the population refers to all the inhabitants of a particular place

a disease is a condition that impairs the proper function of the body or part of the body

The impact of the Black Death in Europe

History

The Silk Road

The arrival of the Black Death

In this unit, pupils considered the significant impact the Black Death had on life in Europe. In 'The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?', pupils will interrogate the impacts of the Black Death further, considering how these consequences helped contribute to the outbreak of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.

In 'Early Islamic civilisation: what connected Baghdad to the wider world?', pupils studied how connections like the Silk Road connected East and West for trade and the spread of ideas. In this unit, pupils will also see how communication networks like the Silk Road also contributed to the spread of diseases, and in particular, the bubonic plague.

In this unit, pupils analyse the connections that existed in the medieval world by looking at the transmission and impact of the Black Death. They learn about its spread across the Silk Roads and in doing so develop their understanding of how trade and communication connected the medieval world.

The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which grand building in Sienna was never completed due to the Black Death?

How long was the 'quarantena' that Venice imposed on incoming ships to try and prevent the Black Death from spreading to the city?

bricked up infected families in their houses

How did the city of Milan deal with cases of the Black Death?

Place the countries into the order in which they were affected by the Black Death.

Which group of people were blamed for the Black Death in the Holy Roman Empire?

After the Black Death, how long did it take the population of Europe to return to pre-plague levels?

What did people at the time believe caused the Black Death

Where has modern research discovered the Black Death originated from?

Roughly what percentage of the population of the Middle East was killed by the Black Death?

a serious contagious disease that can kill many people

something bad that happens to lots of people

Which European city in modern-day Crimea was the first to experience the Black Death in 1346?

Which famous trade route is also suspected to have brought the Black Death to Europe?

The impact of the Black Death in Europe

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