Black Death

Japanese: Black Death(英語表記)BlackDeath
Black Death

…The devastation was described in detail in Procopius's History of the Peloponnesian Wars, with 5,000 or even 10,000 deaths in a single day in Constantinople. After several sporadic outbreaks, the Black Death became a major pandemic in Europe in the 14th century. The history of the plague, which was originally a disease of rats, is closely related to the history of rat biology. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Black Death" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…プロコピウスの《戦史》にはその惨状が克明に記されているが,コンスタンティノープルでは1日5000人あるいは1万人もの死者が出たという。その後散発的な流行を経て,14世紀ヨーロッパに黒死病(ブラック・デスBlack Death)の大流行をもたらす。 本来ネズミの病気であるペストの歴史は,ネズミの生態の歴史と密接な関係がある。…

※「Black Death」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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