Plagues of Egypt

The Black Death was a pandemic that spread all throughout the world taking the lives of innocent people. We could have never predicted the effect it would have on our countries and villages. We could have never imagined that our family members would suffer so much, or how we were silently praying that the next victim wouldn’t be us. I still remember when the rumors started. No one knew what was killing their loved ones ,or how to treat it because they had never experienced something like this…

Tabula Rasa Summary Name of Roleplay: Tabula Rasa Game Master: NachtRuine, Nachtimus, Nachtbot V65, The Nachtmeister, fuck if i know??????? System: WHF2e Technological Level: Mid-Low Fantasy - Guns like flintlock pistols have been invented, but aren't easily found, you're much more likely to find a crossbow than a pistol. Magic, while accessible, is new and difficult to learn, and to control. Tabula was once a land of great and fantastical stories, you know the sort: a band of knights…

“When the gap between the ideal and the real becomes too wide, the system breaks the down,” (Barbara Tuchman). What does it mean to be ideal, or to be real? Why must the gap between them be fine or the system will break? In Barbara Tuchman’s quote, she refers to the “ideal” as the rich, and the “real” as the poor of a society. This quote is accurate because people of a union must work together as a whole in order to achieve the best for their society, or else they will fall apart, and this can…

another, for the plague seemed to strike through breath and sight. And so they died. And no one could be found to bury the dead, for money or friendship.” This was how Agnolo di Tura described the plague in 1350. Citizens of European towns felt they could not even trust their own family, afraid that the plague would catch simply through being near each other. This horrible sickness broke family ties and friendships through its destruction of entire cities and even countries. The black plague…

While reading “The Art World Expands” I began noticing a trend of how the art that was being created reflected what was going on in real world or society. These pieces interpreted what was going on around the artist and how they responded to that certain situation or problem. This is mostly notable in recent decades, particularly the 80s where there numerous changes were starting to happen around the world. For instance, improvement in technology like; fax machine, laptop computers, and first…

As rat population grows, infestations has become a rapidly growing problem for those residing in areas prone to warm, dry climate as climate change is among us. These rats have been said to have retreated from the sewers due to flooding and unwelcoming shelter for their own. Article #1 speaks of the rising percentage of reports with the quote, “calls to pest controllers rose by 18%... this figure will increase by a further 20% this year”. Firstly, the commonly known brown, Norway, rats infest…

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, caused by a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis, ravaged the population of Europe in the middle ages. “Localized epidemics of bubonic plague occurred with relative frequency, but only twice did the plague affect a wide enough swath of the population to be labeled a pandemic, or widespread epidemic” (The Black Death Arrives). When it did, over half the population of Europe died from exposure to the plague. Europe was densely populated and living…

During the end of 1347 Italy experienced the beginning of the most lethal outbreak of disease to ever enter its land. This disease is known as the Black Death. It is believed that the Black Death was brought on by an animal epidemic. In the Middle Ages people believed that it was rats that were the ones infecting the people, when in fact they were just helping transport the real culprit from place to place. It was the flea that carried this terrible disease from Asia. Rats were often found on…

Vectors are organisms that transit diseases from human to human or from animals to humans. These organisms have caused much damage in society. Vectors affect society in how and what they spread, how many people they harm, and how their diseases can be prevented from spreading to humans. Vectors cause a serious problem that needs to be addressed. The organisms that spread the diseases are often blood sucking bugs. They can include ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies, tsetse flies, fleas, black flies,…

ceased to exist. People are dying all around you, and an unsafe feeling thrives throughout your nerves. The cringing feeling to even make a step outside your residence is killing you. According to the information given, The Black Death AKA The Bubonic Plague was a pandemic which stretched all across Europe killing approximately 25-50% of the population of Europe. The Black Death was a cleansing of the population of Europe. It made humans scared of each other The Black Death ties with the…