Transcript Trade/The Crusades/The Black Plague

Trade, The Crusades
and the Plague
Objectives:
● Define and discuss the effects of: Mercantilism,
the Crusades and the Black Plague.
● Create a sequence of events of the following:
The Crusades, Mercantilism and The Plaque.
● Create a diagram/mental map to explain the
cause and effect relationship between The
Crusades, Mercantilism and The Plague.
Analyze and explain the connection between
Mercantilism and the Crusades. What
impact did these have on the spread of the
Bubonic/Black Plague?
Mercantilism
• AKA Commercialism
– the act of trading with other countries/regions to build wealth
Exchange of goods and ideas
(AKA cultural diffusion)
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Silk
Cotton
Spices
Glass
Paper
Cucumbers
Grapes
Religious beliefs
(Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism)
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Gems
Textiles
Alphabet
Sugar
Rice
Perfumes
Gunpowder
Porcelain
Objective:
Analyze and explain the connection between
Mercantilism and the Crusades.
Essential Question:
What impact did these have on the spread of the
Bubonic/Black Plague?
The Crusades
A series of brutal religious wars fought by European, Roman
Catholics to win control of Palestine – the birthplace of
Christianity – from Muslim rule.
The Culprits
The Disease
Cycle
Flea drinks rat blood
that carries the
bacteria.
Bacteria
multiply in
flea’s gut.
Human is
infected!
Flea bites human and
regurgitates blood
into human wound.
Flea’s gut clogged
with bacteria.
The Symptoms
Bulbous
(this is where the term
“Bubonic” came from)
Septicemic Form:
almost 100%
mortality rate.
Black Death Song
The Famine of 1315-1317
☠ By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the
land they could cultivate.
☠ A population crisis developed.
☠ Climate changes and excessive rain in Europe
produced three years of crop failures between
1315-17.
☠ As many as 15% of the peasants in some
English villages died.
☠ One consequence of
starvation & poverty
was susceptibility to
disease.
From the Toggenburg Bible,
1411
Lancing a Buboe
Medieval Art & the Plague
Bring out your
dead!
Medieval Art & the Plague
Medieval Art & the Plague
An obsession
with death.
Death Triumphant !:
A Major Artistic Theme
Attempts to Stop the Plague
A Doctor’s
Robe
“Leeching”
Attempts to Stop the Plague
Flagellanti:
Self-inflicted “penance” for our sins!
Attempts to Stop the Plague
Pogroms against the Jews
“Jew” hat
“Golden Circle”
obligatory badge
The Mortality Rate
35% - 70%
(Figure depends upon the
country/region)
25 Million dead!!!
The Mortality Rate
35% - 70%
(Figure depends upon the
country/region)
Using the percentages above calculate
how many people would have died with
today’s world population (9 Billion
people).