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plague
Question | Answer |
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Where did it begin? | Central Asia possibly China. |
Where did it spread? | China, India, Europe, Silk Road, Italy, north/west, Europe, England. |
What were the symptoms? | fever, vomiting, coughing , sneezing, swelling, and bumps. |
What contributed to the spread of the plague? | dirty conditions |
How did this affect the Jews? Why? | Jews were blamed. This led to Jews being persecuted and forced to leave the city. |
What did the plague do to the population of Europe? What percent of population died? | 24000000 Europeans died. China's population decreased by half. 33% of the world died. |
How did the plague affect the feudal system? | need for workers was high. there were fewer workers due to plague. peasants moved to different cities for better jobs. |
What was the English peasants war? | peasants entered London and presented their demands for more rights to King Richard II. |