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What years did the Black Death occur in Europe? Answer: The Black Death occurred from 1347 through 1351. |
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What other names were used to refer to the Black Death? Answer: Initially the plague was referred to as The Pestilence and The Great Mortality. |
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Why were some areas of Europe either spared or had less deaths from the Black Death? Answer: The city of Milan closed their gates and did not permit any travelers into their city during the time of the plague. Only few people died in Milan. Bohemiu, Poland, and central Germany were spared due to their relative isolation. |
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Approximately how many deaths are attributed to the Black Death? Answer: Approximately 25 million people died from the Black Death from 1347-1351. |
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What percentage of Europe's population was lost during the Black Plague? Answer: 1/3 of Europe's population was lost during the Black Death from 1347-1351 |
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How long did one live after being infected with the Black Death? Answer: Usually 60% of the infected will die within the first five days after the symptoms appeared. |
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When was the last out break of the plague? Answer: The last known case of the plague was in Western Europe in 1722 |
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How is the disappearance of the plague explained? Answer: Theories are 1)Black rats that carry the disease have been replaced by brown rats that didn't carry the disease. 2)the increase immunity among rodents that carry the disease. 3)It may have been a change in the disease itself broke the cycle of transmission. 4) Humans intervention such as quarantines |
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What brought the Black Death to Europe? Answer: The Oriental rat flee initally brought the Black Death to Europe. |
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What were the two ways people were infected with the Black Death?Answer: The bite of an infected flea initially spread the Black Death. Airborne droplets of saliva cough up by infected humans could also spread some forms of this disease.
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