Bubonic plague

The Plague of Change Chaos struck Europe in the 14th century as the Black Death swept the continent. This tragedy came from central Asia, and then in late 1347-1348 spreads to much of Europe where approximately one third of the population died within just two short years. This catastrophe was a major mystery with no even attack plan. In various parts of the continent upwards of 90% of the population died. Many asked the cause of this deadly disease, as well as if it had a divine origin. From…

The history of earth has witnessed numerous remarkable epidemics, which were the reason for millions of human deaths. These tragedies did not distinguish between an animal and a human, even children suffered from them. One example of these epidemics was the Black Death, which had killed approximately seventy-five million people in 1350. Until now, neither human beings nor other creatures have a guarantee against the re-emergence of these epidemics, or against the spread of a new one. For this…

Symbolism was first used in the world through art which includes painting, sculptures, and theatrics. The symbolism that I used in my mask was to symbolize how I love to read, how I love to play basketball, how I love diamonds, and also how the story The Masque of The Red Death is symbolized with the death of many people. The masks represents many things about me and want I love in my life. Two items that I put on my mask was many torn out pages of a book and a red painted basketball. This…

There are a few differences between San Francisco and New York City. One being, the San Francisco climate doesn’t fluctuate as much as the climate in NYC. NYC has hot, hot summers and cold winters (snow storms). But, the weather in SF doesn’t change much (no snow). San Francisco weather is the same because, it is similar to the temperature of the pacific ocean, which is known as an oceanic climate. Air masses move across the continent (towards NYC) off the ocean and change due to the amount of…

Recently, there has been a lot of debates about the Black Plague disease. One group of scholars, represented by the lecturer, believe that the disease origin and transmission is different from what is discussed in the reading passage. The first area of dispute is the origin of the black plague. It has been aimed that the origin of this plague was from Asia and North Africa especially that the last one is still having out breaks until today. According to the professor, an archaeologist was…

Imagine a foreigner taking her first step into the greatest country on Earth, the United States of America. Beforing entering the nation, she had the idea that America was the land of the beautiful and brave. Sadly, when she gets a taste of the true American Culture, instead of seeing the magnificent Lady Liberty, the statue is covered in trash from head to toe. Every step she takes is encrusted with litter to the point where she can’t even move. With so much debris, the possibilities of death…

RESEARCH STRATEGY (a) Significance. Yersinia pestis (Yp) is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that is the causative agent of plague. Yp is a Category A agent defined by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as a pathogen that is high risk to public health and national security. A long term goal of NIAID is to explore the host-pathogen interaction and host response to infection with Yp, and to identify and characterize immune responses after exposure to Yp (1).…

A-2 The black plague spread quickly throughout Europe. In Tuscany the death rate ran high from 60 percent. They had no explanation for the plague and some blamed the Jews. Boccaccio’s Decameron is a collection of stories that represented life during and after the plague. The stories are about a boy and a woman who escaped Florence and moved to the countryside. Boccaccio who had lived through the plague wrote 100 stories about it describing in details what the setting in Florence was like when…

We all know the nursery rhymes which we loved as a kid and sing to other children. Most people think of it as a child's song with no other meaning or maybe just a song of history. But they have what we might call a dark side, so prepare yourself for what you're about to here. Let's start with Ring Around the Rosie. Ring Around the Rosie came to be by the “Black Death” outbreak in the 14th century which spread, and killed about 15% of the country's population that's a lot in the 14th century.…

The Black Plague is known to be one of the most significant diseases. It took place during the 14th century causing many deadly scenes, with an estimate of 75 to 200 million deaths and had a major impact on England’s social structure. Daniel Defoe the author of the “Journal of the Plague” was able to experience this tragic era of the plague and later wrote about the tragic moments he witnessed. Through the use of anecdotes he creates graphic images which describe the horror and gruesome scenes…