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    Bubonic Plague Analysis

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    The bubonic is only one of three types of plague History: There were 9 US cases of the plague in 2015. The plague started in 1347 when 12 genoese trading ships crossed the black sea and docked in Europe. The black death killed 20 million people in europe over the next five years 1347- 1352. The 12 ships that came into port would be known as “Death Ships”. Even before the death ships ported at messina many europeans had heard rumors of a “Great Pestilence”. That was craving a deathly path across

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    During the Middle Ages a horrid illness infected many people. The horrid plague as name Bubonic Plague. This illness killed hundreds of people. The plague had bad symptoms, caused a depressing time, and left few survivors. What happened to people when they became sick with the Bubonic plague? They became seriously ill and then there skin will start rotting with a horrid smell. Most people usually died within 5 - 7 days after becoming ill. The sickness was different for everyone who became ill. One

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    Bubonic Plague This unfortunate and tragic event also known as, the Bubonic Plague, reached Italy when the flowers began blooming in that of 1348 (HC). Document 6 says “the Bubonic Plague affected at least 80,000 lives.” All of which resulted in death. (Thesis Statement) Many symptoms could come of this illness that caused mass scrutiny all around. Document 1 states that Gavoccioli were swellings that varied in size but spread quickly. After these spread through the body a plethora of dark distinct

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    The Bubonic Plague is also know as the black death occurred during the middles ages. The plague started in China and it transmitted from people to people very rapidly. During the middle ages Europe had been trading with China its goods but in 1387 a ship from Italian merchants came from china trade many people were dying in the ship when they aboard on Italy. This disease cause swellings on the victim neck or armpits and it would go up to size of an egg or an apple.This disease spread throughout

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    The Plague of Death Throughout history, the Black Death has been well known for the mass amount of death associated with its name. The Bubonic Plague was the most common form of the Black Death that swept across Europe during the Elizabethan Era. Annihilating anyone that crossed its path, the plague showed no mercy to those with whom it came into contact. Once the bacteria of the plague was transmitted to a person by infected fleas from rats, the bubonic form of the plague appeared on the skin as

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    Bubonic Plague Research

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    people of the 14th century feared life immensely because of the Bubonic Plague. They thought death was just as bad as life. None of the bizarre cures for the Bubonic Plague worked; however most were innocuous, ensanguine, or savage. A handful of cures were innocuous. For example, aromatherapy was harmless. An individual with the Black Death, “carrying sweet flowers wherever they went.(Shariff Mohammad, “Ten Crazy Cures for the Black Plague” list verse, www.listverse.com) would contract nothing more

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    The research topic I have chosen to do my paper on is the “Black Death” which is also referred to as “the bubonic plague”. Medieval people also referred to it as “the blue sickness”, “pestilence” and “the Great Mortality”. The Black Death was an epidemic from 1343 – 1353, it came to Europe via trading ships after a long journey through the Black Sea. The plague originated in Eastern Asia and worked its way via the trade ships into Western, Europe. The vessels were crammed full of rats and fleas

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    In the early 1330s, an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in Europe. The bubonic plague mainly affected rodents, but fleas were also able to transmit the disease to people. Once people were infected, they quickly infected others, which meant the disease spread very rapidly among the population. The plague caused fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes. The disease also caused spots on the skin that started out red and eventually turned black, which is where “The Black

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    Black Death “The Black Death plague was one of the worst things to happen to Europe in the years 1346-53. The Black Death came from central Asia in the autumn to Britain in 1346. Also known as the bubonic plague, it spreads by infected fleas, the epidemic swept through over the better part of the next year. This horrible disease destroyed many lives and killed hundreds upon hundreds of people. It was probably one of the worst plagues in Europe. The plague did affect virtually every aspect of life;

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    Bubonic Plague In London

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    The Great Plague of London in 1665 was a horrific blow to Londoners. Before this plague would be at its end, anywhere from 65,000 – 100,000 people would be dead, 15 percent of London’s population. The Great Plague was an outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, a  bacterial infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, spread by the oriental rat flea, in the spring and summer of 1665. Bubonic plague is an infection of the tissues and organs in the human body that help carry away unwanted materials

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