The document discusses the Black Death pandemic that occurred in Europe between 1348-1350. It began in Central Asia and was carried along trade routes, spreading from Italian port cities across Europe. The Black Death was likely caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis carried by fleas on rodents. It resulted in approximately 30 million deaths across Europe and depopulated some villages entirely. The pandemic had major economic and social impacts and was reflected in art and literature of the time.
2. 1-What was the black death?
2- Where did it happen?
3-Causes
4-Economic and demographic
consequences.
5- Its reflection in art or literature
6-Number of people killed
3. The Black Death was one of the worse pandemics
in human history , with one peak in Europe
between 1348 and 1350. Historians think it could
have been an outbreak of bubonic plague caused
by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, an argument
supported by recent forensic research, although
this view has been challenged by a number of
scholars.
When a person had the disease, it appeared an
inflammation of the ganglions, causing a bundle
with pus in the groin, armpits and neck, causing
death within hours. This disease affected animals
and was transmitted to humans.
It was called like this because they appeared black
spots (hemorrhages).
4. WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
Most of the fourteenth century pandemic started
maybe somewhere in Northern India, probably in the
steppes of central Asia, from where it was carried west
by the Mongol armies. The black death reached
Europe by the route of Crimea, where the Genoese
colony of Kaffa (now Feodosiya) was besieged by the
Mongols. The story goes that the Mongols were
throwing with catapults the infected corpses into the
city. Refugees of Kaffa after the plague led to Messina,
Genoa and Venice around 1347/1348. The plague
spread from Italy throughout Europe affecting France,
Spain, England (June 1348) and Britain, Germany,
Hungary, Scandinavia and northwestern Russia finally.
5. The first cause of the epidemic
was in Crimea where the
soldiers spread the plague
(transmitted by rats or fleas)
later the Genoese ships were
spreading it through the ports
of the Mediterranean.
7. The painters make paintings whose theme is
death, for example: Dance of death.
There were two trends:(1) that some people
believed it was a punishment from God. (2)
They believed they were going to die and
enjoyed life to the fullest.
Boccaccio writes the Decameron where he
describes the environment in Florence at
the time of the Black Death.
9. The Black Death ended with a quarter of
Europe's population. Approximately 30
million deaths occurred in Europe alone.
Some villages were completely
depopulated, with the few survivors fleeing
and expanding further.
10. The Black Death ended with a quarter of
Europe's population. Approximately 30
million deaths occurred in Europe alone.
Some villages were completely
depopulated, with the few survivors fleeing
and expanding further.
