The Black Death (black plague)
Did you know that during the years 1348 and 1351 up to 75 million through 200 million people died because of the Black Death? Well if not, then an interesting fact is that it killed about 30% to 50% of Europe’s population during that time, this all began in china but soon this deadly disease started to spread quickly.
When did it begin? Okay so like said in the begging it all began in the 14th century and those years were between the years 1301 &1400, through those years it lasted about 3 years. Where did it happened? Some people think it all began in the northwestern side of china but some say it started on the southwestern side of china but to this day people are still not sure. As time passed it, spread quickly, so in just a matter of time it spread to western …show more content…
There is a bacterium that is Yersinia pestis, which is usually found in animals, so after it would transfer into humans so yeah. So after a while those animals (usually mice and rats) would go into people’s home and then they would bite a person then another, then another and so on.so now, whom it affected? It mostly killed the old and poor of health .Yet it killed a mix of people from different classes and ages. Okay one of the most common questions asked, what happened when infected? Well the infection takes three to five days to pass in a person’s body before they fall ill, and another 3-5 days, (in 80 percent of the cases) the victims die. However, another thing that happens is that once someone is infected, they start to see spots on the skin that are red at first, but after a few days, then turn black, and then the person who is affected would also start to have huge swollen lymph nodes, fevers, rashes, and would start to vomit blood. Okay now, why did it happen? Well there is not a reason why it occurred but nobody caused it. Okay now here are some interesting facts about the black death.so if someone had died in the night they
Did you know that during the years 1348 and 1351 up to 75 million through 200 million people died because of the Black Death? Well if not, then an interesting fact is that it killed about 30% to 50% of Europe’s population during that time, this all began in china but soon this deadly disease started to spread quickly.
When did it begin? Okay so like said in the begging it all began in the 14th century and those years were between the years 1301 &1400, through those years it lasted about 3 years. Where did it happened? Some people think it all began in the northwestern side of china but some say it started on the southwestern side of china but to this day people are still not sure. As time passed it, spread quickly, so in just a matter of time it spread to western …show more content…
There is a bacterium that is Yersinia pestis, which is usually found in animals, so after it would transfer into humans so yeah. So after a while those animals (usually mice and rats) would go into people’s home and then they would bite a person then another, then another and so on.so now, whom it affected? It mostly killed the old and poor of health .Yet it killed a mix of people from different classes and ages. Okay one of the most common questions asked, what happened when infected? Well the infection takes three to five days to pass in a person’s body before they fall ill, and another 3-5 days, (in 80 percent of the cases) the victims die. However, another thing that happens is that once someone is infected, they start to see spots on the skin that are red at first, but after a few days, then turn black, and then the person who is affected would also start to have huge swollen lymph nodes, fevers, rashes, and would start to vomit blood. Okay now, why did it happen? Well there is not a reason why it occurred but nobody caused it. Okay now here are some interesting facts about the black death.so if someone had died in the night they