Bubonic Plague
Plague in China
- Bubonic Plague began in southwest China, the Yunnan Region, and spread rapidly.
- Many people in provinces killed by the plague
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Spread of Plague
- Mongols, merchants and other traders played a role in the spread of disease along trade routes.
- In 1346, it reached the Black Sea ports.
- Bubonic plague was referenced as the “Black Death”, because of the black and purple swelling.
- Disease wiped out a whole population of people.
- The diseased bypassed sub-Saharan Africa.
Video explaining the start of the black death and how it spread.
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Population Decline
Analysis
The Bubonic Plague led to a major decline in population. The decrease in population hurts one's economy because there aren't enough people to trade or farm. It also slows them down in urbanization because they don't have enough people to become urbanized. It's also very hard to recover from a epidemic as harsh as this. The after affects of the Bubonic Plague was very harmful towards the economy and the daily life of the people.
- Chinese, European, and Islamic population dropped and decreased.
- The plague disrupted the social and economic aspects throughout Eurasia and north Africa.
- There was massive labor shortage, which left to social unrest
- The workers in western Europe began to demand for higher pay
- Many rebellions because the authorities resisted change
Analysis
The Bubonic Plague led to a major decline in population. The decrease in population hurts one's economy because there aren't enough people to trade or farm. It also slows them down in urbanization because they don't have enough people to become urbanized. It's also very hard to recover from a epidemic as harsh as this. The after affects of the Bubonic Plague was very harmful towards the economy and the daily life of the people.
Citations
Knoss, Trent. "Bubonic Plague." Black Death. N.p., 25 June 2013. Web. 06 Nov. 2016.
Bentley, Jerry H., and Herbert F. Ziegler. "An Age of Cross-Cultural Interactions." Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the past. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000. 578. Print.
"Spread of Black Death." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2016.
Knoss, Trent. "Bubonic Plague." Black Death. N.p., 25 June 2013. Web. 06 Nov. 2016.
Bentley, Jerry H., and Herbert F. Ziegler. "An Age of Cross-Cultural Interactions." Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the past. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000. 578. Print.
"Spread of Black Death." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2016.