Pestis The Black Death Bubonic Plague Origins of the Plague Began in Asia the Mongols and traveled through trade routes to the Middle East and eventually Europe Battle at K affa Hit Sicily first 1347 Boat of Dead People Arrives ID: 913187
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(The Black Death)
The Bubonic Plague: Yersinia Pestis
Slide2The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
Slide3Origins of the Plague
Began in Asia (the Mongols) and traveled through trade routes to the Middle East and eventually Europe
Battle at Kaffa
Hit Sicily first (1347) – Boat of Dead People Arrives
Slide4Slide5The Plague Strikes
During the 1347- 1350 an epidemic struck parts of Asia, North Africa, and EuropeApproximately 1/3 of the population of Europe died from this disease. (approx. 20 million people) (25 million in China)
Ripped communities and families apartPope Clement VI- Leadership Issues Dramatically Decreased Trade
Slide6Many scholars think
that the nursery rhyme “Ring around the Rosy” was written
about the symptoms of the Black Death.
This charming rhyme still recited by children today dates back to the London Plague of 1665. The “ring of roses” describes the red buboes around the neck of an infected person (swollen lymph nodes); “posies” refers to the herbs or flowers that people carried in their pockets to breathe hoping it would protect them from the disease; “at-choo” refers to a sneeze which was the sign of coming illness. “All fall down” describes the suddenness of death from what is today called “Black Death” or Bubonic Plague.
Slide7Slide8Effects of the Bubonic Plague
Increased WagesPrices rose (inflation)
Serfs left manorsJews were blamed (increased anti- Semitism)The church lost power European Renaissance?
Slide9Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13What have we learned?