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Bubonic plague

01: The first recorded outbreak of bubonic plague was in 542 ce, when it struck the city of Constantinople (now Istanbul.Turkey).

02: The Black Death killed 75 million people in Asia, three times morę than in Europę.

03: Outbreaks of bubonic plague retumed to Europę many times between 1400 and 1700.

04: In the 1800s, bubonic plague killed millions of people in China and India.

05: The cause of bubonic plague is a bacteria called Yeisinia pestis (below).

Today, bubonic plague can be treated with antibiotics. Up to 3,000 cases are reported worldwide each year.

■    A series of bad harvests in Europę had caused widespread malnutrition, lowering the population’s resistance to disease.

■    Fleas, feeding on rats infected by the plague-causing bacteria, passed it on to humans.

■    Rats were common on ships and carried the disease along trade routes.

■    Coughing and sneezing also helped spread the disease.

What was the Black Death?

It was deadly outbreak of bubonic plague that spread to Europę from Asia and killed an estimated 25 million people between 1348-1351. Victims developed painful lumps called buboes, which turned red and black. Most people died within three days of becoming sick, many within 12 hours.

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Peasants revolt

©After the Black Death, many villages throughout England were deserted.

©Many peasants who did survive left their villages to work in towns.

©Wages fell, taxes rosę, and the people began to feel very angry.

©In 1381, a peasant army, led by Wat Tyler, marched on London and rampaged through the city.

©King Richard II rode out to talk to the peasants. Tyler was killed, and the rest of the peasants went home.