The Black Plague In 1374, The Black Plague (one of many Bubonic Plague Epidemics) surged across Southern Europe affecting many lives. The Bubonic Plague is a disease carried by rats. Variations of the Bubonic Plague are still around that are easy to treat, but if they are not treated, it is deadly. The Bubonic Plague happened during a time when there was already war and now they had a virus to deal with. Around half of Europe’s population or about 50 million people died. No one at the time knew that the Bubonic Plague was from bites of fleas. Many people thought it was a punishment from God himself. Other Christians believed that Jews had poisoned the local wells. Because of this conspiracy, many Jewish communities were demolished. During The Black Plague people …show more content…
The Black Death is believed to have been the result of a plague caused by infection with a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Many scientists think that this specific kind of bacterium was first passed from ill rodents to humans through the bite of fleas. The Black Death originated in China and Central Asia and was transmitted to Europe in 1347 when an Eurasian army attacked a trading port in Crimea. The army catapulted plague-infested corpses into the town to spread the infection. From this trading port, ships carried the disease westward to Mediterranean ports, and from there the disease quickly spread inland to places like Sicily in 1347; North Africa, mainland Italy, Spain, and France in 1348; and Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, and the Lower Countries in 1349. In 1350 The Plague reached the Northern part of England, Scotland, Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries. In Medieval Villages, many people would be packed together in many houses. This encouraged the spread of the Black Plague and with little to no sanitation, it quickly spread throughout Europe. In conclusion, the Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the