SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:
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The Black Death/The Plague
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The Voice
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The Spanish Flu
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The Common Cold
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders.
Detailed explanation-2: -Flea-borne (murine) typhus, is a disease caused by a bacteria called Rickettsia typhi. Flea-borne typhus is spread to people through contact with infected fleas. Fleas become infected when they bite infected animals, such as rats, cats, or opossums.
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