2.9

Causes and Effects of the Bubonic Plague

AP World History: Modern

Origins and biology of the plague

How the plague spread through trade networks

Death tolls by region

Social and economic consequences in Europe

Consequences in the Islamic world

Consequences in East Asia

Long-term impact

Primary sources

Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1353)

Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah (1377)

Key figures

Vocabulary