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    Essay On The Black Plague

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    During the 14th century, around 75 to 200 million people died because of the disease known as the Black Plague. These numbers show that around a third of Europe’s population was completely wiped out. Many terrible changes occurred including the rich and the poor going against each other, blaming one another for causing this horrific disease. The Black Plague was the worst epidemic that has ever been recorded in the world’s history because of the disease’s ability to spread rapidly, the terrible…

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    Since the spread and destruction of the Black Death, also known as the plague, many theories arose for what the cause and reason behind this devastating disease were. The final verdict was that the Black Death was a natural occurrence of disease that was spread through animals. While discussing this more accurate verdict and also discussing the previous verdicts from the time of right after the Black Death had dissipated. The underlying causes and aftermath of this plague has killed over tens of…

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    Plague first appeared when Genoese trading ships docked in a Sicilian port. To everyone's surprise, everyone in the ship was either gravely ill or dead with black spots all over their skin. The Bubonic plague was spread by a bacillus called the “Yersinia Pestis” which was spread through skin contact, through air, and through infected rats and fleas. The Plague was remarkably contagious as when “people are infected, they infect…

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    Most scientists today think that the Black Death was actually a form of Plague, caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis. The Plague usually lives in rats, but it can spread to humans. The most common way that the Plague spreads to humans is through fleas, which have bitten an infected rat and then bit a human. As the Plague causes a blockage in the flea’s gut,…

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    The Black Death In England

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    Plague, claimed countless lives. The plague began in 1348, and the last outbreak took place in 1654 (Pringle 3). The Black Death was an insect-borne disease that wild rodents carried, such as black rats. They carried a pathogen called bacterium Yersinia pestis (Pringle 3). The plague spread rapidly throughout England (Saul 1). Symptoms…

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    Throughout history, the general population of the world has defined illness through many different perspectives of their respective cultures. These cultures have assisted in constructing the definition of illness that is seen around the world. In addition, the definition of illness is different, but one unifying factor is that; illness is always based on the social worlds of the sick. Furthermore, the basic definition of illness is that it affects the body and mind of an individual, indeed, this…

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    These bacteria strains lived in the digestive tracts of fleas, particularly human or rat fleas. While feeding inside the stomach, the flea regurgitates Y. Pestis bacilli into the victim (Gottfried 6). The more common name, the Black Death, came along because of the black patches that would appear on the skin once a person contracted the disease. Black boils also appeared on the skin and secreted blood and…

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    The Black Death Imagine living your life in a time that is filled with nothing but fear and chaos. That which you fear the most cannot be held or seen, but when it strikes it will cause you to suffer a cruel and agonizing death. During the mid-1300’s, the people of Europe were stricken with a deadly plague, later known as “The Black Death.” Many populations were completely wiped out as the Black Death swept through towns and villages leaving only death and devastation in its wake. The Black…

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    The Black Death was an important moment in human history, as it showed how a poorly understood disease could spread rapidly through an unprepared populace. The Black Death made a great impact on the people of that time, including the fall of the economy. The origins of the Black Death have been unknown until recent years. Gene sequencing has determined that the plague emerged in China more than 2,600 years ago. However, the first historical record of an actual epidemic was in 1338-1339. It…

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    In the history of the world, many diseases surface among of the many such as the plague knows as Black Death. The tragic and exceptional experience of the Fourteenth Century showed a sharp population decline, bitter internal conflicts in economic area, and the exasperation of social struggles. This paper is to explore the Black Death phenomena, how this disease came about, the consequences, and the impacts that affected the society in the Fourteenth Century. The Black Death was endemic in…

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