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Bubonic Plague: Another name for the Black Death.
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Middle Ages: The period of time for 500 CE to 1500 CE
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Medieval: Another name for the Middle Ages
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Crusades: Several campaigns in the 11th and 13th centuries to reclaim the Holy Land.
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Rat: The animal commonly blamed for the Black Death.
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Century: A period of one hundred years.
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Symptom: Evidence a person has an illness.
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Famine: An extended period of time without access to food.
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Blood Letting: An old medical procedure of removing a patient's blood.
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Barber Surgeon: A barber who also performed surgeries with his razor.
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Contagious: A disease that can be passed between people.
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Feudal: The social system where all were in servitude to the monarch.
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Sanitation: Availability of clean water.
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Agrarian: Of farming or cultivation of land.
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Peasant: A farmer or poor labourer.
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Vassal: A person who had an obligation to a lord or monarch.
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Servitude: To be a slave or subject to someone.
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Silk Road: A land and sea route between Asia and Europe.
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Humourism: An ancient medical belief based on four liquids in the body.
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Nobles: Wealthy class in the feudal system.
