Bubonic Plague
In the early 1330s, the Bubonic Plague first hit China where it infected rodents such as squirrels, prairie dogs and rats. Fleas transmitted the bacteria from rodent to rodent, but as the plague began to take a toll on the rodent population, fleas began looking for another host; thus, the spread of the bubonic plague among humans. During the 1330s, the plague festered in China, killing many people; a 1331 epidemic killed nearly 90 percent of the population in the province of Hebei (near modern-day Beijing). Since China was a busy world trade nation, spread of the disease to western Asia and Europe was imminent. In October of 1347, several Italian merchant ships returned from a trip out on the Black Sea - a major trading route and main link to China. The ship docked in Sicily with most of the crew already dying, and the disease spread throughout the city within days. By August of 1348, it spread to England where it was named the "Black Death" mainly because of the black spots created on the skin. The bubonic plague was diagnosed from symptoms such as: inflamed lymph glands, and hemorrhaging of these inflammations known as buboes (gave the name bubonic plague), fever, and spots on the skin that start out as red, but lat
They avoided becoming recluses but did not allow themselves the license to drink and revel; they lived with the freedom to satisfy their appetites not only for food, but also for life. In the Christian world, citizen avoided citizen, parents left their ill-stricken children, and brother forsook brother. One common characteristic of these two reactions was the way the church and people of the church dealt with the bubonic plague and its deadly strike. While both worlds tried to remain respectful to the dead in the beginning of the plague, death and disease overcame them and death was a frequent, though uninvited, event. Many Christians had devoutly prayed for deliverance from the plague, but they saw and met death with no mercy. Then, we have the people who found middle ground from the above extremes. In this resolution, they wrote a decree that said no woman was allowed outside of her house under the penalty of death. However, if someone from the Christian world saw someone dead from bubonic plague, they avoided the corpse at all costs. During the latter time of the plague, the number of dead consumed those burying them, and mass graves were dug and filled. The difference in the religious characteristics is that the Muslims resolved that the plague appeared in men who fornicated (or committed acts of depravity) and women who adorned themselves (with jewelry and/or makeup) and walked the streets day and night. In stark contrast is the reaction in the Muslim world. Even in the 1300s, women of the Muslim faith were oppressed and thought to be 'dirty'. The Muslims were not allowed to choose the party lifestyle or the hermit lifestyle. Muslim people often put their lives in danger, and many died doing this admirable deed. It killed 60 to 70 percent of its victims, and it -as the chart above illustrates - killed one third of Europe's population in five years.
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