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How would rats mainly get the Black Death and not other animals?

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How was the Black Death actually transmitted?

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Were there any other symptoms that the Black Death had that we do not know about?

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People today think that rats mainly spread the Black Death in the 1340s ("Black Death."). The Black Death was spread by Yersina Pestis. The disease was very contagious and anyone and or anything the rats touched would most likely get infected (Cummins pg. 103).

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The Black Death spread really fast all around Europe in a short amount of time. Rats, who had the disease on them, would go on ships and in ports which would go everywhere around Europe ("Black Death."). It also spread from person to person and through the air. Nobody knew exactly how it was transmitted (Cummins pg. 103).

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There were many symptoms that the Black Death had that would make people really sick and possibly kill them. When somebody first got the disease there would be weird swellings on the groin and armpits with blood and pus coming out of those weird swellings ("Black Death."). More symptoms included a fever, vomiting, coughing up blood, and diarrhea. Most of the people would die when they got the disease("Black Death.").

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This had a really big impact on the Middle Ages because it wiped out a third of Europe and changed the road of human society (Cummins pg. 103).

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"Black Death." HISTORY, 17 Sept. 2010, www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019.

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Cummins, Joseph, et al. The Almost Complete History of the World: 75 Incredible Events from Ancient Times to Today. New York, Metro Books, 2012.