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1 Aim: Describe the bubonic plague and its effects on Europe

2 The Bubonic Plague Strikes
1300’s- An epidemic struck part of Asia, North Africa, and Europe Approximately one-third of the population of Europe died of the deadly disease known as the bubonic plague 2

3 Origins & Impact of the Plague
Plague began in Asia Infected parts of Asia, Muslim world, & Europe Got its name (Black Death) because of the purplish or blackish spots it produced on the skin Disease swept through Italy Followed trade routes to Spain, France, Germany, England, and other parts of Europe & North Africa Plague took about four years to reach almost every corner of Europe Almost 25 million Europeans killed 3

4 Effects of the Plague Economic and Social Effects of the plague were enormous: Town populations fell Trade decline, price roses Serfs left the manor in search of better wages Nobles resisted peasant demands/ Peasants revolt Jews falsely blames for bringing on plague Church suffered lost of prestige when its prayers failed to the stop plague 4

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