Bubonic Plague Research Paper

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was a catastrophic disease that spread throughout Europe, starting in 1347. When the Black Death was happening, the Hundred Years’ War was also going on. The war was already killing many people in England in France, and the Black Death came along and killed even more people. The Black Death led to loss of population. It also led to the end of the manorial system, as well as loss of faith from many people that were infected with the disease. The origins of the Black Death come from rats and person to person. One form of the disease was the bubonic plague. The bubonic plague form was spread by fleas living on rats and other animals. The Black Death started in 1347, but in 1346 the Black Death spread to Mongol armies that were in a Black Sea port. The rats and fleas got onto ships and infected humans with the disease. The Black Death spread so fast because as the

When merchants with the disease traveled, it spread from person to person, contaminating even more and more people. Some of the symptoms that people got include large dark splotches on the skin, high fever, vomiting, and severe headaches. Most people who got the disease died within a few days, and doctors that tried to help them often got sick and also died. In 1351, almost no part of Europe had not become infected with the plague. The spread of the bubonic plague had killed many people from many different countries because the plague spread easily through merchants. In Europe, one third of the population, about 25 million, people died from the Black Death. The Black Death also spread to Central Asia, North Africa, and the Byzantine Empire. In China, about 35 million people died during the Black Death. The population dropped from about 125 million to about 90 million near the end of the 1300s. This shows how fatal the disease was and how fast and easily it