This is a study guide for Chapter 2.

1. The Black Death The Study Guide. Amanda Fefferman

2. Chapter 2 Explain Question: Explain what is so special about the Eurasian Steppe?

3. Answer about the Eurasian Steppe is that Western merchants preferred a quicker route to get where ever they wanted to go. In the 1300’s there was a new route that was found that was the northern Steppe. It was a route that was in between Europe and Asia. That merchants used to carrier there trading goods across. 2) But the northern Steppe route that the merchants used wasn’t so easy to come across on that route was a rodent that was called a Tarabagan. This cute little rodent was loved for there “ Prized furs.” They would trap them and then sell them but what they didn’t know about them is that they carried the plague called bacillus. This rodent was lethal because it was pneumonic. This means this wasn’t spread by fleas, it was spread by coughing. And then being inserted by the nose, mouth, eyes, or ears. Making the man or merchant sick and the buyer sick as well.

4. Picture of the Eurasian Steppe Although the Eurasian Steppe was a easy route for merchants. There is one thing that is hard to cross. The Tarabagan. The rodent that carries the plague called Bacillus.

5. Chapter 2 Explain Question: What is the Justinian Plague?

7. The Justinian Plague We don’t know how many people died in the Justinian Pllague