The Black Death originated in China. From China, the disease spread to the Middle East. Traders from the Middle East came over to Italy. The rats the traders had with them were infected and bit people. When someone was bit, there would be a big buboe on their neck, armpit, or groin. Usually, someone who was infected by the bubonic plague would die within a week. There is another deadly form of the Black Plague which would kill someone within a day. This form of the Bubonic Plague would spread in less than a day. It is also the most deadly for of the Black Plague. Scientists believe that the Black Plague was a combination of many diseases and viruses.
Today, we have simple medicines that can cure the Black Plague. Back then, they tried stuff like bloodletting. Bloodletting is when you cut yourself and blood comes out. They believed that if they did this they would be saved from the Black Plague. Remember those shots you used to take when you were about 6. That shot you took a few years ago could have saved about one-third to about two-third of Europe's population! About 25 million people in Europe died. This may not seem like a lot, but think of it this way. Every third kid in your classroom died. That would be devastating, and it was very devastating to Europe's population. The Black Plague did change Europe's society. Feudalism fell apart because there weren't very many peasants at the manor, and these peasants demanded money. When these peasants acquired money, these peasants left the manor and went to live in cities. This is a positive affect of the Black Plague.
Today, we have simple medicines that can cure the Black Plague. Back then, they tried stuff like bloodletting. Bloodletting is when you cut yourself and blood comes out. They believed that if they did this they would be saved from the Black Plague. Remember those shots you used to take when you were about 6. That shot you took a few years ago could have saved about one-third to about two-third of Europe's population! About 25 million people in Europe died. This may not seem like a lot, but think of it this way. Every third kid in your classroom died. That would be devastating, and it was very devastating to Europe's population. The Black Plague did change Europe's society. Feudalism fell apart because there weren't very many peasants at the manor, and these peasants demanded money. When these peasants acquired money, these peasants left the manor and went to live in cities. This is a positive affect of the Black Plague.
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