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Bubonic Plague - causes
It was caused by rodents carrying the disease, like fleas, mice, and rats, while also spreading through human contact.
Bubonic Plague - conditions
lumps the size of golf balls on side of neck, groin, under armpits, and thighs
Bubonic Plague - reaction
People abandoned their friends and family, fled cities, and shut themselves off from the world.
Bubonic Plague - treatments'/solutions
Bloodletting, potions, religous cures.
Bubonic Plague - Comparison of Pandemics
Black death is simular to Ebola in the fact that they both negitivly effected the econemy of the places the disease was found. Because both these diseases could be spread from human to human people were forced to isolate and those who didnt more then likley died.
Agricultural Advancments
Seed Drill
Jethro Tull - greatly improved efficiency of planting seeds.
Steel Plow
Jethro Tull - greatly improved efficiency of preparing the land for planting seeds
Drainage Canals
maximizes farms commercial output by removing excess water
Crop rotation
Whear, barley, turnips, and clover were all used in the crop rotation to maximize soil health
Military Technology
Gunpowder mass production
Firing Cannons and Muskets required Gunpowder, any nation with enough wealth could outfit their army with these weapons and win any war.
gunpowder Empires
the most powerful nations during the 17-18th centuries were those with vast amounts of gunpowder. Russia and the Ottomans
Military Modernization
countries were most successful when they trained there soldiers to use firearms and when they were paid. this is the first instance of an “infantry”
Navigational Tools
Astrolabe
Tracks position of the sun and stars
Compass
Direction of North, South, East, West
Oceanic route to Asia for trade
Portugal leader believed Asia could be reached by sailing around Africa
Trade between Europe and Asia
Because trade was so successful, Mercantilism and eventually capitalism were structured
Spice trade
the spice trade was incredibly lucrative and lead to the spread of religions
Witchcraft
Chaos in Europe because of witchcraft
Witches were seen as dangerous to society and thus needed to be dealt with
Thousands are killed, mostly women (fanatical religious response)
Great Kingdoms of Africa
Wealth
Trade was the dominant contributor of wealth during this time, particularly slave trades
power
the Great African Kingdoms had organized government and strong military, sometimes being composed of slaves
Age of Exploration
Starting with portugal and spain, explorers begin to seize territories as colonies in the name of the crown
“God, Glory and Gold”
motivating factors for european exploration
British, French and Dutch all try to play ‘catch up’ in the scramble to gain overseas territories
Explorers
Columbus, Da Gama, Cabot, Cartier, Zheng He,
Conquerors
Pizzaro, Cortez