HOW THE BLACK PLAGUE AFFECTED EUROPE

WHEN IT SWEPT THROUGH EUROPE

• The plague swept through europe from 1348 through 1351

DEATH TOLL

• The exact death toll is difficult to measure
• From current estimates are that between 75 million and 200 million died

THE TERM BLACK DEATH

• The tearm black death is recent
• During the plague it was called the great morality
• It was also called the prestilence

HOW IT SPREAD

• Because europeans traded in the east they were aware of the disease
• It swept through asia in the 1330's from central asia
• The disease moved along the trade route passing through turkestan and the black sea region

HOW IT SPREAD

• The epidemic which is reckoned to have claimed 75 million lives
• It spread from place to place in crowded midevil towns

HOW IT SPREAD

• Many europeans had heard rumors about a great prestilence
• It carved a deadly path across the trade routes of the near and far east

SYMPTOMS

• Sudden on set of fever or chills

SYMPTOMS

• Fatigue
• Malaise
• Muscle aches

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