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Black Death

By Dan Skylar Laurel. Black Death. How It All Began. Black death was named from the people in Europe. *1000 38 million * 1100 48 million * 1200 59 million * 1300 70 million * 1347 75 million * 1352 50 million Notice how 1347-1352 the population dropped 25 million. The Huns.

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Black Death

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  1. By Dan Skylar Laurel Black Death

  2. How It All Began • Black death was named from the people in Europe. • *1000 38 million • * 1100 48 million • * 1200 59 million • * 1300 70 million • * 1347 75 million • * 1352 50 million • Notice how 1347-1352 the population dropped 25 million.

  3. The Huns • In china rats caused the disease. • The Huns had taken over most of Asia and they where after the port city of Cafa located north of Constantinople. When they began to siege Cafa many of there men died, so they used there catapults to launch there dead men over the wall. • The disease stayed the same over time.

  4. Snow Ball Affect • After Cafa was attacked it spread to Europe. • It mainly attacked Europe because of the pore dense population.

  5. GROWING • It impacted history by :The disease killed King Edward the III daughter making him go into hiding leaving England without a king. • It can be any where in the world.

  6. Panic • It is a chronic disease. • It is extremely easy to catch. • It mainly goes for poor people because they are grouped together.

  7. 2 Types Of Black Death • One type of black death made you grow black bubbles and get infected, you had a 15% chance to live. The other made you over a week of time cough up your lung and die, you only had a 5% chance to live.

  8. Breaking Down • Empires where devastated most farmers where killed and all kings went into hiding. In order to maybe not die they would tri to cut open the black bubbles. • No cure. • No promise for one.

  9. Slow Stop • With kings in hiding and 60% of the population gone the black death disappeared, it is still around today in some places, so far parts of Africa. • They can only get antibiotics to fix it. • Also destroying the black bubbles. • It breaks blood vessels and grows then disperses thousands of viruses.

  10. Dans Sources TM • "The Black Death, 1348," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2001). • http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm • http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/black-death.htm • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/science/13plague.html

  11. The End • Because the black death only killed the peasants and other low class it moved on only leaving the rich class. • (1)Our only questions are how did the rats get it, (2)and how did it devastate so much. • 1. the rats got it from some sort of pollution in china. 2 it made people panic making it so people destroyed stuff looking for food. • Thanks for reading/listening.

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