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Amy Blakney Biology Mr. Sanders May 8th, 2016 Introduction In this paper I will be talking about the book â€Å" When Plague Strikes the Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS by James Cross Giblin.† I will also talk about how I think it connects to what we have learned this school year. Key Idea 1 In early 1347, the Bubonic Plague broke out near the Black Sea. People thought that the Italians were to blame for it. When the Natives decided that the Italians were to blame, they gathered an army and started preparing to attack their trading post. The Italians fled to a fortress they built off the Black Sea and the Natives were forced to withdraw, but before they did they loaded catapults with of their dead soldiers and shot them over into the fortress. The carriers of the Bubonic Plague were black rats and the fleas that lived in their hair. `Later on a reporter named Boccacio wrote: â€Å" Some say that the plague descended upon the human race through the influence of the heavenly bodies, others say that it was a punishment signifying God s righteous anger at our wicked way of life.† Later on after Boccacio seemed that all the advice of physicians and all the power of medicine were profitless and futile. Perhaps the nature of the illness was such that it allowe d no remedy; or perhaps those people who were treating the illness, being ignorant of its causes, were not prescribing the appropriate cure.† Since the virus was spread from just breathing on someone, I would agree that theyShow MoreRelatedReform by Destruction: The Black Death Essay914 Words   |  4 Pagesthrough the Black Sea. Those that were waiting at the dock for the sailors believed that all was well. However, they were proved wrong (â€Å"Black Death†). Not only were the ships carrying cargo; with it, they carried a silent pestilence. This pestilence had already taken the lives of many on the ships, only to leave those who remained gravely ill. Not only did they exhibit delirium and excessive vomiting, the sailors also had mysterious black boils enveloping their bodies. Those boils oozed a black, odorousRead MoreThe Black Death Essay2037 Words   |  9 Pageswildfire that was the Black Death enveloped nearly all of Europe, from Italy to Britain, in a span of about three years (C. Kohn, 25). Up to 38 million lives were claimed in less than a decade, distinguishing the Black Death one of the worst pandemics in human history (C. Kohn, 25). The disease behind this catastrophe has seldom been rivaled by another. But what was this disease? Many scientists and historical scholars believe this disaster to be the work of the bubonic plague, a deadly infectious