚ the plague or Black Death spread like wildfire across Europe and Asia. The Black Death had a major impact on society and the city. A writer named Boccaccio wrote a first-hand account on the effects of the plague. His writing on the plague does a good job on helping historians depict how the plague disrupted the social order in the city of Florence and tells us how it affected families. The plague was a serious disaster
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The Bubonic Plague was a major disease that evolved during the Middle Ages and spread across sections of Asia‚ Northern Africa‚ and Europe. This disease was also given the title of the Black Death because of how fatal it was and the deadly symptoms one contracted through it. The plague was transmitted from fleas containing bacteria that were carried by rats‚ to humans. Moreover‚ the Black Death killed millions of citizens and completely changed the society of 14th century Europe. As time goes on
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