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1349
Black Death
~Deaths: 50% of the population of England.
~Cause: The disease was likely transmitted from rodents to humans by the bite of infected fleas. -
1361
"Second wave" of the Black Death
~Deaths: 20% of the population of England
~Consequences:
-It stopped the 100 Years War, the series of bloody conflict between England and France.
-Profound labor shortage, because so many people had died, wich put those who survived in a stronger position.
-The explotative feudal system collapsed. -
Spanish Flu
~Deaths: More than 50 million people.
~Cause: It spread through crowded troop transports and munitions factories towards the end of the WW1
~Consequences:
-Gave rise to a new understanding of infectious diseases wich spurred the development of public health systems across the developed world