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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 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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    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 buboes, along with other symptoms. During the

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    Bubonic Plague Research

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    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life,” said Mark Twain. This quote reminds me of the Black death because the 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

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    In the 14th century the Black Death engulfed Europe killing an estimated 50 million people. The pandemic is considered extraordinary because it did so in a matter of months. This disease was carried by fleas, the Bubonic Plague is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis, found mainly in rodents, in this case in rats, and the fleas that feed on them. The rapid spread is mostly blamed on this because rats were common.“Historians and physicians alike have puzzled over this issue and, though many

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    that struck Europe and Asia in the 14th century was probably the most devastating disease or natural disaster the world ever faced. The Bubonic Plague or Black Death killed an estimated 25 million people from 1347 to 1352 in Europe which accounted for one third of Europe’s population.??-1 It is believed to have started in Asia and then spread to Europe. The Bubonic Plague was not just limited to this period in time. It would reappear through the centuries including the Great Plague of London around

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    Bubonic Plague In London

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    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 and toxins, known as the lymphatic system. The flea preys on house

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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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    Classic Bubonic Plague

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    including children and women .Historians believe that the black death was caused by bacterial strains and this strains came from the stomach and certain fleas of rotten but more specifically the black rat. The black death was a combination of 3 plagues Bubonic,Pneumonic and septicemic one deadlier than the other one. The black death

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    Could you imagine waking up one day and everyone around you was dying? The Black Death also known as the Bubonic Plague was a horrible disease that spread though Asia and Europe in the late 1340’s and early 1350’s. It killed off a large amount of Europe’s population after the plague was over. It was a horrible disease that everyone dreaded to become infected with. The Black Death which spread from China to Europe had a severe impact that declined the European population and increased its economy

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