The Great Plague: The Black Death

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The reactions from the Christians and the Muslims to the greatly feared disease, known as the Black Death or the Great Plague were alike in several ways. The first Plague was documented from 541 to 544 CE. Known as the Plague of Justinian. The Plague came in three different ways: bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. With bubonic being the most common. The Black Death was caused by various reasons, non-religious and religious. The disease in Europe, was said to be caused by, miasma (impure air) carried by warm southern winds, the March 20, 1345, conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, excessive clothing or outrageous fashion, and in the near east, caused by, miasma due to wind carrying stench of Mongol bodies from Crimea, Miasma due to overpopulation