About 20% of
Greece is made up of islands. Crete is a large island
located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a popular tourist
area for its beautiful mountains, coastline, and many
ancient ruins.
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Much of Greece is mountainous and rocky terrain, with the occasional plain.
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Reaction to the Black Death - How the Black Death Worked | HowStuffWorks - 1 views
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They believed the Black Death was the punishment of God and took it upon themselves to try to appease him. The Flagellants marched barefoot throughout Europe, whipping themselves with scourges, or sticks with spiked tails. Enormous crowds gathered to watch the ritual beatings, complete with hymns and prayers for God's forgiveness. The pope was initially tolerant of the movement, but he denounced them in 1349, and the Flagellants disappeared, seemingly overnight.
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The Flagellants were also extremely anti-Semitic, but they weren't the only ones. While anti-Semitism was already on the rise in Europe, it reached a fever pitch when many came to believe that Jews were poisoning the wells and causing the Black Death.
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Effects of the Black Death - How the Black Death Worked | HowStuffWorks - 12 views
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How would the peasants that survived the Black Death, react to the huge increase in wages in the cities?
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The people that survived were very hurt because they had seen so many people die, but they were also so happy that they were alive.They had a dance Macabre as a dance to talk to people that have died, and they celebrate being alive
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The pesants who survived the black death, started to have better lives because of the increase in wages. Peasants started to eat nicer foods and made more money from working.
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The Black Death reared its head sporadically in Europe over the next few centuries.
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The workforce had been destroyed -- farms were abandoned and buildings crumbled. The price of labor skyrocketed in the face of worker shortage, and the cost of goods rose. The price of food, though, didn't go up, perhaps because the population had declined so much.
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