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The Black Death occurred from 1347-1353. It killed more than 1/3 of Europe's population alone, carried by fleas on rats.
It probably came from merchants that arrived from China.
The sea ports were hit first-- Sicily, near Italy. Like the Renaissance, from Italy it soon spread throughout Europe. Unlike the Renaissance, it brought with it poverty, confusion, and chaos.
Remember Monty Python's "Bring out yer dead!"? That is believed to be a joke that arose from cartdrivers who would go around collecting corpses during the Bubonic Plague (Black Death).
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The Black Death was one of the deadliest diseases in human history and was present in Europe from 1346-1348. It is a bacteria and started in either China or Central Asia. It travelled across the Silk Road and eventually ended up in Crimea (Black Sea peninsula) by 1346. From here, it is believed to have been carried by Oriental fleas that lived on rats aboard trading ships. It then spread across the Mediterranean, most notably in Sicily, and throughout the European continent. The Black Death is believed to have killed 30-60% of the population of Europe and 25% of the world's population. The Black Death occasionally reoccurred in Europe until the 1800s.
The Black Death occurred from 1347-1353. It killed more than 1/3 of Europe's population alone, carried by fleas on rats. It probably came from merchants that arrived from China. The Black Sea ports were hit first-- Sicily, near Italy. Like the Renaissance, from Italy it soon spread throughout Europe. Unlike the Renaissance, it brought with it poverty, confusion, and chaos. Remember Monty Python's "Bring out yer dead!"? That is believed to be a joke that arose from cartdrivers who would go around collecting corpses during the Bubonic Plague (Black Death). Hope that helps.
The Black Death, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis (Plague),[1] but recently attributed by some factors to other diseases. The Black Death was, according to chronicles, characterized by buboes (swellings in lymph nodes), like the late 19th century Asian bubonic plague. Scientists and historians at the beginning of the 20th century assumed that the Black Death was an outbreak of the same disease, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by fleas with the help of animals like the black rat (Rattus rattus). However, this view has recently been questioned by some scientists and historians,[2] and some researchers believe that the illness was, in fact, a haemorrhagic fever on epidemiological interpretation of historical records of the spread of disease.[3][4] However, the closest account of the clinical form of the disease is more compatible with bubonic plague.[5] The origins of the plague are disputed among scholars. Some historians believe the pandemic began in China or Central Asia (one such location is lake Issyk Kul)[6] in the lungs of the bobac variety of marmot, spreading to fleas, to rats, and eventually to humans.[7] In the late 1320s or 1330s, and during the next years merchants and soldiers carried it over the caravan routes until in 1346 it reached the Crimea in South Eastern Europe. Other scholars believe the plague was endemic in that area. In either case, from Crimea the plague spread to Western Europe and North Africa during the 1340s.[8][9] The total number of deaths worldwide is estimated at 75 million people,[10] approximately 25-50 million of which occurred in Europe.[11][12] The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population.[13][14][15] It may have reduced the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400.[16] The plague is thought to have returned every generation with varying virulence and mortalities until the 1700s.[17] During this period, more than 100 plague epidemics swept across Europe.[4] On its return in 1603, the plague killed 38,000 Londoners.[18] Other notable 17th century outbreaks were the Italian Plague of 1629-1631, and the Great Plague of Seville (1647-1652), the Great Plague of London (1665-1666),[19] and the Great Plague of Vienna (1679). There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form, after the Great Plague of Marseille in 1720-1722,[20] the Great Plague of 1738 (which hit eastern Europe), and the 1771 plague in Moscow, it seems to have disappeared from Europe in the 19th century. I bet your sorry you asked... just be glad you are not in my class..
It was brought over to Italy by rats and people on trading boats from China. It then spread like wildfire, and was an epidemic within a year.
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Where did the black plague hit after Europe?
Asia
What was the name of the plague that hit Europe in the 14th century?
The Bubonic Plague, which gave birth to the Black Death.
What European country was hit with the plague?
Every European country was hit. Black Death hit Europe in 1346 to 1353.
What happened to the population of Europe just as the Renaissance began?
The Black Plague hit Europe and when it ended it is estimated that half the population perished.
When did the plague hit Europe?
1346
What countries in Europe did the black plague reach?
There may be some areas of northern and northeastern Europe, areas in what is now Russia, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania that did not see the plague. It hit the rest of Europe pretty badly.
In what city did the black plague start?
The black plague first started in Constantinople in the 6th century. It didn't appear again until the 14th century in Europe. In the 1890s, small outbreaks hit India.
What caused a dramatic decline in the population of Europe in the 1300s?
The Bubonic Plague (a.k.a The Black Plague) caused a dramatic decline in the population of Europe in the 1300s.
Where did the bubonic plague hit the hardest?
Europe
Where was the black plague most deadly?
Europe
What is was the Black Death and how did it change Europe?
black death is Plague pandemic. It killed 75 to 200 million people. Thus it changed it.
What is the ''black plague''?
The Black Plague is a disease that spread throughout Europe and Asia. It was carried to Europe on Asian merchants' ships which had black rats which carried fleas which carried a type of bacteria. It killed about a third of the people in Europe.
