Black Death (Plagues)
The Black Death, an outbreak of bubonic plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in Human History. It forever changed the face of Europe. It led to a new way of thinking and dealt a serious blow to the Roman Catholic Church.
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There was a galley that came from a country with black death. all the sailors had black death when they reached England. the...
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The workforce was destroyed, farms were abandoned and building crumbled. Because of the lack of workers the price of labour rose...
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As a kindly person is the incorrect answer.
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its about the black plague.ring around the rosy:means red dots and rings all over your bodya pocket full of posies:posies are a...
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Yes and no. It took decades, close to a century, for the plague to move across Asia and Europe but when it reached a given region...
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it apperes under the skin from a flea bit that bit a rat to receve the plague.
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There are links to good Primary sources on this...
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Black death was worse because it was active for only a few years at a time during each outbreak and it wiped out 30-60% of the...
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The most important causes of the decline of feudalism probably varied depending on the country. In France and England, it was...
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There were two great outbreaks of bubonic plague. One was the Plague of Justinian, which struck in 541, and came back repeatedly...
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One gets plague when he/she is bitten by infected rats or fleas.You got it through a flea that has bitten a rat whos blood is...
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The dictionary defines this as a fatal epidemic, including the possibility of bubonic plague. One such instance was when Pharoah...
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The black death was a disease that was carried by fleas. The fleas bit the humans and, therefore, the humans became infected.
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It traveled from Asia to eastern Europe. From there it traveled on ships to Italy, and from there it spread northward to most of...
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During those times, people believed a whole range of things caused the Black Death. They are: 1) Common sense reasons - for...
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The Black Death did not play favourites - one third of the world's population died. People from all walks of life...
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Roughly 250,200 people died during the plague.
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The Black Death affected towns and villages by killing off most of the inhabitants, in some cases, all of them. The survivors...
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One factor may be the great fire of London which burned for 3 days and destroyed huge swathes of the city. It killed many of the...
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The number is not really known. Estimates for the Black Death, the outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1347-1352, run from 75...
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Dark swellings in the armpits, legs, neck, or groin (buboes) very high fever delirium muscular pains bleeding in the lungs...
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The decendents of people that were infected but survived are immune to HIV
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There was only a cure available for the bubonic plague, (one of the plgaues of the two plagues of the black death), the main cure...
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By killing millions of people.
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There were numerous outbreaks of Bubonic Plague (Black Death) in Europe from 1000CE to 1352CE. The Plague originated in China and...
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doctors in medieval times thought that bad smells and odors could actually cure you. So they had the patients to have lots of...
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PlagueThere were many ways, the most common being bleeding. They bled patients by cutting them and collecting the blood in bowls....
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The wild black rat was the main carrier, but the Plague could be passed from an infected person to healthy one as well.
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Black Death The black death was a disease that people caught. The fleas had bad bacteria and they travelled in the fur of rats,...
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Abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment. They include the amount of sunlight, water,...
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Stab the boils with a needle Pray often Drink vinegar Flagellation (Whipping themselves) In Germany 12,000 Jewish men, women and...
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A lot of people died
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Yes. If diagnosed quickly enough, it can be cured with antibiotics.
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The period after the black death was still known as the medieval period.
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75 million = 33-50%
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After the Plague subsided, more than 2/3 of all people in Europe were dead. The Feudal Lords had trouble finding people to...
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The Black Death or the Bubonic Plague and its Medieval World history and origins The deadly disease has been with man and part of...
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The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-late-14th century...
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Historian Norman Davies estimates 1.4-2 million for England (not Britain) in 'Europe: A History'. He was using an estimate made...
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In the middle ages, it was not cured. It simply burnt itself out when there were no more available bodies to infect. Nowadays, it...
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Caused by the bacterium Versinia pestis, in short, it can be described as a painful swelling of the lymph nodes develop, which...
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The Black Death was a specific epidemic of the bubonic plague, which occurred in the period of about 1347 to 1352 in Europe. In...
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Search sites indicate that the amount of deaths range from 30-75 million. There have been many scientific guesses about how many...
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They buried them or burned them if there were too many to bury.
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The Bubonic Plague originated in China. It was spread by the fleas carried by rats going aboard ships and they were transported...
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People burned Jews and other religions from different culture backgrounds and they sat near fire at all times. They would kill...
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they are the boils you would get if you had the plague
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AnswerThere was no cure for the black death. However some doctors said you should use leeches to suck the blood out! Others...
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Antibiotics. It's the cure. They just didn't have them in the 1300s. =D
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AnswerThe Black Death is believed to have been caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and the disease is called bubonic...
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Christians believed it was the end of the world and Muslims thought it was god punishing only sinners and non believers.
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Septicemic plague
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The bacteria causing the disease, Yersinia pestis, lived in the blood of the rat. Fleas drank this blood, and the bacteria lived...
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In the autumn of 1347, the disease occurs in the trading ships that is full of grains and goods. 1348, the disease reached Spain...
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3,564 and a half exactly, but seriously nobody knows, people could only count up to 3 score and a farthing back then.
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Well, there were about 1/3 less peasants after the Black Death, so they could demand money for there work, and they took over...
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AnswerActually, the Black Death originated from Central Asia, most possibly China or India, in around 1346. It then spread to the...
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Yes, if you live in rural areas where there are carriers, such as field mice and prarie dogs. However, it is easily cured with...
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The Bubonic plague (Black Death) developed in the middle ages. it was said to be passed on by fleas to rats on merchant ships....
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The exact numbers are unknown, but it is documented that many farm animals and pets did indeed die along with their owners from...
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Some people believed that it was because of volcanos that ejected a diseased air that gave everyone the Black death. The real...
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The church strongly declined after the black plague. Many churchgoers died and so did clergy members. The black death was a large...
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There was an epidemic of bubonic plague in 1564, the year Shakesepeare was born. Other epidemics also hit from time to time,...
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Ring around the rosy (a rash near your wrist, where the deadly disease starts) pocket full of poesy (poesy is a type of flower...
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Yersina Pestis is readily cured with antibiotics.
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The village of Eyam during the Plague of 1665, isolated itself from the outside world to help slow down the infection. A number...
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The pandemic lasted until 1351, but smaller outbreaks (epidemics) continued off and on for decades. For instance, Paris and Rouen...
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Wasnt this caused by the rats in the city that were spreading that plague?
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"Ring-a-ring of roses, A pocketful of posies' Attischo, Attischo, We all fall down." This song was referred to in 1961 by...
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Sanitation was extremely poor during the Middle Ages. Baths were uncommon and sewers were almost non-existant in crowded cities....
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it is generally thought that the black plague originated in China, but the earliest known appearance of the black death was in a...
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All forms are caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. The oriental rat flea carries this bacterium, and lives on the backs...
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Answer1664-166 (the bubonic plague/the great plague)http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/GreatPlague.htmLuckily,...
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from 1348 June to 1350 June
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Since many Plague sufferers were quarantined in their homes, their families were likely to get contract it also. About 75% - 80 %...
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Estimates for the number of people who died in the Black Death range from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000. The number of people who got...
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The first recorded version of Ring A Ring Of Roses dates to 1881, when it appeared in Kate Greenaway's edition of Mother Goose:...
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News of the Black Death reached Europe about a year before the disease itself did. It spread across the Mediterranean area very...
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Antibiotics. Yersina Pestis is a bacteria carried by fleas.
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It had come from infected rats but it was given to humans by they fleas on the infected rat it sucked up the blood and passed it...
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My AnswerIf you get the black death you will die within 2-3 days. Muhaha13- Actually, it is more likely that, without...
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AnswerPeasants lived in close courters and experience unclean living conditions. When the black plague hit Europe no one knew...
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AnswerThe Bubonic Plague Ended 1666 and then went to Eyam and lasted about a year there.
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Curing Bubonic PlagueNow they use sulfur drugs and others. Before the early 20th century, if you got bubonic plague, you either...
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People throughout Europe and Asia
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The many epidemics of the medieval era affected everyone regardless of social standing. When landowners would get sick or die,...
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Yes they did because they were the first things to get 'The Black Death' and their bodys could not handle the symptoms of 'The...
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It was in or before 1347
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The Bubonic Plague originated in Asia when the Mongols were invading othere territories, they took the plague with them to Europe
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The Black Death plague killed 4 jellyfish and 1 people!!! But this was only in your pants. In your pants there was not...
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Within a year 20 million people died world wide
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Ring around the Rosey
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The electricity in your home is dangerous. Many people have had an electric shock at some time or another without lasting injury...
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Lancing the boils. Applying figs and onions to the boil. Eating crushed emeralds. Using dried toads to absorb...
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