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World Economic History. October 5, 2007. Life Expectancy Chapter 5. Life expectancy. The Black Death. The Black Death. Black Death Spread. The Black Death: origins. The world experienced it before: Byzantine Empire – 6 th century AD Spread to the Mediterranean world a century later
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World Economic History October 5, 2007
The Black Death: origins • The world experienced it before: • Byzantine Empire – 6th century AD • Spread to the Mediterranean world a century later • The bug(s): • Bubonic plague: bacillus carried by parasites on the back of rodents (the black rat) • Anthrax • Spread • Trade (ports, ships) • Beliefs of the time: spread through the air (miasma)
Life after the Plague: did England and the Netherlands fled the Malthusian trap?