Research paper on The Bubonic Plague Around 1339 in northeastern Europe, the food supply began to slowly run out. Winters were down to the negatives and the summers were in the one-hundreds. Due to this outrages weather, farms were starting to become vacant and crops weren’t growing. Famine broke out, and people started to go ballistic. Several years of this went on before what people called “The Black Death” came around killing millions. The Black Death was another name for the Bubonic Plague. The year “1347 is when the plague began spreading quickly throughout Europe. Then in 1350, already one-third of Europe’s population was wiped out” (Manson). That’s around 75-100 million lives lost. The bubonic plague was estimated to kill more people
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When the Plague broke out, not only did the peasants acquire the disease, but so did the rich. So when they got sick, some would still travel to try and get away from it. While the rich would travel, they would spread the plague where ever they went. Allowing the awful disease to spread all over the world, impacting many other countries economy and family life. When others would spread the disease, it would not only affect their economy, but would also allow smaller countries to be targeted (Richard). Because when a small country is at their lowest and everyone is weak and dying, it’s easy for a bigger country to come in and over throw the country. The plague impacted so many countries all over the world including the United States. The plague still lingers all over the …show more content…
It not only impacted lives, but also changed Europe’s economy. Trading came to a complete stop (“Decameron Web), money flow was not good, and the country was in an all-out state of crisis. Also, the interactions with others was changing as the days went by. Everyone was scared and tried to stay away from others as much as possible, so they wouldn’t attract the disease. The plague also affected countries all over the world because people would travel with the disease, causing the plague to spread all over. The plagues impact was so big, the disease still lingers around
When the Plague broke out, not only did the peasants acquire the disease, but so did the rich. So when they got sick, some would still travel to try and get away from it. While the rich would travel, they would spread the plague where ever they went. Allowing the awful disease to spread all over the world, impacting many other countries economy and family life. When others would spread the disease, it would not only affect their economy, but would also allow smaller countries to be targeted (Richard). Because when a small country is at their lowest and everyone is weak and dying, it’s easy for a bigger country to come in and over throw the country. The plague impacted so many countries all over the world including the United States. The plague still lingers all over the …show more content…
It not only impacted lives, but also changed Europe’s economy. Trading came to a complete stop (“Decameron Web), money flow was not good, and the country was in an all-out state of crisis. Also, the interactions with others was changing as the days went by. Everyone was scared and tried to stay away from others as much as possible, so they wouldn’t attract the disease. The plague also affected countries all over the world because people would travel with the disease, causing the plague to spread all over. The plagues impact was so big, the disease still lingers around