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The Black Death was a devastating effect on Europe. The Black Death caused Europe to change the people’s religious, political, government, and economical views. In addition to its effect on Europe, The Black Death was a turning point in Europe’s history. The Black Death began in Asia around 1347. The Mongols, who ruled most of Asia during this time, opened trade routes from Asia to Europe. This played a major factor in the spreading of the Bubonic Plague. Before the Mongols had open the trade routes

The Black Death came to Europe in October of 1347, spread swiftly through most of Europe by the end of 1349 and on to Scandinavia and Russia in the 1350s. It returned several times throughout the rest of the century. The Black Death was also refer as: The Black Plague, the Great Mortality, and the Pestilence. The disease that most scholars believe struck Europe was "Plague”. “Best known as bubonic plague for the "buboes" (lumps) that formed on the victims' bodies. Bubonic Plague was spread by

Tara Merithew Rebecca Karp History to 1865 August 1, 2015 Children are susceptible to many more infections and diseases than adults. Adults have higher tolerance for diseases and even though they are still affected, they aren’t at as high of a risk for fatally. Medical treatment for such diseases or infections have come a long way since the 1700’s with the help of Edward Jenner. Two of the major deadly diseases in young children were the bubonic plague (also known as “black death”) and small pox

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. Also called the plague; the Black Death traveled from Asia to the area around the Mediterranean Sea

~Darkness Forever~ There is many details that can prove that Europe was in a dark age from 500 to 1500 AD. Some statements that may prove that they were in a dark age was, the black death, The Crusades, and the government laws. To start, the black death affected ⅓ of europe's population,for example “[The Black Death] was such a frightful thing that when it got into a house, as was said, no one remained." This demonstrates that the plague affected everyone, and everything.People lost hope during

The Bubonic Plague erupted in 1320 in the Gobi Desert in central Asia. This plague was passed through rodents to other animals and then to humans through flea bites. This plague has three different names, The Bubonic Plague, The Black Death, and Yersinia pestis. Y. Pestis was named after one of its co-founders, Alexandre Yersin. It’s called the Black death because your blood dries underneath of the skin and turns it black, you can also get skin sores that turn black. This wasn’t the first time the

and pandemics have happened all through mankind's history. “They remain the prime cause of death worldwide and will not be conquered during our lifetimes.” The flu of 1918 was one of the deadliest epidemics in history. “It infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide–about one-third of the planet’s population at the time–and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. More than 25 percent of the U.S. population became sick, and some 675,000 Americans died during the pandemic.” No

person would show symptoms, the townsfolk would burn down their house with them inside. This effectively kept the illness from spreading, spite the many casualties. A pandemic, is what this kind of incident is called. Pandemic is a “sudden and widespread development of a disease”, this usually ends in many deaths. This pandemic spread across Europe, but there were cases in Asia that rose beforehand. Even now, in the 21st century, developing countries still have outbreaks like

the last 100 years, there have been 3 main influenza pandemics was identified, such as 1918 (Spanish flu, H1N1), 1957 (Asian flu, H2N2), and 1968 (the Hong Kong flu, H3N2). Among those pandemics, the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is one of the worst pandemic in 1900s history and that caused 50-100 million people died worldwide. The 1957 and 1968 pandemics were also killed approximately 1 million people. In 2009, the most recent influenza pandemic (Swine flu, H1N1) was emerged and infected over 200 countries

Have you ever wondered how medicine during the Civil war is different than how it is now? During the Civil War there wasn’t much medicine. It was known as the Middle Age of Medicine. Diseases went through the camps really fast which was the main cause of death. Doctors didn’t know much about diseases and medicine at this time. During the Civil War there was barely any medicine. The only thing close to medicine was anestesia, which helps to control blood pressure and pain during amputation.