Changing Events In Human History

There have been many disasters in human history that have changed the way we think as individuals and as society. Some include the creation of the atomic bomb and the decades of fear of the end of the world after that. Chernobyl and the way society in general thinks about nuclear power. All of these modern day life changing events are quite small compared to The Black Death of 1350-1450. During this time, people looked towards the heavens for questions they couldn’t answer. They asked and prayed how could so much death and destruction come out of nowhere and they know nothing of the cause of the deaths. Today 's experts estimate that up to two-thirds of the Europe became sick or was killed by the disease. It is the worst natural disaster to …show more content…
The plague was still present after those years, but in small short bursts and was never as bad as in the beginning. The short term effects of this catastrophe left the population in absolute shock. The death toll was so great that it just left bodies in its path. Jobs were unfilled because of people in the profession dying so quickly. People started to panic from the death toll and start to flee big cities to try and survive. Cattle roamed the countryside without herders due to the limited workers on the farms. The most unlucky villages were altogether abandoned. Those not fleeing a contaminated city and able to work, wouldn’t work since the next day was not guaranteed. Farmers decided to change their profession and became grave diggers and nurses due to the high demand for that profession. They were not getting enough money from farming, which is why digging graves became a profession. Before grave digging was strictly voluntary of the victim 's family or church. Women also began to get jobs that were never available to them before. Women could now become witnesses, scribes, and nurses due to the fact that they needed a larger workforce. The short term effects extremely hurt the