Dbq Black Death
There are many opinions and theories on how the Black Death began.Many Christians blamed the Jews and Muslims chose to believe it was a blessing from God.One could see that yes their opinions on the epidemic was quite different, but they had very similar ideas about the pandemic to. The question is just how different were the Muslims and Christians, and how were they similar? First off, Christians viewed the black plague as a curse.They believed it was God's way of punishing them for all the sins they had committed.” We know whatever we suffer is the just reward of our sins”. Also the “estimated mortality rate for Christians by 1351 pre-plague was nearly 75,000,000 people, during the plague the population dropped drastically to 51,160,000,
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First, the symptoms, all of the symptoms were the same for both religions, but it also depended on the strain of the plague you had. “ The Black Death was actually a combination of three plagues from the bacterial strains: Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic. The most common was bubonic.Symptoms included chills, high fever, delirium, vomiting, and rapid heart beat.”Another thing they had in common was the “causes” and “preventions” for the plague. Both Muslims and Christians believed “ Sin; alcohol and prostitution was a factor of the plague others was evil moistures; evil jinns (fairies) or demons , warm ovens and an abundance in shooting stars. The “preventions” were to consume pickled onions, pumpkin seeds, and sour juices, build fires and fumigate, drink a solution of Armenian clay, pass severe laws against alcohol and prostitution, stay indoors, use letter magic, and to avoid sad talk.” Last as one could see there are many ways the two religions were the same when it came to the Bubonic Plague. In conclusion the question “How different were Christian and Muslim Responses?” was answered. One could see that yes, the views in the plague was vastly different from Christians believing it was a curse to Muslims believing it was a blessing. Even though their views was different the plague affected the two religions, health wise, the same ways. Finally, There are many different views on situations, but they everyones lifestyle all the same
First, the symptoms, all of the symptoms were the same for both religions, but it also depended on the strain of the plague you had. “ The Black Death was actually a combination of three plagues from the bacterial strains: Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic. The most common was bubonic.Symptoms included chills, high fever, delirium, vomiting, and rapid heart beat.”Another thing they had in common was the “causes” and “preventions” for the plague. Both Muslims and Christians believed “ Sin; alcohol and prostitution was a factor of the plague others was evil moistures; evil jinns (fairies) or demons , warm ovens and an abundance in shooting stars. The “preventions” were to consume pickled onions, pumpkin seeds, and sour juices, build fires and fumigate, drink a solution of Armenian clay, pass severe laws against alcohol and prostitution, stay indoors, use letter magic, and to avoid sad talk.” Last as one could see there are many ways the two religions were the same when it came to the Bubonic Plague. In conclusion the question “How different were Christian and Muslim Responses?” was answered. One could see that yes, the views in the plague was vastly different from Christians believing it was a curse to Muslims believing it was a blessing. Even though their views was different the plague affected the two religions, health wise, the same ways. Finally, There are many different views on situations, but they everyones lifestyle all the same