By Juliana B. Smallpox is a severe and infectious disease caused by the variola virus. It is very contagious, and it can be easily spread from one person to another.[1] Smallpox kills approximately every three out of ten people infected.[2] Those who survive smallpox have permanent scars all over their bodies, especially their faces.[3]
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The Columbian Exchange
By Nicole M. Around 175 million years ago, Pangea, a “supercontinent” made up of all the modern continents existed. This “supercontinent” eventually broke apart, creating two ecologically, biologically, and culturally diverse worlds. Europe, Asia and Africa were on one side, and the Americas on the other. Neither side knew the other existed until 1492. A merchant, ChristopherContinue reading “The Columbian Exchange”
Plagues and Peoples: Health and Disease in Medieval Europe 