Beneficios da peste bubônica

10 Good Things We Owe To The Black Death

Larry Jimenez January 28, 2015

Yersinia pestis. Who would think that such a microscopic organism in the gut of an infected flea could create an upheaval in human society?
The most terrible pestilence humanity has witnessed, the Black Death of the 1340s killed an estimated 75–200 million people. To many, it seemed that the end of the world had come. In a sense, they were right. The “Great Mortality” ended one world and ushered in a new, better one. Despite the horrors of bubonic plague, Europe showed remarkable resilience in its survival.

The Black Death, tragic though it was, may have made the world a brighter place. The following improvements to society would no doubt have inevitably evolved gradually, but the Black Death was a catalyst. In spearheading change it allowed humanity to benefit from the new circumstances sooner than later.
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