The Plague Of The Bubonic Plague - 1562 Words

A 1200 census stated that the Chinese population was close to120 million inhabitants. By 1393, their population dropped to around 62 million. Before long, the disease causing this drop in populace migrated into Europe. A diseased person would get a high fever, cold sweats, experience weakness, have migraines, and buboes (swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes) would appear. Without warning, buboes would spread to every lymph node in the body and blood would start to puddle under the skin. The skin then turned black and died. In its final stages, the victim had respiratory failure, went into shock, and died a slow, painful death. As described in this quote by Matteo Villani, â€Å"It was a plague that touched people of every condition,†¦show more content†¦The website www.allempires.com states, â€Å"Perhaps no empire in history has risen so spectacularly as that of the Mongols. In less than 80 years, a band of warriors originally comprised of several men grew to a n empire that encompassed all from the Pacific Ocean to the Danube River.† (pg.1) Founded in 1206, by the infamous Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire quickly gained power. By 1260, the Mongols had stretched their illustrious empire from the East coast of china to present-day Russia. Because of this, the Mongols grew to great power and were feared all over Eurasia, mostly for their ferocious battle tactics. They were known to be some of the most barbaric groups of warriors to ever walk on the face of the Earth. Town by town, civilians were expected to surrender to the Mongols, or they would all be savagely murdered. One interesting way they did this was through some of the first examples of biological warfare. As mentioned above, the Bubonic Plague ravaged Asia before it ever became known in Europe. Because the Mongols ruled the majority of Asia, they had many citizens die from the Bubonic Plague. Sadly, the Mongols found a very repugnant use of all the dead bodies. They would catapult diseased cadavers into cities, which extirpated entire towns within a few months. The Mongols achieved their goal of domination without having to expend extra energy through physical combat. This saved