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    Hernan Cortes Disease

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    Hernan Cortes may have originally come to Tenochtitlan to convert the Aztecs to Catholicism but, in the process of doing so, killed many of them and the indigenous with the smallpox disease. A year after Cortes’ arrival into the sophisticated city, an African slave who was infected with the disease arrived to serve in Tenochtitlan. Cortes’ men quickly caught the disease and so did the Aztecs; who were unfamiliar with the disease and had no immunity nor cure and therefore died by the thousands.…

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    Shakespeare and the Bubonic Plague The bubonic plague, also known as the black death, was an epidemic that struck during the Elizabethan age and spread throughout Europe, killing millions. The plague started in the early 1300s in China, mainly affecting rodents, but it didn’t take long for it to be spread to humans (“Shakspeare and the Bubonic Plague”). It spread to Europe by Italian merchants, and it soon developed the nickname, the black death, due to the grotesque black spots that appeared…

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    the disease. The infection to up to five days before 80 percent of the people were dying off. The " Black Death could be transferred through bloodstream, being touched by the infected, or by touching things of the infected." The plague was also a a sanitar problem. Because the people wasnt as clean. Also, they thought that if they…

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    The Black Death Focus Questions 1. Where did it originate? • The first known account of the disease was in 1338/1339 in Central China • It went on to infect India by the date 1346 2. What is it? Most researchers believe it was caused by the spread of the bacterium “Yersinia pestis” 3. How was the disease spread? • Fleas that lived on the European black rat were called” Xenopsylla cheopis” • Although sometimes a desperate flea would bite a human contracting the disease? • This would then…

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    Bubonic Plague Dbq

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    The Bubonic Plague also known as “Black Death” because of its dark patches is a bacterial infection caused by infected fleas from small animals such as rats. The disease only takes about seven days to start feeling its symptoms. It killed about seventy five million people in Europe and more than sixty percent of its whole population. As more deaths occurred over the next several years the economy and livestock started decreasing and becoming more scarce. The outbreak cause much depression and…

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    The Black Death The Black Death was a very deadly disease, killing many people across Europe. It was also called the Black Plague. The Black Plague was a disease that affected many people that spread across Europe and destroyed their normal living style. There were a lot of symptoms that both men and women would have. At first if you had the disease, you would start to swell in certain spots. Like under the armpit or the groin. They are called tumors. “These swellings got hard like rocks and…

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    Bubonic Plague DBQ

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    According to document A , around 1447 in Constantinople , the bubonic plague started to spread causing millions of people to die. Beliefs of how it came and spread had been made . The plague was killed people itself but also caused people to kill other people.A cure for the plague was never found. People affected with the plague had swollen groins that started under their armpits and turned black , the swollen groins could grow as big as an apple and come shaped like an egg. People started…

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    bird like mask that would supposedly stop them from catching the deadly disease, they also put herds and garlic up there nose which would also stop them from getting the bubonic plague but 90% of people died as well from the disease even though they are dead. Origin I might not be possible to find where the Bubonic Plague started but several leads have linked back to Asia as It was such an agricultural developing country at the time, several locations have lead back to Asia been the core flare…

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    The Bubonic Plague was arguably the most devastating epidemic of the mid-fourteenth century, sweeping across Europe and wiping out one-third of the population. This epidemic was detrimental to schools, businesses, and families all across Europe. This also transformed into a time when God became ever present in the lives of those struck with fear of this mysterious, pestilent affliction. Surprisingly enough, even though the majority of people had procured this spiritual-mindedness, there were…

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    Don’t forget the heading! Bailey Brewer Mr. Bitto Per 3 H Brit Lit 10/30/16 The Black Death and Business The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, became the largest epidemic to ever arrive in Europe. The disease appeared to arrive suddenly, causing much chaos and many casualties during the middle ages. This epidemic arrived in Europe in the year 1346 and affected the continent socially and economically. Over half of Europe 's population died from the disease. In less than four years,…

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