The volunteers excavated in six eastern counties, at 55 currently occupied rural locations also known to have been 14th century settlements. Photograph: University of Lincoln
1 posted on
06/19/2016 5:11:53 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
The black death, WWI and WWII- Times when western Civilization have almost vanished...
3 posted on
06/19/2016 5:14:16 PM PDT by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: SunkenCiv
One impact was that wages more than doubled, and serfdom became obsolete because of the need for workers.
To: SunkenCiv
Global cooling caused major crop failures, which led to the European population being weakened. When the mites from the rats infected these weakened people, the Black Death was catastrophic.
Naturally, the population blamed the Jews (just like today).
7 posted on
06/19/2016 5:28:22 PM PDT by
MuttTheHoople
(Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
To: SunkenCiv
Carenza Lewis used to be on Time Team.
12 posted on
06/19/2016 5:57:57 PM PDT by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: SunkenCiv
The Black Death was so much worse than the Spanish Flu, WWI & WWII, combined. Possibly more actual dead, and definitely more on a percentage basis.
16 posted on
06/19/2016 6:35:09 PM PDT by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: SunkenCiv
20 posted on
06/19/2016 7:07:30 PM PDT by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: SunkenCiv
Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror is a pretty fine read on the topic.
35 posted on
06/20/2016 10:47:20 AM PDT by
dmz
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