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The '''Black Death''', also known as the '''Black Plague''', refers to a devastating [[pandemic]] that widely affected [[Eurasia]] and [[North Africa]] in the middle of the [[14th century]], killing between one-third and two-thirds of affected populations. Globally, it is estimated that the Black Death killed at least 75 million people. The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe at least every generation with varying degrees of [[intensity]] and fatality until the 1700s. | The '''Black Death''', also known as the '''Black Plague''', refers to a devastating [[pandemic]] that widely affected [[Eurasia]] and [[North Africa]] in the middle of the [[14th century]], killing between one-third and two-thirds of affected populations. Globally, it is estimated that the Black Death killed at least 75 million people. The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe at least every generation with varying degrees of [[intensity]] and fatality until the 1700s. | ||
The Black Death was a [[bubonic plague]]. "Bubonic" refers to the symptomatic ''bubo,'' a swelling of the [[lymphatic gland]]. The most common vector of the bubonic plague is from rat to man via fleas. <ref name=" | The Black Death was a [[bubonic plague]]. "Bubonic" refers to the symptomatic ''bubo,'' a swelling of the [[lymphatic gland]]. The most common vector of the bubonic plague is from rat to man via fleas. <ref name="Cartwright29,30">"Disease and History," Frederick F. Cartwright in collaboration with Michael D. Biddiss, Dorset Press, 1991, pgs. 29, 30</ref> | ||
==Effects in Europe== | ==Effects in Europe== | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 1 March 2007
The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, refers to a devastating pandemic that widely affected Eurasia and North Africa in the middle of the 14th century, killing between one-third and two-thirds of affected populations. Globally, it is estimated that the Black Death killed at least 75 million people. The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe at least every generation with varying degrees of intensity and fatality until the 1700s.
The Black Death was a bubonic plague. "Bubonic" refers to the symptomatic bubo, a swelling of the lymphatic gland. The most common vector of the bubonic plague is from rat to man via fleas. [1]
Effects in Europe
The Black Death first struck Europe in the mid-14th century (1347–1351).
References
- ↑ "Disease and History," Frederick F. Cartwright in collaboration with Michael D. Biddiss, Dorset Press, 1991, pgs. 29, 30