Pneumonic plague

In relation to what Brian S stated, I agree that the term “Calamitous”, used by Barbara Tucker to describe The Late Middle Ages, completely describes the events that took place due to a domino effect that occurred. During the beginning of the 13th century, warmer climate allowed the economy in Europe to thrive. But, the climate altered to colder, wetter weather. This “Little Ice Age” caused a huge decrease in food production as storms destroyed crops on which animals and people in Europe…

Jamestown is oftenly referred to as the first permanent English settlement in the New World in 1607. Although it was the first permanent settlement, it had numerous problems which almost ended the colony. The colonists of early Jamestown died because of the poor relations with the natives, the diseases, and starvation. To begin, the colonists were unable to survive because the native relations did not exist. The graph on document B shows the average rainfall of the region, and there appears to…

Jamestown: Why Did So Many Die? Jayleen Guan Period: 6 Did you ever wonder why so many colonist died in Jamestown? Well I’m here to tell you why. It took place in the year 1607 to 1610 at Jamestown. The English settlers who were mostly females and males went to Jamestown. Life there was very tough and hardworking with lots of diseases and death. The question I’m answering is Why did so many colonist at Jamestown die because of diseases? Diseases killed so many english settlers…

What has this world come to? Americans are consuming toxins on a daily basis. GMOs or “seeds of death” are injected with pesticides and are poisonous! They cause cancer! The bees and butterflies are dying after landing on them! Don’t even get me started on the creator of GMOs, Monsanto! Monsanto is a giant evil corporation which is just in it for the money. They don’t care about anything but their wallets and even sue helpless family farmers for no reason! GMOs and anyone associated with them…

'Dripping rat blood' closes Roman Forum ticket office Experts say there are 6 million rats in the Eternal City. One of the four ticket offices allowing access to the Roman Forum was closed on Monday when rat's blood started falling on to the counter from the ceiling. The blood was noticed by an employee at the new ticket office, located in the square in front of the Colosseum early Monday morning, and health authorities were called to deal with the problem. “A rodent had died in the ceiling…

Knights Hospitaller What it is? (Introduction) The Knights Hospitaller were one of the most important and wealthiest Military Orders that were active during the Crusades. They are also known as the Knights of the Order of Saint John the Hospitaller, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes and some others. The name Knights was given since they were knights who protected the people and the name Hospitaller, because of how they started their military order. Knights and monks were the elements that…

Wessex Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wessex was founded by Cerdic and Cynric, but this may be a legend. The two main sources for the history of Wessex are the Anglo-Saxon . During the 8th century, as the hegemony of Mercia grew, Wessex largely . The name of Viking - pirate or sea-raider - was derived from "wic" - the temporary camps established by the…

The horrifying disease that has now past, killed fifty million people in Europe. We believe that is was caused by poisoned air, it was advised that everyone burn aromatic herbs and wood to clear the air there have been several remedies that have been discovered so we found a lot of people going to their local herbalists and that germs were passed when a victim coughed or air being inhaled. We feel it occurred because God was punishing us for our sins. We have had priests on the job making…

have started somewhere in Asia, the Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was a devastating pandemic that struck Europe, Asia and the Middle East in 1347-50 causing an estimated 25 million deaths in Europe alone. Historical records attribute the Black Death to an outbreak of bubonic plague, an epidemic of the bacterium Yersinia pestis spread by fleas, assisted by animals such as the black rat. The result of the plague in Western Europe was not just a huge decline in population; it also…

The Black Death, it was a plague that occurred in the middle ages that killed almost 60 percent of the population in Medieval Europe. The Black Death was spread by fleas and rats from merchant ships, that came to Europe for trade. There were many forms of the plague, two main forms are the bubonic plague and the septicemic plague. The bubonic plague was very serious, the symptoms include of Chills, headache, fever, weakness, very painful / enlarged lymph nodes, and large painful boils. The…