Black Death Killed 25 million people 13 of Europes population

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Black Death Killed 25 million people! 1/3
of Europes population
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Origins

• Originated in Mongolias Gobi Desert
• Traveled with caravans along the Silk Road to
  the Black Sea and then by ship to Italy,
• Carried by fleas on the Black Rat

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The Black DeathThree forms
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• Pneumonic
• Septicemic
• Bubonic

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Pneumonic

• Contracted through the lungs.
• Symptoms include
• Sneezing
• High Fever
• Coughing that soon turns to coughing up blood.

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Septicemic

• This is the rarest form. Disease travels through
  the blood stream.
• Symptoms include
• large black spots on the skin.
• Usually die by choking on own blood.

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Bubonic

• This is the most common form of the disease.
• Symptoms include
• large buboes appear on the body
• starts in the groin and arm pits
• causes fever and delirium
• death in about three days

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Whos to blame?

• The alignment of the planets
• Infected clothing
• Gods wrath aimed at sinful humans
• Jews
• Bad air

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Cures

• Pomanders -
• oranges stuck with cloves or a mixture of aged
  molasses and chopped snake
• Flagellants - religious fanatics who whipped
  themselves publicly with iron spikes
• Posies - a sachet of flower petals
• Wreath of onions or garlic
• Blood letting

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Outcomes of the Plague

• 1/3 of population lost
• Initially, plague reduced demand for European
  goods
• farmers diversified crops

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• Fewer workers available
• demanded higher wages
• more freedom - Peasants Revolts 1378 1382

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• Some serfs escaped to cities
• led to the growth importance of towns
• weakened the feudal system
• reduced power of feudal lords

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• People changed their way of thinking about life
• some became more religious
• some began questioning the power of the church
• If the churchs authority wasnt enough to stop
  the plague, maybe it wasnt as all powerful as it
  claimed to be.

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• began questioning other forms of authority
• people realized that life was not guaranteed
• took greater risks
• tried to make more of life

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