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* I think it was because of the black boils that appear on your body. It could have been a mistranslation of the Latin expression atra mors because "arta" may mean both terrible and black.
* It was the black rats that spread the disease.
* Neither of the above answers is correct. Since the Bubonic Plague ("Black Death") occurred in the Middle Ages (or DARK Ages) the name derived from the time period. Which probobly means that the name was created later, after the pandemic had ended.
* The term "Black Death" for the Bubonic Plague was introduced for the first time in 1833. It has been popularly thought that the name came from the late-stage sign of the disease, in which the victim's skin would blacken due to sub-epidermal hemorrhages, and the extremities would turn dark with gangrene. However, the term is actually thought to have more likely referred to "black" in the sense of hopelessness and sorrow. === ===
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe sores created by the disease turned black.
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∙ 15y agoWhen people caught the Bubonic Plague, their skin turned black as they were dying.
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∙ 13y agoPerson developed large black marks on the skin. also they develepod black fingertips
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∙ 11y agoCaused body to turn black in death
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What Was another name for bubonic plague?
Another name for the plague is the black death
What is the real common name for plague?
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
What is the germ called that started the black death?
Yersinia pestis is the name of the germ that caused the black death.
What is the original name for black death?
The black death is also known as 'The Black Plague' but the scientific name for it is the bubonic plague.
In 1344 what broke out in China and India also known as the black Death?
what is another name for black death in 1344
What was the name of the plague in the middle age?
The Black Death.
What was the real name for the black death?
The Bubonic Plague
What is the pathogen name for the black death?
Yersinia pestis.
What is the african name of for the cape buffalo?
black death
How did the black plauge get its name?
The Black Plague (also called the Black Death) got its name because of the black spots the disease produced on the skin of its victims.
What is the cure today if you get the black death?
Black Death is an old name for the Plague, which is still around. Antibotics are used very successfully.
Who is the black god of death?
Osiris, the Egyptian god of death, is often shown as black. Another possibility might be Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction and death, whose name means black. There were many gods of death, and others might also have been black
