The Athenian Plague (430-427 BC), The Justinian Plague (AD 541-549), The Black Death (AD 1346-1353).
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Identify and describe a result of the Black Death that hasn't been chosen yet.
(1) public cemeteries; (2) economic collapse; (3) legal reform; (4) tenant farmers; (5) laborers' guilds; (6) improved medicine, etc.
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What is the bacteria which leads to the infectious disease known as the plague called?
Yersinia Pestis.
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Identify and describe a result of the Black Death that hasn't been chosen yet.
(1) public cemeteries; (2) economic collapse; (3) legal reform; (4) tenant farmers; (5) laborers' guilds; (6) improved medicine, etc.
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How was the Bubonic Plague transmitted?
Black rats, rat fleas, bacterial infection in lymph nodes, etc.
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How are the Italian Maritime Republics related to the Black Death? Name two ways.
Genoese survivors of the siege of Caffa were the first to bring the plague to Europe; Italian merchants continued to bring plague to Europe afterwards, etc.
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How are the Mongols related to the Black Death? Name two ways.
Many believe it originated in the Mongolian plateau and/or Lake Issyk-Kul; Siege of Caffa; Silk Road + Pax Mongolica, etc.
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What role did trade play in the spread of the Black Death? What were the two main trade routes that it travelled upon?
Facilitated spread by connecting large population centers; Silk Road + Maritime Trade Routes.
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Identify and describe a result of the Black Death that hasn't been chosen yet.
(1) public cemeteries; (2) economic collapse; (3) legal reform; (4) tenant farmers; (5) laborers' guilds; (6) improved medicine, etc.
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What was the Black Death's approximate death toll?
~1/3 of world's population; ~75-200 million in Europe alone (~40-50% of its population).