HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Another name for the Guillotine
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A disease that killed many people in Europe
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A religious cult during the Middle Ages
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The name for secret soldiers in the Roman army
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Detailed explanation-1: -Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis .
Detailed explanation-2: -It is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Black Death is the name given to the first wave of the plague that swept across Europe in the 1300s. It is called a pandemic because it spread across many countries and affected many populations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Today, scientists understand that the Black Death, now known as the plague, is spread by a bacillus called Yersinia pestis.