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Warm -up Copy HW Please grab a handout and packet from the front desk-pages 29-32 Begin your handout by listing three emotions evoked by the painting below Slide 2 Essential Questions What happens when different cultures interact with each other? How can societies use what they learn from the past? What happens when societies are confronted with change? How does religion impact social and political institutions? Slide 3 The Black Death The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel Slide 4 What do you see? Slide 5 Describe the landscape. Slide 6 What kinds of things are people doing? Slide 7 What elements of the picture seem unrealistic? Slide 8 What elements of the picture seem realistic? Slide 9 What feelings does this painting evoke? Slide 10 What kind of story do you think the artist is trying to tell? Slide 11 What was the Black Death? Deadly plague in Europe 1346- 1352 Plague-disease that spreads quickly and kills many people Caused by form of bacteria carried by fleas Slide 12 How did the Black Death spread to Europe? Began in Gobi Desert and spread over trade routes along the Silk Road Mongols attack Caffa on the Black Sea Caffa trades with Genoa merchants They carry the plague to Sicily Merchants brought rats to Europe with trade goods 1 st appeared in Italy and spread for 6 years Slide 13 Black Death Why might an area in green have been spared the Black Death? Slide 14 Yersinia pestis This bacterium, carried and spread by fleas, is generally thought to have been the cause of millions of deaths Slide 15 Appeared in three forms Pneumonic-attacked lungs and caused coughing and sneezing fits Septicemic- traveled in bloodstream causing black spots under the skin Bubonic - most common which caused egg-sized swellings Slide 16 How did the Black Death change life in Europe? 38 million people may have died in Europe 200-250 million world -wide 33%-everywhere 50% -cities Slide 17 Economic Effects Labor shortage Money lenders their business was ruined Wages-up prices- down Slide 18 Social Effects Breakdown of Feudalism People were ignorant of its causes- blamed stars, infected clothing, Gods anger at sinners or Jewish people Tried ineffective cures- pomanders, flagellation (whipping ones self), repentance of sins, and killing Jews No cure worked Slide 19 Political Courts disbanded Increased power of Kings Slide 20 Cultural Art represented death Questioning church/prayer Slide 21 SO WHAT????? The black death helped lead to the end of the Middle Ages and it led to Wealth A more secular outlook The RENAISSANCE Slide 22 Slide 23 Is the plague still around today? Slide 24 Who wants to see a music video? Slide 25 Closure Please draw a political cartoon about the Black Death theme Develop one main idea as the theme for your cartoon Include at least 3 key facts you learned today