Black Death

GPTKB entity

Statements (74)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:COVID-19
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bubonic_Plague
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Yersinia_pestis
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:art
gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
gptkb:Danse_Macabre
folk
The Decameron by Boccaccio
gptkbp:endDate 1351
gptkbp:firstReported gptkb:Crimea
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Late_Middle_Ages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Death
gptkbp:impact gptkb:migration
religious fanaticism
economic decline
anti-Semitic violence
changes in agriculture
collapse of some towns
decline in trade
increased mobility of peasants
influence on Renaissance
rise in wages
urban depopulation
witch hunts
gptkbp:mortalityRate 30% to 60% of Europe's population
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:flagellant_movement
mass graves
caused social upheaval
decimated European population
influenced end of feudalism
inspired art and literature
led to labor shortages
persecution of minorities
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Great_Plague_of_London
gptkb:Third_plague_pandemic
gptkb:Justinian_Plague
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula
gptkb:China
gptkb:England
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:India
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Mongolia
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Persia
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:startDate 1347
gptkbp:symptom fever
vomiting
headache
chills
swollen lymph nodes
gptkbp:transmission rats
fleas
gptkbp:vectorFor gptkb:Oriental_rat_flea
gptkb:black_rat
human lice
gptkbp:victim 200 million
75 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkb:medieval_Europe
gptkb:Plague
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4