Why Did the Plague Spread So Rapidly on the European

question 61

Multiple Choice

Why did the plague spread so rapidly on the European continent in the mid-fourteenth century?

• A) The bacterium that likely caused the disease, Yersinia pestis, followed major trade routes to and across the continent.
• B) Invading Ottoman troops spread the disease to Europe during their siege of Constantinople and their attacks on the Balkans.
• C) The fighting during the Hundred Years' War allowed the disease to erupt among wounded and exhausted soldiers.
• D) Europeans had yet to learn about quarantines or other measures that could effectively halt the spread of disease.

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