Black Plauge
The Black Plague is a type of bubonic plague that traveled throughout Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea killing millions. The Black Plague (or Black Death) is a bacterial infection that causes swelling on numerous parts of the body. Also it causes odd sores in which human flesh is eaten away. If you are infected with this, you have 5 days to be treated before you die. This is carried mainly through a type of rat flea (Yersinia Pestis). The rat flea is of course found on rats but has also been found on marmots, prairie dogs, and other types of rodents. During the five years in which the black plague was at its peak it is estimated that over 25 million people were killed in Europe alone. The Black plague probably originated in China. From there it traveled to the Middle East and throughout southern Russia. It is most likely that it then spread through trade routes along the west. The trade routes lead into Italy along the black sea. Merchants then probably took it Egypt to places like Alexandria. Then it went towards Libya and Damascus and Upper Egypt. Scientists figure that the people who actually brought the Black Death to Europe were either Genoese or Venetian sailors. As the plague spread its destruction into a vaster
The Black Death caused many things. Jews, outsiders, and lepers were accused of deliberately poisoning things and they were viscously attack. Especially in Germany, Jews were attacked. Large killings and Massacres became a daily affair. Eventually Jews were collected and either burned or drowned in marshes. The pope tried to condemn and stop the attacks but he was unsuccessful. The killings only ended when the plague ended. b) Increased immunity with the rodent population ay have altered the disease itself and broken the "cycle of transmission". The doctor's who were alive during the plague thought a combination of things. First they believed that the human body lacked fluids, or humors, and assumed that it was god's call for repentance. Second they believed that God was punishing them for there sins. Because of this a extremist group known as flagellants erupted. Flagellants were a group of people who beat themselves. As the plague occurred more and more people became part of this ritual. Then the flagellants traveled where Jesus had in his life and would whip and flog them selves and others, believing that god might spare them and forgive their sins. Although this is not the most appealing ritual they were doing this so that god would forgive the sins of the world and stop the plague.
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