Map of the Black Plague
Hand drawn of the soread of the Black Plague from Asia to Europe. It was not until 1894 that scientists discovered the cause of the plague. It came from a germ which lived on that fleas that lived on the Black Rats. When the rats died, the flea moved to live on humans, and the plague germ got into their blood. Towns in the Middle Ages were crowded, dirty places. There was a lot of rubbish about for the rats to feed on. Most people had fleas anyway,so they had no idea that it was the fleas that carried the plague germ. It started with the Mongols and traveled through the black sea to Venice (Italy) then to the rest of Europe. Mongolians catapulted infected dead bodies into the city and killed almost 25 million people with this diease.
This picture depicts people being punished because they were accused of causing the Black Death.
There are people supervising the beatings and killings.
The Black Death had effects on people socially, politically, and economically.
Socially it made people turn on each other and blamed each other for cause the Black Plague and spreading it.
Politically it made the governments punish people suspected of causing
or spreading the plague. Also economically it affected people because the
population lowered and there were fewer people to farm and the costs of products
went up.
https://owenbmuseum.wikispaces.com/Middle+Ages+Artifacts
There are people supervising the beatings and killings.
The Black Death had effects on people socially, politically, and economically.
Socially it made people turn on each other and blamed each other for cause the Black Plague and spreading it.
Politically it made the governments punish people suspected of causing
or spreading the plague. Also economically it affected people because the
population lowered and there were fewer people to farm and the costs of products
went up.
https://owenbmuseum.wikispaces.com/Middle+Ages+Artifacts