The Bubonic Plague

The black death is believed to have began in central Asia in the mid-thirteen hundreds, and killed millions. After it spread across Asia it was then carried down the Silk Road reaching Crimea by 1343. Scientists believe that the plague was carried by fleas on rodents, such as rats, being normal passengers traveling on merchant ships across the Mediterranean. The fleas were believed to have bacteria called Yersinia pestis, which is commonly present in the flea population on ground rodents in certain areas such as Central Asia, Kurdistan, Western Asia, Northern India, and Uganda. Scientists believe that all three outbreaks of the epidemic began in China. The disease was devastating to the economy of Europe and Asia, making it hard for people to find employees, and forcing them to pay higher wages. The plague was supposedly

The Black Death started in China in the early 1330's. Since China was a major trading center, many rodents got clear access to leave and spread the disease to other countries' villages. They would travel on the ships to the other countries. They would also spread the disease to fleas, then that's how the people would get it. Once the disease was spread through trading, it went throughout Europe and infected the people around and through the villages there. When a village was infected with the plague, people would flee and look for new land if they didn't die. There were about 1,000 villages that were abandoned in England at that time. (textbook)

During 1348- 1349, a devastating sickness swept over all of Western Europe that wiped out about half of the population. The Black Death, also known as The Plague and the Bubonic Plague, killed thousands over the span of two summers. The Black Death was caused by the bacteria Y. Pestis, which normally lives dormant in a flea's stomach. However, when a flea bites a rat, the rat becomes infected, which eventually leads to a human being infected. Since rats had a high abundance in 1348-1349, the disease was very easily spread to humans, where it then became airborne (pneumonic), bubonic, or spread throughout the blood, also known as systemic. (The Black Death).

Most historians believe the origin of the black plague begins in the Gobi desert, on the Mongolian Platte. The first written report of the plague is in the area. A merchant in 1332 states that Mongolian Grea Khan Jijaghatu Toq-Temer and two of his son had been laid to rest after a mystery disease struck them. The merchant goes on to report anyone who had dealings with them had passed too. In speculation a year earlier recordings of the Black Death had swept through Hopei Provence North East region of the territory, with accounts of 9/10th of the population gone.

In the year 1348, in Florence, Italy, the first incidence of the Black Death was experienced. It originated from the east, and it had made its way into the West after destroying a large number of people in different places. Speculations about the cause of the Black Death were numerous, but some people believed that the disease came from God, and started to pray and repent. Some thought they only could escape the plague by running away from it. Some theorized Infected fleas on rats and then to man was responsible.

The plague is transmitted by rat fleas meaning that this disease is more common in the warmer seasons, disappearing during the winter, or at least it loses power to spread. The epidemic disease in fact began with an attack that the Mongols launched on the Italian merchants in the last trading station in the region, kaffa (today feodosiya) in the Crimea. Before everyone use to believe that the plague was originated from china. Ships would usually travel at an average speed of 40km a day which today it might seem quite slow, but this speed back than meant the black death easily moved 600km in a one night by ship. Spreading with a fast speed and unpredictability up to 2km per day along the busiest highways or roads and about 0.6km per day along

The Bubonic Plague or ‘Black Death’ is a highly infectious and potentially fatal disease that spread rapidly throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. The disease carrying Bacterium, Yersinia pestis, caused millions of deaths in the 1300s due to its highly contagious nature. Many people contracted the Bubonic Plague from bacteria carrying fleas, which carried the plague bacteria from an infected rodent (A.D.A.M, 2015). This particular disease isn’t usually spread from person to person, but instead through small rodents and animals that carry infected fleas, many people became infected from flea bites or direct contact with the infected skin or fluids of an animal, (Rare Diseases, 2014) However, according to some credible scientists, it is believed

Bubonic plague has had a major impact on the history of the world. Caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and transmitted by fleas often found on rats, bubonic plague has killed over 50 million people over the centuries. Burrowing rodent populations across the world keep the disease present in the world today. Outbreaks, though often small, still occur in many places. The use of antibiotics and increased scientific knowledge first gained in the 1890s have reduced the destruction of plague outbreaks. In Medieval times, with the unknowing help of humans, bubonic plague exploded into a pandemic. Known as the ³Black Death², it decimated Europe in 1350, killing 1/3 of the

In the 1320’s the Plague erupts in the Gobi Desert in central Asia. By 1347 Black Death reaches Constantinople. In the Fall of 1347 the plague got two more places Alexandria, Egypt were struck by plague. October of the same year reaches Europe and the port of Messina Sicily. The fall and winter of 1347 Florence Italy struck by Black Death nearly sixty thousand die within a few months. December all of southern Italy and much of southern Europe were overcome by black

Many of the people in the movie believed that the Black Death originated in France. Nevertheless, this was incorrect. Many of the people in Europe had heard of the “Great Pestilence” that was sweeping through the continent, even before it arrived in Europe (Black Death). The Black Death actually originated in China.” The plague first arrived in Europe in 1347 and came from the steppes area of Central Asia” (Bubonic Plague). The plague had been in Central China for a while before it began to spread elsewhere, but since Mongolians tend to live so close to their horses, the infected fleas did not even bother them (Bubonic Plague). However, eventually trading posts became spaces that had a ton of rats, and these rats brought the fleas that carried the disease with them, which is what caused the plague to spread all throughout Europe (Black Death). The movie did not necessarily get the origin of the Black Death wrong as people in England had only heard that there was a great pestilence sweeping the continent until it arrived in England. The people in England did not know where the

The Black Plague, the Black Death, or simply, the plague, was a deadly epidemic that hit Europe and Asia in 1346 - 1353. The plague was extremely contagious, and was originally brought by rat fleas. The disease was airborne, and could also be caught through the bite of infected fleas and rats. The disease mostly spread by infected rats living on ships (although some say it was actually gerbils), which sailed from one European port to another.

The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of Central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching Crimea by 1343. From there, it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and

The Black Plague or Black Death is believed to have begun near China in 1347, it spread to Europe by rats and fleas on merchant ships. It originated from fleas feeding from the blood of the rats. The infectious bile, Yersinia Pestis, in the rats blood would sometimes be transmitted to people when these fleas feeding from the rats bit a human, vomiting the rats bile into the blood of its new victim. Sometimes the fleas, and bacteria would be transmitted onto other animals increasing human risk of contamination. Once someone was infected the disease could evolve into the pneumonic form and be transmitted through the air.

Even though scholars say it is unclear actually where the Black Plague started but many of them believe the outbreak of this Great Mortality started in Mongolia in the later 1320s. From there they

Nearly all the sailors traveling from the Black Sea were infected with what was called, The Black Death. The Black Death spread through the trading network during the middle of the 14th century. According to the French Biologist, Alexandre Yersin, the Black Death originated from the germ, Yersina pestis. This bacillus spreads by droplets, air, and from infected fleas and rats. These infected fleas and rats lived on ships which caused the sailors who were traveling on the Black Sea to be infected. However, Doctors during this time had no reason for transmission, but simply from person to person. Once the sailors hit the mainland, the disease began to spread immediately. The cold climate, drought, and famine were a few reasons why the Black Death spread rapidly.