The 21st Century Black Plague

In the year 1348 the world changed forever. The Black Death, which is another name for the Bubonic Plague, laid havoc on the entire world. “The plague chases the screaming without pity and does not accept a treasure for a ransom. Its engine is far-reaching. The plague enters into the house and swears it will not leave except with all of its inhabitants…” (Al-Wardi, #29, 113). The plague did not care if the people were rich, poor, white, black, Muslim or Catholic, it would kill whomever it could. The plague brought out the worst in people because people acted selfishly, people were completely inhumane, and there was no peace.

The Black Death was one of the most life-changing pandemics in history. It was first discovered 550 years later in the 1800s by Alexandre Yersin, a french biologist. In his honor, the plague was named Yersinia Pestis. The plague traveled in two major ways. Yersin discovered that it traveled by infected fleas; the flea would attempt to feed on a human or animal and would then regurgitate the disease into the new host, further spreading the illness. Urban areas across Europe were populous with rats, which were one of the main hosts of the plague. These rodents spread the Black Death throughout cities in days. The unaffected still were not safe if they did not come in contact with an infected flea or rat. The plague also traveled pneumonically, or through the air. It caused large boils full of blood and pus, which would pop and spread. Another symptom was coughing, which was one of the many ways of proliferation. The disease eventually spread throughout Europe and killed a third of it’s population. It’s wrath caused many shortages, loss in hope, riots, and even some good things, such as many changes in art, science, and education. Therefore, the Black Death was one of the most life-changing pandemics in history.

The Black Plague, one of the most devastating out breaks in history, is an historical event brought about with a great depression throughout Europe. This plague brought out the worst in mankind during the time the plague ran its course. How do people behave, when there environment becomes life threatening? (Herlihy, 18). The Black Death accounted for nearly one third of the deaths in Europe. Due to the death of many people there were severe shortages in labors, during these dreadful times. There were riots throughout Europe, and the great mortality brought on by the plague ripped society apart. Individuals were fearful searching for explanation, but in the end the plague gave rise to the survivors such as

The plague, otherwise known as “the Black Death”, brought on much turmoil and suffering for the habitants of Pistoia. Numerous ordinances were put into effect with the primary goal of limiting the spread of the plague as well as to keep the city as healthy as possible. These ordinances typically focused on confinement, i.e. no one goes to Pisa and Luca and no one from Pisa and Luca is allowed to enter Pistoia (ordinance 1), how death and burials are to be processed (ordinances 3-12), and how butchers were to handle their animals and animal carcasses (ordinances 13-19). Essentially, confinement was targeted in hopes of stopping the spread of the infection while keeping the city isolated. Secondly, how the bodies of plague victims and their

Sickness times a thousand equals the Black Death. In our world, many disasters have occurred, causing terrible damage emotionally, physically, and mentally. However, I believe that the Black Death is the worst disaster to have occurred throughout our world’s history. It all started in 1348, when trading ships from different countries around Europe settled at the port of Messina, Sicily. Once the ship dropped their anchor many of their sailors were found dead, and the few surviving carried with them the deadly disease so dangerous that it would quickly lead to death. Scientists researched and concluded that the disease started from Central Asia (Mongolia), when fleas on rats boarded the many ships from Europe. The fleas got on the sailors’ skin and started killing them instantly. However, many thought that the disease had originated from the Far East and was spread along many major trade routes. When the people of Sicily finally started finding out what was causing the death, they closed their port and trading system with other countries. (Wikipedia) The ships were forced to anchor somewhere else in other countries, which allowed the disease to spread even more quickly. I believe that the Black Plague was a disastrous event that affected all aspects and the future of European and Central Asian society, their political and economic environment, and their future advancement to medicine.

The Black Death ( or Black Plague) was a very harmful disease at that time period. Not as common today although you can still catch it.. It was very common in Europe and the Middle East around that time period. There were a lot of differences based on religion and the way people looked at the disease. The Christians and the Muslims did have a few comparisons but overall the disease was looked at it different. The Black was caused by a flea that was taking blood from a rat and when the rat died the flea was trying to find another host as soon as possible. Some symptoms were a big growing of buboes, fever, headaches, etc… Two ways it was spread was the popping of buboes and fleas.

Before the "Black Plague" of America the natives had a very different lifestyle. The native population was much more massive with number in the millions, but then these number dropped as a majority of them died from diseases and wars. Many people have a stereotypical view of the people of the "New world." The warped perspective many non-native people share is that the "Indians" are savage barbarians who roam the landmass known as North America. However, most of the natives had families which they went to great lengths to feed, clothe, and shelter. Additionally many people group all the indigenous tribes into one general category labeled "Indians." But the truth could not be more contrasting, they all live in extremely diverse ecosystems that they all adapt to in different ways .Their entire culture was based off of their local milieu. Two interesting tribes in specific are the Cheyenne and the Powhatan.

I watched the documentary “The Black Plague of Europe” -produced by the History Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =V9H9IDqJgE ). The documentary covered the whole range of black plague from begin to end of where it spread. This documentary told how the people felt and actual sources of their reactions to the black plague. I was able to learn a lot from the documentary versus the film. The film I watched was called “Black Death” (Black death [Motion picture]. (2011). One movie; 01 Distribution). It provided an unrealistic thrill of things that didn’t occur. Overall, this assignment shown the significance of documentaries in a world that is likely to change history for entertainment purposes.

Close your eyes and imagine a world full of a black cloud of sickness. People no longer have any hope or want in being equal. People are turning on each other and parents even deny their own children. This would soon become a reality if the plague were to come to America now. There would be so much contention and the morals around the world would decrease. There will no longer be a love for other people and people would only act for themselves.We would act even worse than the horrible way that the people acted in the middle ages.We would be very immoral and we might take joy in the pain of others. This would be the most immoral action that we could take. If the black plague hit the world today we would never be the same. Even if we lost our connection with people we would also become crazy. The plague would affect the world today as we know it for the worse.

The Black Death has affected this world for many years. The first recorded outbreak of the plague was in central Asia. From there, the plague spread via the Silk Road, eventually reaching Africa, Europe, and other parts of Asia. The first major pandemic was called the Justinian plague, recorded in the 6th century during the Byzantine Empire. The plague would appear to come and go throughout the ages, wreaking havoc where it could. The next major pandemic occurred in Europe, where it was named the Black Death. This is the most infamous pandemic because it wiped out about 60% of Europe’s population, which was economically devastating.

The Black Death never really went away since its run in the 1350s. Modern sanitation and public-health practices have greatly mitigated the impact of the disease but have not eliminated it. The plague would reappear every few generation for centuries. For example there was a death of a herdman in Kyrgyzstan in 2013 from the bubonic plague that was widely exaggerated in the media. But today with our better understanding of the Black Death, other diseases among animals such as the swine-flu and the bird-flu are being carefully monitored today in case they were to develop into person-to-person

When the black death hit Europe people had trouble keeping their belief in their religion, this was because their god could not help them. People were fascinated by what was causing this disease, many believed that god was causing the sickness as a punishment for their sins. Before the disease hit the societies of Europe were largely influenced by the church and their religion, the church was always the telling right from wrong. When the pandemic hit the church / priest and bishops could not offer a cure or explanations this caused the catholic church to lose lots of their influence on many followers. Each person reacted differently to this terrible incident. While some people prayed for salvation, Others turned to debauchery and increased

There have been many dangerous diseases in history some of them even continuing to today. For example, ebola, AIDS, and scarlet fever. These diseases have affected millions of people all over the world. It is truly heartbreaking. In this essay, I will talk about one of these diseases—the Black Death—and its history and how it impacted Europe and how the bacteria could be weaponized for terrorism.

Seven centuries ago the world had almost been wiped out by a disease called the black plague this was a sad time zone for the whole world because millions had died. It was a tremendous and it kind of was sad because many were left without their family, and the wealthy people were the ones who survived most of the time because they would get the treatment they needed.

Advancements in our modern world are often viewed in a positive light; however, this growth and development can have a dark side to it – further brought out in devastating medical outbreaks such as pandemics. A pandemic is a global epidemic affecting an exceptionally high portion of the population, further highlighted through human fear and stigma surrounding these infectious diseases (Downs, 2005). Roughly three of every four emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic diseases, both Ebola and HIV fall into this category (Wolfe et al., 2005). HIV is believed to have originated from a species of chimpanzees in west equatorial Africa, and exposed to humans through contact with infectious blood while hunting. The first reported case was in