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The Black Death was spread by rats and the fleas they carried.
There is a story that the religious fervor of the times, and especially a desire to suppress witchcraft, prompted medieval people to kill off cats, which allowed the rat population to increase out of control, making the plague worse than it otherwise would have been. Though it makes a good story, there is no historic evidence of it I have seen, and the history of witch hunts makes it seem unlikely, because the first witch hunts were more than a hundred years after the Black Death.
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∙ 9y agoThe Black Plague was spread by fleas, which were on the cats, so when they were exterminated one of the primary sources of the travel of the Black Plague was eliminated but fleas were also on rats.
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What happened what was the cause of the black death?
A lack of sanitaiton and proper sewage systems drew in rats that carried the disease
What was the impact of the black death on Europe in the midle of the 14th century?
So many deaths caused by the Black Death, Bubonic Plague, lead to a lack of labor and an increase of rebellion, both sexually and literally. People were likely to rebel for higher wages. After the plague finally died out Europe was set up to make great technological advances.
What do experts say are the main reasons for overpopulation?
improved medicine low death rate lack of global epidemics lack of family planning
What was true about black neighborhoods under de facto segregation im nothern cities?
There was a lack of public services.
How did the black death affect groups like foreigners and the church?
The Black Death killed millions. It affected the Catholic Church because good priests that tried to help the dying, caught the disease themselves and died. Sometimes people not qualified to be priests, were made priests anyway because of the lack of qualified candidates. People began to question the priesthood. Foreigners, especially Jewish ones were considered to be a cause of the plague. Many Jewish communities were wiped out.
How did the lack of cats make the plague worse?
The plague was spread by rats, which the cats would have killed.
What rhymes with black and death?
Lack and breath.
What is my long haired lack cats breed it is very energetic and loving and has big yellow eyes?
There is no answer to it everyone says the breed is black cat so you cats breed is Black Cat
Ended scourge black death?
Time and lack of rats which also died.
Did science play a role in the black death?
More properly, a LACK of science played a role. The means by which the Bubonic Plague was spread was unknown (disease spread by fleas from rats). It was blamed on night fogs, cats, and bad air. When the cats were killed, there were more rats to spread the disease.
What does the colour black symblise?
Absence of light from the sun and because of this lack of life and death
When and where the did the black death happen?
The black death happened across Europe but mostly in Britain due to lack of hygiene. The outbreak was from the early 1540s until the late 1550s.
What is a sentence for the word worse?
He had made the lack of trust worse when he lied.
What happened what was the cause of the black death?
A lack of sanitaiton and proper sewage systems drew in rats that carried the disease
What human factors affected how easily the black death was spread?
lack of knowledge, ignorance. Failure to stop or prevent Mongols.
What makes colds worse?
Lack of sleep, Lack of fluid's, Anything attacking a already weak immune system.
How did medieval people die?
Most died of overwork and lack of proper nutrition, and those who didn't succumbed to diseases such as cholera and the Black Death.
