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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Why does John Green think that “The Great Dying” (the smallpox epidemic in the Americas) was the worst epidemic in history?
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It was the first time biological warfare was used
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The largest number of people died
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It was the first smallpox epidemic
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Up to 90% of Amerindians died
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The plague arrived in Europe in October 1347, when 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus.
Detailed explanation-2: -The bubonic plague-named the Black Death by later historians-was caused by the yersinia pestis bacteria, which lived in rodent populations and was spread by fleas that had bitten infected animals.
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