The "Black Death" was one of the most horrifying and shocking pandemics in Medieval history. ... Marks and Craig both give plausible explanations as to how the "Black Death" originated. ... Craig states that the rats came from "areas around the Black Sea" and that the disease "entered Europe through the port cities of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa in 1347.... " I think the way people acted after the Black Death makes sense. ... Craig and Venette both discuss the Jews and their role in the "Black Death....

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This epidemic is known as the Black Death, or the Bubonic Plague. ... Death comes in about 1-7 days. ... Venice would isolate all in coming ships on a separate island. Even still people did die but fewer died in Milan and Venice then in most cities. ... No, they got death. ...

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So much death could only tear economic and social structures apart. ... As a result, the plague which was solely based on the trade routes, carved a path of death through Asia westward to Europe. ... People believed that the Black Death was a punishment sent from God and they began to question the church. ... When the Black Death raged through Germany between 1348 and 1352, over 300 Jewish communities were destroyed. ... Florence and venice established commissions for public heath in 1348. ...

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