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Title: The Black Death


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  • The Black Death

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The Black Death of the 14th Century
  • Decimated large populations around parts of the
    world between the 1330s and 1350s
  • Today, scientists believe the plague resulted
    from the bacteria, Yersinia pestis, which is
    common in fleas and carried by rodents
  • Once the bacteria jumped to humans, it became
    highly contagious
  • Symptoms included fever, painful swelling
  • of the lymph glands called buboes, black
  • spots on the skin
  • Most people who contracted the plague
  • died within days

Priest Blessing Plague Victims, 1360-1375
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Spread of the Plague
  • The plague likely originated in China in the
    1330s
  • Traveled west along trade routes both by land and
    sea in the 1340s

The Spread of Black Death through Afro-Eurasia
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Human Costs
  • The plague was a pandemic. It killed between 75
    and 200 million people across three different
    continents.
  • This included
  • Nearly 50 of the population in Europe
  • Approximately, 30 of the population in the
    Middle East

Excavated Mass Grave of Plague Victims Martigues,
France
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Understanding and Explaining the Plague
  • People in the 14th century had little knowledge
    of how the plague originated, how it spread, or
    how to treat it.
  • Across the world, people struggled to make sense
    of the pandemic.

Flagellants from a 15th Century Woodcut
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  • Central Historical Question

How did people in the 14th century understand the
plague?
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