There would be a couple smaller outbreaks in Europe over the next few decades but nothing compared to the millions that had died during this period. The complete disappearance of the disease is attributed to the insufficient ability for rodents to transport the disease. “Europe would eventually not be a suitable place for wild rodents to survive” according to author Ole Benedictow (Benedictow 40). Europe would never be the same. This is why I believe the Black Death is the worst natural disaster in history.
Twenty-four million was the total death count of the bubonic plague in Europe. One-third of the population died due to the bubonic plague, or Black Death. The Black Death is caused by a bacteria called Yersin bacillus that is commonly found in the stomachs of certain species of fleas. The fleas usually live on small rodents, especially black rats. The Black Plague was likely brought to Europe by fleas on rats that were carried by trading ships.
1 Alec Negri February 7th, 2012 Mr. Dini A period Black Death There are a few chapters in every culture’s history that leave future generations in horror; one such chapter still haunts all of Europe. A pandemic that wiped out 30 to 60 percent of Europe’s entire population, and it took approximately 150 years for future generations to overcome the economic, social, religious and political ramifications it created. There is still an ongoing debate as to how this plague entered Europe or where it originated from; but the one theory that has found the most approval believes it originated in China and travelled along the Silk Route to enter Europe from the shores of Italy in the Spring of 1348. It is believed that the plague left Europe
The breakout had started in China and central Asia, then it was believed to be carried to Europe by ships. It spread around Europe by rats and fleas. The plague caused a lot of problems in social groups, religions, and in the economy. It took 150 years for Europe to fully recover from the damages from the plague. The Black Death was recently traced all the way back to Ancient Egypt.
There are many killers in the history of the world, like serial killers or murders, but nothing like The Black Death. This plague was fatal; it had no cure and no proves of its creation or origin. It’s frightening and scary. It arrived in Europe in October 1347 by twelve Genoese ships coming from a voyage though the back sea. Sailors abroad arrived dead or gravely sick, with mysterious black boils all over them, which gave this disease its name “The Black Death”.
In 1347 the European pandemic of “The Black Death” which caused mysterious illness that was followed by immediate death, is an event that is known as being one of the most devastating plagues is the history of mankind and originally started in China and was carried into Europe with the use of ships and their transportation. Once it entered into Europe it killed many of the populations quickly, thousands and thousands a day. This was all caused by flea bites, fleas that were carried on black rats that were carried along on ships during the time of transportation of foods and goods. Although at that time people were unaware of where the disease was coming from the people blamed the Jews saying they planned on poising all the Christians.
Running sores covered the body and then the tongue turned black. Death would then follow swiftly. Millions died from this sickness, which is referred to as the Black Death or the plague. At the time, no one completely knew what had caused the plague. Today we know that germs and bacteria caused the sickness and we understand how they can spread from one person to another, but back in the medieval times, the time of the plague, people did not know this.
In medieval Europe, during this time, the epidemic drastically decreased the population in Europe. It had terrified the hearts of every person in Europe to know that an unexplainable disease, of that magnitude, was out there. The once positive outlook people had on the life of the thirteenth century had perished along with the many lives the plague took along with it. The mystery of the causes of the plague took over five centuries to uncover. Several unjustifiable phenomenon and myths were devised during this period concerning the causes of this disease.
The origins of this deadly variant of the influenza virus are not precisely known. It is thought to have originated in China in a rare genetic shift of the common influenza virus. The name “Spanish” flu came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain where it allegedly killed more than 8 million people in May. A first wave of influenza appeared early in the spring of 1918 in Kansas and in military camps around the U.S. Unfortunately, there was virtually no response or acknowledgement from anyone to these early
The Black Death (What was it? Where did it originate? What were its short-term and long-term effects?) What was the Black Death? • The Black Death also known by many as the “bubonic plague” was a very dangerous and contagious disease that destroyed about two-thirds of Europe's population (20-50 million people) the outbreak swept through Europe between 1346 and sporadically until the late 1700’s.