Question

Event: The Black Death

What was the Black Death?
Who was affected?
When?
Where?
Why?

Answer 1

The Black Death was a very serious bubonic plague pandemic that happened from 1346 to 1353 in Asia and Europe. The Bubonic Plague is a very deadly disease spread through fleas, most commonly on rats. This was excruciating to have, and you would die within 3 days of having the disease. This was the most deadly pandemic that ever has happened in recorded history, resulting in 75-200 million fatalities. Almost everybody in Europe and Asia at the time were affected. The actual bacteria was called Y. pestis. Medical practices then were still very poor and not great, and there wasn’t a way to cure the bubonic plague at the time. Doctors commonly called Plague Doctors wore those bird like masks to ward off bad smells, and they were commonly filled with strong-smelling items, such as lavender. A common practice Plague Doctors did was bloodletting with leeches.

Answer 2

The black death was a bubonic plague outbreak that swept through Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. The black death struck countries such as England, Scotland, Scandinavia, and Baltic countries in 1350. The second pandemic of the Black Death was in Europe. The bacterium Yersinia pestis is thought to have caused the plague (infectious fever). It may be spread from rats to humans by the bite of infected fleas.