Unit VII Essay.docx Unit VII The Black Plague Columbia Southern University Unit

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Unit VII Essay.docx Unit VII The Black Plague Columbia Southern University Unit VII Essay The œBlack Death  or œBlack Plague  was one of the most frightful diseases to devastate W... estern Europe since the Bubonic Plague which hit the country in the fourteenth century. This plague spread like wild fire through the entire region as ships carried in year-round goods such as grains, silks, spices and gold. Unfortunately, these shipments were not only bringing in much needed resources but also contaminated with vermin, insects, and parasites. These pests concealed many types of diseases and could live for months in the cargo. By the time they made it to shore they had multiplied creating a pool of disease once the goods touched land. These diseases were passed on from the cargo carried rats by the fleas, the fleas would drink the blood of the infected rat and pass it on to the next host that would e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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