"The plague frightened and killed. It began in the land of darkness. Oh, what a visitor! It has been current for fifteen years. China was not preserved from it nor could the strongest fortress hinder it. The plague afflicted the Indians in India. It weighed upon the Sind. It seized with its hand and ensnared even the lands of the Uzbeks. How many backs did it break in what is Transoxiana! The plague increased and spread further. It attacked the Persians, extended its steps to the land of the Khitai, and gnawed away at the Crimea. It pelted R?m with live coals and led the outrage to Cyprus and the islands. The plague destroyed mankind in Cairo. Its eye was cast upon Egypt, and behold, the people were wide-awake. It stilled all movement in Alexandria. The plague did its work like a silkworm. It took from the tiraz factory its beauty and did to its workers what fate decreed." Ibn al-Wardi, "Essay on the Report of the Pestilence," Aleppo, Syria, 1348.

A) Identify ONE

The Black Death was the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in Europe.

Explanation:

The Black Death was swept out from China that killed nearly half the population of the world. It was the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague that killed about 40% to 60% of the people in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in between 1348 to 1350.

It originated that from China from the fleas on the rats. The plague or the disease was very dangerous and it got transferred from one person to another affecting almost entire population.  

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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