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.
The workforce had been destroyed -- farms were abandoned and buildings crumbled. The price of labor skyrocketed in the face of worker shortage, and the cost of goods rose. The price of food did not go up, perhaps because the population had declined so much. • Short term effects: One- third of Europe population was wiped out. Large piles of dead, rotten bodies lying in the streets, spreading the disease.
Eastern Europe and East Asia were effected extremely by World War II. Many different Wars left the nations in ruins. Economically and socially the results were tragic. But no nation was more devastated than Eastern Europe. Eastern Europe, including both the small Eastern nations and Russia, were absolutely devastated by war.
Although health was always a concern including in ancient times, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, also known as the Renaissance period, public health became a major issue due to the bubonic plaque. It killed one-fourth to one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1351. In the sixteenth century, syphilis and a form of influenza became widespread in Europe. Smallpox reached America killing the native population. Due to these catastrophic events, the three most important contributions to public health came about for the Renaissance period.
The Impact of Black Death & the World It Made Aaron Semkiw HIS: 103 World Civilizations I Instructor Kenneth Adderley April 9, 2011 The Impact of Black Death & the World It Made The Black Death was the world’s equivalent of an apocalyptic war, and it changed the lives of many people. It destroyed one-third of Europe’s populace, claiming somewhere around twenty million lives. And still, much of what we grasp about it is incorrect. The elements of the Plague defined in the imaginations of frightened school kids, the grotesque black bruises, the out of control state of high temperatures, and the unpleasant cessation by respiratory collapse, are just about conclusively true. But what this disease really was and how it made
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.
The symptoms of the Black Death were both emotional and physical damage. A lot of people killed themselves also, so they wouldn’t get the disease or have to deal with having to lose some one from the disease. This disease was the worst thing that happened to England and will hopefully never happen again. People wanted to die because the symptoms were traitorous. The disease ended and England is as strong as it has ever
October 14th 2012 Corissa Skinner World War One Essay It is often said or thought “war is hell”. World war two had more casualties then world war one but the deaths in world war one were truly horrific. The soldiers in world war one had to face new and unexpected gases, physical diseases of the trenches and mental diseases of the trenches. World war one had gases the world had never seen before and as the war went on these weapons only became more advanced and deadly. One of the most deadly gases used was mustard gas, it was first used in 1917 and killed 4086 British soldiers from 1914-1918 (spartous.schoolnet).
People lived in fear of this disease that it would affect them and moved on with life with their saying of “live for the moment” (Wikipedia). The effects were tremendous and disastrous. Aside from the millions killed, everyone’s was of life changed. The biggest effected was the economy of Europe. Since valuable artisan skills disappeared when
The Plague Beginning in the mid-fourteenth century, Europe was struck by a series of waves of plague called the Black Death. The first wave alone killed one-third of the population, 25 million people. While there were multiple causes of the plague floating around by word of mouth, it was the effects of the plague that matter the most. The Black Death affected the society, religion, and the economy of the Middle Ages. The change in population was a drastic social effect of the plague.