black death

"As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept around the globe, people have looked to the past for other examples of deadly disease outbreaks. In the mid-14th century, an outbreak of bubonic plague, or the 'Black Death,' killed more than 25 million Europeans within a five-year span. Through . . . maps, critical-thinking questions, and . . . sidebars, readers learn the similarities and the vast differences between the Black Death, the 2020 pandemic, and other disease outbreaks in history"--Provided by publisher.

"Hi-Lo YA nonfiction. COVID-19 is not the first disease to spread around the world. The Black Death killed nearly one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s. More than 500 million people became sick with the flu in 1918. Past Pandemics and COVID-19 examines how COVID-19 compares to other widespread diseases in history"--Provided by the publisher.

"The Black Death sounds like the name of a creepy movie, but it was an actual historical event. It was the term for the pandemic of plague throughout Europe and Asia in the fourteenth-century. Before it was over, tens of millions of people had died. Readers will . . . learn of the disturbing details of this gruesome disease and how it spread. They'll learn how people coped, how the world changed, and that plague still exists"--Provided by publisher.

"The Black Death sounds like the name of a creepy movie, but it was an actual historical event. It was the term for the pandemic of plague throughout Europe and Asia in the fourteenth-century. Before it was over, tens of millions of people had died. Readers will . . . learn of the disturbing details of this gruesome disease and how it spread. They'll learn how people coped, how the world changed, and that plague still exists"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an account of the bubonic plague that swept Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, and provides information about the origins and cause of the disease, how it is spread, and how it was treated.

Explore the history of the bubonic plague, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.

This book explores some of history's most gruesome diseases. Readers will be enthralled by the history and science of terrible plagues and the bacteria, bugs, bad hygiene, and rats responsible.

Presents an introduction to the black death of the Dark Ages, exploring the history of the bubonic plague, which claimed the lives of twenty-five million people in Europe during a five-year period in the fourteenth century, and looks at its origins and how it spread.