1. LT: I can analyze the causes and effects of the Black Death on Europe.

2. Medieval Population
How many people do you think lived in all of Europe in the year 1200?
A) 5 million
B) 10 million – the size of NYC today
C) 75 million
D) 100 million
E) 300 million – the size of the USA today
C) 75 million

3. Europe and the Silk Road

4. Along with the goods… (NOTES)
Came disease as well.
The Plague is believed to have originated with Mongol traders
Easier travel on the Silk Road also allowed the Plague to spread quickly as well.
Venice: ¾ population killed
S.W. England ¼ of population killed
Total Estimates: 25 million people killed

5. How it was transmitted… What is this called again?

6. The Black Death (NOTES)
The Bubonic Plague
Yersinia Pestis
Fever, fatigue (flu-like symptoms), and Buboes
Buboes - pus filled swelling of lymph nodes near the armpits or groin.
Usually turned black (hence the name the Black Death), can become open sores
Patients died in 2-4 days
~60% fatal

7. Other types of plague (NOTES)
Septicemic
Sometimes fatal before symptoms spread
Nearly 100% fatal
Spread through bloodstream via fleas or contact with plague-infected body matter.
Abdominal bleeding, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Bleeding under skin due to blood clotting problems
Bleeding from mouth, nose or rectum
Fever
Chills
Organ failure
Shock
Death of tissue (gangrene) causing blackening in extremities, mostly fingers, toes and nose
Difficulty breathing

8. Other types of plague - NOTES
Pneumonic
lung-based plague- the most infectious & least common form of plague.
Typically, caused by spread to the lungs from advanced bubonic plague.
However, a person may spread via droplets to other humans - coughing.
Nearly 100% fatal
Patients died in 2-3 days.

9. Children Affected: Physically & Mentally
exposure to public nudity, craziness, and (obviously) abundant death was premature.
parents even abandoned their children, leaving them to the streets

10. Efforts to Stop It - Notes
burned all types of incense: *juniper, laurel, pine, beech, lemon leaves, rosemary, camphor and sulfur
handkerchiefs dipped in aromatic oils = cover faces in public
cure of sound =rang church bells, set off cannons

11. Efforts to Stop It - Notes
The Flagellants - religious radicals who sought atonement for their sins by vigorously whipping themselves in public displays of penance.

12. What are your chances of getting the plague?
Clear desk
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