How did the europeans call the bubonic plague the black death a. because that is what the chinese called it b. because of the black boils that developed on the skin of infected individuals c. because the plague brought much destruction to europe d. because the disease was spread by black rats

The Black Death is widely believed to have been plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis, possibly spread by rodents infested with disease-carrying fleas. The most commonly noted symptom was the appearance of buboes (swelling of the lymph nodes) in the groin, the neck and armpits — hence, “bubonic” plague. The buboes were red at first, but later turned a dark purple or black, which oozed pus and thick, black, vile-smelling blood when lanced.

- "made the south's economy grow rapidly and a small effect that a lot of people don't know is that it made the more demand of slaves and cotton products. and also new states formed due to plantations growing in size."

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in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion