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 The Black Death had a steamroller effect
throughout all society.
Multitudes of houses and barns infested with
rats were left vacant, making it impossible to collect rents.
Unused
mills fell into disrepair, making it impossible to grind wheat for
flour in some areas.
There was a resurgence of the disease later in
the century, but not as many people were infected
In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly
bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects
rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people
are infected, they infect others very rapidly.
The disease struck and killed people
with terrible speed. The Italian writer Boccaccio said its victims
often
"Ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in
paradise."
Diseases
Dysentery
Ergotism Gonorrhea
Leprosy Malaria
Plague Smallpox
Typhoid
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