Black Plague

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The Bubonic Plague, which is also called the Black Death, has been around since the time of cave people. It was because of weak or injured animals being eaten. The animal had fleas, which carried the disease to the predator. The first recorded case of the Black plague was in China in BC 224. However the biggest outbreak was in Europe in the fourteenth century. Most likely the plague spread due to social conditions and increasing …

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…their own methods for creating misery, but this plague brought with it a unique ability to degrade, disgust and destroy its victims. This plague changed all social conditions in Europe with its devastating death rate, ruined the economy through fear, and created superstitions and varying religious beliefs. The Black Death was one of the most scariest and deadliest epidemics ever, wiping out two-thirds of the European population, causing chaos in the government, people, and church.