WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the aftermath of the plague, the richest 10% of the population lost their grip on between 15% and 20% of overall wealth. This decline in inequality was long-lasting, as the richest 10% did not reach again the pre-Black Death level of control on overall wealth before the second half of the seventeenth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -As many as 100 million people across Afro-Eurasia may have died from the plague. An epidemic in the 21st century on the scale of the Black Death would kill between 1 billion and 2 billion people. The devastation caused by the plague led to sharp declines in production and trade all over Afro-Eurasia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The effects of the Black Death were many and varied. Trade suffered for a time, and wars were temporarily abandoned. Many labourers died, which devastated families through lost means of survival and caused personal suffering; landowners who used labourers as tenant farmers were also affected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ask: How did shipping routes aid in transmitting the plague? [Answer: Infected rats and fleas made way onto ships in contaminated food and supplies. The plague was also transmitted through rat, work animal, and human waste. Ships could efficiently get to other continents as they sailed the seas.]