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Title: THE PLAGUE The Bubonic Plague


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Roman Empire 1000 B.C. 476 A.D. Medieval
Period 476 A.D. 1350 A.D. Renaissance 1350
A.D. 1600 A.D.
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THE PLAGUEThe Bubonic Plague
  • 1348 1350

3
The Start
  • Originated in China
  • Reached Europe on a boat
  • Started in a port on the Black Sea
  • Spread from place to place via the fleas on rats

4
The Cause
  • Rat has infected blood
  • Flea eat on rat becomes infected
  • Flea bite human disease transfer to human
  • Human get headache, swollen glands, nausea, black
    and purple welts.
  • 30 - 75 of people who had the disease died

5
Population in Europe
  • 1000 38 million people
  • 1100 48 million people
  • 1200 59 million people
  • 1300 70 million people
  • 1347 75 million people
  • 1352 50 million people

6
Comparison
  • Civil War 1861 1865
  • 620,000
  • 339.7 people a day
  • World War I 1914 1918
  • 9,180,283
  • 5030.3 people a day
  • World War II 1939 1945
  • 40,000,000
  • 15655.6 people a day
  • The Plague 1347 1350
  • 25,000,000
  • 17123.3 people a day
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