It starts in roughly 476 and it continues on forġ000 years as we get into the 14th and 15th centuries. The fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern RomanĮmpire continues on for most of the Middle Ages, but Middle Ages in Europe are the roughly 1000 yearsįrom the fall of the Roman Empire and to be particular Towers, but when were the Middle Ages? The simple answer, the Knights in shining armor, castles with moats and We all have impressions of the Middle Ages, we read about Lucky for us, these days we have antibiotics.which treats plague. Septicimic Plague - You're toast! (≈100% 1-3 days) Bubonic plague.Not good(≈80%mortality in 8days)Ģ. Most often you hear of three types of plague that are linked to the period and are said to have coexisted.:ġ. Several Italian traders decided to hightail it out of Kaffa on ships, unknowingly carrying the plague with them.and brought plague first to Sicily, then to Genoa and Venice.and then it spread, as the saying goes "like Wildfire." Over 4-6(1347-1351/53) years Europe was ravaged, and.well the rest is history.īoth People and animals, and stuff presumably transmitted the plague, but the fleas carrying the Yersinia Pestis Bacterium have been given majority of blame for the episode.feeding from host.not being able to swallow and instead throwing up into the wound, thus spreading the death. Jani Beg himself survived the outbreak, only to be assassinated 10 years later.but that is another story. Presumably carried from China, and suddenly making an unwanted appearance, devastating the mongol army.Jani Beg had to call it quits and give up seige.but not before (who knows if this is true) catapulting dead plague-ridden bodies into the city.causing outbreak of plague in Kaffa. The fortified city was holding after almost 2 year siege, and plague broke out in Jani Beg camp in 1347. Wait for it.Mongols of the Golden Horde led by Khan Jani Beg. The "common" explanation of how it got to europe, seems to revolve around the 2nd Seige of trading port Kaffa ( todays Crimea.yes that part annexed by Russia a few years ago) by.
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