The Black Death
By:Megan Autry
What was it?
The Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague and was the most devastating pandemic in human history!! This was caused by fleas carried by rats. It first started in Europe, it killed 30-60% of their population! It continued to spread and went on to Germany, England, Italy, Norway, and Russia
A doctor
Doctors wore this when they were around the patients who had Black Death
Places effected by the Black Death
The picture shows when the areas encountered the Black Death
Painting
This is a painting of people who have the Black Death disease
SYMPTOMS
~ fever
~headache
~chills
~weakness
~swollen
~tender lymph glands
Impacts of the black death
•world wide trade declined
• farms and villages were abandoned
• rise of urbanization and industrialization