Rob Roemer Mr. Killoran World History Period 1 March 1‚ 2017 The Black Death Introduction: In all of history‚ people in the world have overcome some pretty devastating things in their lives. For example‚ people have had to overcome death‚ disease‚ human rights‚ and many more things. However‚ none of these events have been as devastating as Epidemics. Epidemics spread the fear of people thinking the world would end even if it was going to not to. Epidemics however‚ do have the power of ending because
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not any one has parallel fame and influences to the human communities compared to the Black Death that emerged in medieval. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will analyze the influences of Black Death in several aspects- politics‚ economy‚ society and culture. Before getting into any specific aspect of Black’s impacts‚ I will provide a brief introduction to the social background and basic background of the Black Death. There are two key words for the background--famine and war. The famine was due to heavy
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The Black Death The Black Death was an especially a traumatic event because of the origin‚ prevalence of unsanitary conditions to the number of the deaths‚ and the remorseless treatment of citizens by others. Only devastating memories are left from the lack of cleanliness to the high death rates of The Black Death. It was first heard of in Central Asia in 1338-39. Scholars have yet not agreed where exactly in Asia the plague originated from‚ research and further investigation
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The demographics of medieval Europe grew to an unprecedented scale. The population had grown to the brink of starvation. Only under the best conditions would the field ’s yield enough to feed the population. The Black death struck in 1347 and decimated the European population. The black death was a necessity to prevent overpopulation and economic decline. The economy of the fourteenth century was in a state of decline. The population boom along with the shortage of food was leading Europe down a road
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Jordan Malone Accelerated English II 3 May 2013 The Black Death As a pandemic that was able to spread from country to country and kill millions in the process‚ the Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was able to leave a mark on almost all of the Eastern hemisphere. Additionally and ironically‚ the impact the Black Death had on many countries was both negative and positive. While killing millions and destroying economies‚ the Bubonic plague also helped improved health care and sanitation
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Kasey Regan “The Cause and effect of the Black Death” Intercultural Humanities II Jan. 28‚ 2013 Over the years many tragedies have affected the arts and the way people express emotion. However‚ during the fourteenth century there was nothing as devastatingly inspiring as The Black Death. Commonly known as the bubonic plague‚ the Black Death swept the west and left people throughout Europe‚ Asia Minor‚ the Middle East and North Africa cheerless and filled with grief. Although the plague devoured
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Awhile before the horrendous events of the Black Death occurred‚ there was The Great Famine of 1315. I had not previously heard of or known about this period of history before writing this paper. At the beginning of the 14th century‚ the population in Europe had steadily been growing so large that there was no room for any crop failure or shortage. However‚ climate change in the spring of 1315 gave them a wet spring that proved to be harsh on the people until the summer of 1317. The people were weakened
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Raley Date The Black Death Considered one of the worst natural disasters in world history‚ the Black Death came through Europe in 1347 A.D. It ravaged cities and town‚ causing a death to the masses‚ and no one was considered safe. The Plague is any epidemic scourge or calamity for which remedies are difficult to find‚ and according to the encyclopedia‚ plague is a common term for a disease of rodents that occasionally cause severe human infection. Named for the black spots that appeared
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Exterminating around a third of Europe’s population in just three years‚ the Black Death affected nearly every aspect of society as it ravaged through countrysides and towns. Entering Europe in 1348‚ this deadly plague drastically altered the nation socioeconomically as it swept across the nation blindly‚ careless to one’s social status or prosperity (Khan Academy). Surprisingly‚ the main culprit found to be responsible for such severe damage was a bacterium carried by fleas. The likelihood of this
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The Black Death When talking about Europe’s history‚ it’s impossible not to mention the Black Death. This plague was one of the most devastating illnesses in human history. According to records‚ it was estimated to have killed over a third of Europe’s population. The consequences of this plague were tragic. They included social change‚ economic and religious effects‚ and depopulation. There were also three different types of the plague. The Bubonic plague‚ which was the disease’s most common
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