THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

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THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

• Known as the Black Death was on the worlds most
  devastating breakouts ever

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START ENDING

• Originating in the Gobi Desert, but it was
  officially recorded in Europe in the 6th century
  and lasted until 14th century.

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POPULATION

• The disease truly became pandemic in 1328 - the
  medieval period
  of the history of the world. During this period a
  third of the world population died.

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CHINAS DEATH RATE

• China suffered horrendously from the 1328
  outbreak with their population dropping from 125
  million to 90 million during just the middle half
  of 14th century. 

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EUROPES DEATH RATE

• The illness moved to Alexandria in the Autumn of
  1347 and within 6 months of the initial outbreak
  1000 people were dying every day in that city
  alone.
• Two months later the toll in Cairo was
  exceeding 7500 people who were dying every
  day

                                               
                                                  
                             
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HISTORY of the PLAGUE

• One such episode occurred in Athens Greece, in
  430 B.C.E., and another occurred in Egypt,
  Persia, and Rome a century later.Some historians
  believe these lethal outbreaks were caused by the
  same disease responsible for the Black Deaththe
  bubonic plague. Other historians, though, note
  some differences between the symptoms observed in
  the ancient episodes and those reported during
  the fourteenth century

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GROWTH of the DESEASE

• The growth of international trade and military
  invasions later provided the opportunity for
  diseases to spread rapidly from one population to
  another. Smallpox and measles came first, both
  causing high mortality within populations that
  had not previously been exposed. Bubonic plague
  arrived in force in the sixth century C.E.,
  raging throughout most of Arabia, North Africa,
  Asia, and Europe. The death toll from what became
  known as "Justinian's Plague" was even greater
  than that of the previous epidemics. .

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OTHER DISASTERS

• The fourteenth century suffered an entire
  catalog of catastrophes, including earthquakes,
  fires, floods, freezing weather, nauseating
  mists, and crop failuresall of which did not
  even seem to slow down the incessant warfare and
  banditry.

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SPREAD of DESEASE

• Yersinia pestis infects rodents, producing blood
  poisoning. Fleas that feed on the dying rodents
  carry the highly toxic bacteria to the next
  victimperhaps a human.

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WORK CITED

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  the Disease, The Disease and How It Spread,
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• "What does bubonic mean? definition, meaning and
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