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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.
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.
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.
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).
Name two instances of the bubonic plague.
The Athenian Plague (430-427 BC), The Justinian Plague (AD 541-549), The Black Death (AD 1346-1353).
What is the bacteria which leads to the infectious disease known as the plague called?
Yersinia Pestis.
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.
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.
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.
How was the Bubonic Plague transmitted?
Black rats, rat fleas, bacterial infection in lymph nodes, etc.