The Black Death

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  1. Rats living in unsanitary conditions in China become infected.
  2. As more people die and populations decline, survivors demand higher wages and challenge weakened governments and feudal society.
  3. Fleas infected by the rats travel along trade routes to markets in towns and villages.
  4. Europeans in crowded towns and cities spread the disease. They call the plague the "Black Death" after victims develop dark wounds or bumps.
  5. The first infected victims of the Black Death become sick and quickly die in China.
  6. Long-distance trade carries the rats and fleas to the Middle East and Europe, infecting all members of society.
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