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In the middle age to the early renaissance period, the Dance of Death was a popular theme for artists to illustrate (Mackenbach). It was near a time when war, famine, and a deadly epidemic started killing a large population in Europe. Death became a popular subject. The illustration will consist of various themes that include skeletons in their Danse Macabre. One artist name Hans Holbein the Young who was a painter and a printmaker who design many sets of woodcut of the Danse Macabre. In one of his

In Susan Grayzel’s *The First World War: A Brief History with Documents is a collection of different reports and accounts of experiences of civilians throughout World War One. Grayzel successfully creates a narrative that focuses on the most important and shocking accounts that civilians experienced. In chapter 27, Berlin Police Reports filed on February 17 and October 17, 1915 describe riots for potatoes and the destruction of butter shops. “Women had their possessions ripped from them and children

The Great Plague was the worst outbreak outbreak in England since the black death in 1348. The plague caused swellings in the lymph nodes, headaches, vomiting, and fevers. There was a thirty percent chance of dying within two weeks. Treatments and prevention did not work at the time. London, England lost about fifteen percent of their population, and there were 68,596 recorded deaths. The true number of deaths, however, was most likely over 100,000. Other parts of England suffered as well. The spring

Christian and Muslim responses to the Black Death. Indeed the Christian and Muslims specifically believed it was a punishment from God. For instance the muslims on the other hand thought if it was from God it has to be good. The christian people believed that God was punishing them for sinning. The plague killed 25 - 45% of the populations it came in contact with. They both had some similarities in trying to prevent the Christians and Muslims from getting the Black Death. The black death was caused

In society over the decades, diseases have found countless ways to reproduce and infect many. As seen in the movie, World War Z, a pandemic virus spread throughout the entire world and killed billions. Similarly, the black plague was a bacteria that killed two-thirds of the Eurasian population. The spread of these deadly diseases can lead to disorder and chaos regarding economic and social construct, leaving short and long term effects. The birth of the disease can begin in one area and then spread

The Masque of the Black Death It’s the mid 1300’s, daily life is going as usual, a plague is going around, people start to panic, adults abandoning their children, some people are locking themselves indoors. A vile stench goes into the air. Plague Doctors, with their creepy bird-like masks and creepy blood covered cloak, start walking into town. A sharp pain cuts through the townspeople's bodies as they start feeling weaker and they see that their face is turning very red. Before anyone knows it

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics that occurred in human history. During medieval times, this horrible plague struck England(The Black Death), Massacring about 2 million people in England(Ross,David), this quickly spreading epidemic was named the Black Death also known as Bubonic plague(Bubonic). This plague had a negative impact on English society since it killed so many people within the span of 2-6 days(Black death). The Black death was believed to have arrived from

I pick these 3 reasons why Rome fell because they seem like it really affected them from when I read the passage from each one of the three things that I chose. My first reason for why Rome fell was because of a massive earthquake that did a lot of damage. Such as leaving the Mediterranean sea dry by the sudden retreat of the see it also did massive damage to Rome and it’s cities. When the earthquake had also hit it was a flood that hit the coast of Sicily. In the cities of Greece and Egypt at

A story also written by Poe is “The Masque of the Red Death”. This story starts of by describing the sickness “the red death” which kills many people in a fictional country hastily. Many residents are distraught and scared of this sickness, other than the prince Prospero who does not seem to focus on this issue. Although Poe did not describe the exact symptoms of the sickness, I believe that he has portrayed tuberculosis as the red death, which would make sense as it is the illness that killed Poe’s

“In 1762, there were several documented deaths that were attributed to ergot poisoning from contaminated grain. A farm laborer’s wife and six children died after suffering terrible symptoms such as blackened and rotting limbs. In 1951 in Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, there was another such episode in which either ergot or LSD was implicated. In this small village, dozens of people suffered violent delusions requiring restraints and hospitalization. Five people died. At first, this outbreak was considered