Whitney Lovel Mr. Higgerson World History April 23, 2024 The Black Death “[The Black Death] wrought such havoc among the populations that it earned...notoriety as the greatest-ever demographic disaster. Because it was far more mortal and terrible than anything people had heard or read about...” (Part 1, Chapter 1, Page 3). The Black Death was a very destructive pandemic that was worldwide. The Black Death spread very quickly and was uncontrollable. The impact that the Black Death had on many and also had effects on the economy and society in the long term. Black Death was one of the diseases that caused the most deaths in history. Black Death will go down in history as one of the most detrimental diseases. The Black Death started in the mid-1300s in China. The plague later …show more content…
Life was basically put on hold, wars were also put on hold, and there wasn’t really anything you could do about it. Trade was one part that was affected, and it did for a good while. There weren't many resources being traded because there weren’t many workers (they died) and trading stuff at that point in time was not very good because that was how the plague spread the most. This plague caused many economic and social problems as well. People were scared to go out, so they lost most of their connections to the outside world, and there weren’t really ways to keep up with what was going on or with each other. No one wanted to work at this time either because of the chance of getting infected so to actually have work done, they would have to pay more, aka inflation. Without workers, work wouldn’t get done, so they didn’t really have a choice. One place catapulted infected corpses to try to infect the enemies. All things considered, the Black Death affected society in many different ways. In conclusion, the Black Death was a catastrophic disease. The Black Death was so hard to contain due to how fast it was able to