The Black Death A fierce plague swept through Europe in 1348, indiscriminately killing most people who came into contact with it, irrespective of age or social status. This pandemic, which remains perhaps the single greatest human tragedy in history, is known as the Black Death. The earliest known visitation of the plague to Europe may have occurred in Athens in 430 B.C., but it is unclear if the disease that afflicated Athens was caused by Yersina pestis. A disastrous epidemic occurred in the Mediterranean during the time of the Roman emperor Justinian; an estimated 25% to 50% of the population is reported to have succumbed. The most widespread epidemic began in Constantinople in 1334, spread throughout Europe (returning Crusaders were
It came from the Near East, into the western Mediterranean, then into northern Europe and finally back into Russia. The medical term for the plague that became known as the Black Death is bubonic plague, and it was carried by rats and other rodents. Fleas infest the rodents then move on to humans and infect them, through
These black rats like to live near or in human housing. This highly contagious infection is spread to humans by fleas that are biting the black rats and contracting the infection. The infected flea then bites a human and leaves the infection in the flea bites. When an over populated area of black rats becomes more over populated this can be another cause of the spread of the Black plaque faster. The growth of population in cities and small towns tend to lead to decline in living conditions, thus leading to famine and epidemics causing more cases if the Black Plaque.
During the 14th century people began to become extremely ill with this strange disease they called the Black Death. The Black Death which was now given the name the black plague, could be caught in two different forms; one being the bubonic plaque and the other being the pneumonic plague. The plague was very common in places where there was a very large and crowded population, a lot of rodents and was very dirty. This terrible epidemic took place from 1347-1350. It caused millions of deaths and was highly contagious.
Beginning around 1340, many disasters had changes western Europe. One of those disasters was known as the Black Death(Black Plague). This plague began in 1347 and killed an estimated 30 to 60 percent of western Europe’s population. Starting about 1300, the climate in europe when through a bit of a change. It started to become much colder and much wetter.
The Black Death was on of the most severe epidemics in history. In 1347 A.D., this great plague swept over Europe, ravaging cities and causing widespread hysteria and death. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% – 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400. This has been seen as having created a series of religious, social and economic upheavals, which had profound effects on the course of European history. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover.
Approximately25 million people died. Many cities were wiped out including the medieval cities Lamen and Thurgau. The Black Plague killed many but it affected England the most. They lost one third of there population. The church lost man power and impoverishment through not being able to cultivate their vast tracts of land.
It resulted in the deaths of one-third of Europe’s population, roughly thirty million people [1]. Not only did it affect the population, but also every aspect of life in Europe during that time. What was the Black Death exactly? It was a terrible illness, which existed in three forms, that was transmitted through fleas, rats, and other animals. Fleas would infest animals
The Black Death, often called the Plague which is now known to be caused by the bacteria Yersina pestis, occurred in vast tracts of Europe and along the Silk Road connecting Asia importantly in the years of 1348-1350 when it is estimated that over Europe’s population was killed. In slaying roughly 20 million people, the plague indiscriminately eradicated noble lineages as well as commoners. With the onset of the plague in medieval Europe, when little or no medical knowledge was at hand alongside over population and famine, chaos was bound to strike. Thus, to a large degree the world and Europe’s histories were altered by the Bubonic Plague by weakening the influence of the church, influencing post plague culture and lifestyles, and affecting
Black Death December 8, 2010 Between 1346 and 1350 the world was being plague by disease. About a million reported killed by travelers in Central Asia and the Middle East. Even Europe and northern Africa had felt the effects with approximately a third of the population dead. Because of the discolored wounds of the infected, the disease became known as the Black Death. There’s a lot speculation as to where it originated, but no definite answer.