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The Harrowing Eye-Witness Accounts Of The Great Plague | Fire & Fever | Chronicle
The Great Plague of London caused widespread devastation. The streets were filled with carcasses waiting for burial and the agonizing cries of the dying echoed in the streets.
The plague spared no one, affecting people of all ages, classes, and genders, leading to a high mortality rate. The unsanitary conditions in 17th-century London, with open sewers, rampant rats, and contaminated water sources, contributed to the rapid spread of the plague. The impact of the plague was documented in weekly bills of mortality, listing the number and manner of deaths, while the dead were often collected in open carts and buried in mass plague pits.
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BLACK AFRICANS Are Ancestors to Early CHINESE Settlers.
Did you know a remarkable historical connection between black Africans and early Chinese settlers dates back centuries? Today, this video uncovers a new perspective on Chinese civilization and its relationship to Black Africans. Through this exploration, we will discover the long-lasting impact of their shared experiences, illuminating the profound influence of their intertwined histories.
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AFRICANS VISITED AMERICA 2000 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS , 11 UNDENIABLE PROOFS ; Black History.
11 Reasons Tp Prove That Africans Were in America 2000 years Before Colombus.
Let me take you on a journey through some of these fascinating pieces of evidence of African presence in America 2000 years before Columbus. Take them with a grain of salt if you have to, but I think they are worth some consideration.
1. Olmec Heads: The colossal stone heads created by the Olmec civilization in present-day Mexico, which date back to 1500 BCE to 400 BCE, feature distinctly African facial features. These heads feature facial features such as broad noses, full lips, and round faces that clearly resemble those of Africans more than the indigenous populations of the Americas. Tell me this is not a black man right there. The detailed and realistic nature of the Olmec heads suggests they were based on real individuals. It is no wonder not surprising that some researchers contend that these features indicate an African presence in pre-Columbian America.
2. African Artifacts in the Americas: Artifacts such as cotton from Africa and tobacco pipes found in pre-Columbian sites in South America have led some to speculate about transatlantic contact. In addition, metal artefacts with similar metallurgical techniques to those used in West Africa have been found in pre-Columbian American sites.
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3. Botanical Evidence: Certain plants like the bottle gourd and the sweet potato are thought to have originated in Africa and Asia but were present in pre-Columbian America, suggesting possible ancient transoceanic contact.
4. Linguistic Evidence: Some linguists claim to have found similarities between certain Native American languages and African languages. Some proponents argue that there are similarities between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols found in Mesoamerican writing systems, such as those of the Maya. The Mandinka word “makala,” meaning “rice,” is compared to the similar-sounding words in some Native American languages.
Dr. Clyde Winters points to shared vocabulary and phonetic similarities, such as the word “yu” in Mandinka meaning “to give” and a similar-sounding word in the Olmec language with the same meaning.
Leo Wiener, in his early 20th-century work “Africa and the Discovery of America,” cited examples such as the Wolof word “tem” (to cut) and its similarity to the Algonquian word “temagun” (an axe).
5. THOR HEYERDAHL’S RAFT EXPERIMENTS: The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl demonstrated with his expeditions (Kon-Tiki and Ra) that it was possible to travel across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans using ancient boat-building techniques, suggesting that such voyages could have occurred in ancient times.
6. Ancient Maps: Some historical maps, such as the Piri Reis map, allegedly show parts of the American continent with a level of detail suggesting pre-Columbian exploration, potentially by African or other non-European civilizations.
7. Skull Analysis: Studies of certain skeletal remains, such as the Luzia Woman found in Brazil, have shown features that some anthropologists argue resemble those of African or Australoid populations rather than Native American populations.
8. Accounts from Early European Explorers: Some early European explorers, such as Vasco Núñez de Balboa, reported encountering dark-skinned peoples in the Americas upon their arrival.
9. Cultural Similarities: Some researchers point to cultural parallels between African and American civilizations, such as pyramid building, similar religious practices, and iconography, as potential evidence of contact.
10. Presence of Black peoples in Asia, Australia and the Pacific. If Black people can be found in as far as the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia many Islands in the Pacific, why can’t they be found in the Americas? I mean it makes no sense for the Americas to be the exception right?
11. Genetic Studies: While controversial and not universally accepted, some genetic studies have indicated the presence of haplogroups in Native American populations that are also found in African populations, suggesting ancient intermingling.
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@dismith73
April 3, 2024 at 10:01 pm
This is from 1993
@angelicaveloz9793
April 6, 2024 at 7:12 am
At first I couldn’t focus on the role playing.. but great actor lol
@zarabee2880
April 7, 2024 at 12:44 pm
It’s that “oh nooo” when they decree to kill all the cats
@manuelgonzalez5349
April 7, 2024 at 6:16 pm
where is the actual evidence?? besides well narrated stories,
@miketaylor3783
April 8, 2024 at 6:53 pm
Mq
@warwarneverchanges4937
April 9, 2024 at 8:22 pm
1:15 The Dr Is dead serious, Is that a wig?
@kristianhumphreys
April 10, 2024 at 9:59 am
There's a plague arriving on the shores of the UK every day on boats from france
@phillipcollins1103
April 11, 2024 at 8:22 am
So nice to hear use of the past tense in the narration
@jiggyjongles
April 11, 2024 at 2:30 pm
It was only lavender. I was pouring in the well that I was only doing it for the smell
@jebsmoak7505
April 12, 2024 at 7:12 am
Ancient hazmat suites ehhh
@jebsmoak7505
April 12, 2024 at 7:12 am
The volatile oils of certain herbs can be anti microbial
@katieedwards5926
April 12, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Those plague masks were only ever used in Italy, and only long after this outbreak.
@cerdic6586
April 13, 2024 at 2:00 am
The thing is, Europeans were aware that the Romans valued hygiene and order. What was ultimately lacking was a civic and philanthropic spirit to invest in public infrastructure
@CAM-fq8lv
April 13, 2024 at 7:49 am
Music. Why?
@RatedArggg
April 13, 2024 at 8:12 pm
Connie Willis' "The Doomsday Book" is a superb novel about the days of the Plague.
@fnersch3367
April 14, 2024 at 1:52 am
Great doc. I took a college course on the Black Death by Prof. Dorsey Armstrong: Fantastic!!
@anthonyjames3722
April 14, 2024 at 2:25 am
The frenetic music so irritating, and not even of the era I think
@kevinwalsh1619
April 14, 2024 at 8:55 am
In Arizona we still have bubonic plague. The afflicted are almost always reservation Indians. I'm not sure if this is because of a lack of natural immunity or the poor hygiene typical of reservation housing. Modern medicine can usually save the afflicted. Our last fatality from bubonic plague was in 1986 when a 44 year old Apache man died of it.
@NorthSea-xb7jk
April 14, 2024 at 10:42 pm
Great plague arrived from China, "spanish' flu arrived from China, Covid- from China. All that sh&t arrived from one place. Hundreds of millions died cause of that and chinese regime didnt answer for that. And civilised world has borders still open..
@jldisme
April 15, 2024 at 12:37 am
Sigh. Whoever made this video, please go back and review basic mathematics for the difference between average lifespan and median age of death. Well the average lifespan was low, if you survived the childhood years and childbearing for women you would easily have remembered the time of the earlier plague.
@shaunkolly7113
April 15, 2024 at 8:46 am
Forget that if someone died of a pandemic I wouldn’t be going near them to rob there stuff
@robertoblatt8579
April 15, 2024 at 11:46 am
What is the name of the music playing here (by Tarleton's Jig)? Thanks
@seriousros7280
April 15, 2024 at 7:49 pm
I do believe this most excellent documentary is narrated by a real human being rather than a robot and a superb job he has made of it Thank You!
@jetplane10
April 16, 2024 at 8:20 am
I am from Wales
Plague is my favorite
I prepared for birdflu in 1998 or there abouts
@jamesanonymous2343
April 17, 2024 at 12:55 am
>>> THIS IS ANOTHER BRIT STINKING ""COSTUME DRAMA"",,,,GO ELSEWHERE !!!!!!!!!!
@andromedaq3719
April 17, 2024 at 1:56 am
You can thank : Pope Gregory IX, the 178th pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241, is often remembered for issuing a Papal Bull declaring that cats bore Satan's spirit, which subsequently led to huge numbers of cats being killed throughout Europe.
@sandyposs2693
April 17, 2024 at 7:08 am
You know what's an interesting thought? That plague doctor costumes are synonymised with fearful imagery and barbaric treatments, but the real people who actually wore those historic garments were probably the bravest and the best of us – physicians who voluntarily stayed within the plagued city of London to help treat people as long as they could, rather than flee to the safety of the countryside saving themselves. That the treatments they had at the time were useless was unfortunate, but their efforts should be remembered as a heroic sacrifice.
@jessejames7757
April 17, 2024 at 9:49 pm
I'm sure it was something doctor Facui's great great grand father made in his basement to get rid of a lot of people and buy their stuff up on the cheap.
@billbombshiggy9254
April 18, 2024 at 3:27 pm
Can you imagine a plague doctor being like "eat some moldy bread"
@fradaja
April 18, 2024 at 4:30 pm
It’s still with us
@tanniestienie7833
April 20, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Fascinating!
@Robert-dp9rt
April 20, 2024 at 1:28 pm
Pest control
@LarsRyeJeppesen
April 27, 2024 at 4:18 am
Too much re-enacting for my taste
@godschildyes
April 28, 2024 at 11:39 am
Wow! This was Amazing to watch, and it was narrated so well! All of the actors were superb! 😮 New subscriber!
@suevine2288
May 1, 2024 at 1:33 am
I had read that the water was breeding some of the disease and I had heard flea infestation
@gwendolyn7736
May 2, 2024 at 6:18 pm
6:47 As a Dutch person, that hit unexpectedly hard Lmfao XD
@babalu-oc6iu
May 2, 2024 at 10:10 pm
Well the horror of this story shows that covid hysteria was unjustified
The silly doctor outfit no different than the do nothing masks.
@russcooke5671
May 3, 2024 at 11:31 pm
Coloidal silver. Is the cure.
@levilenoxx6175
May 9, 2024 at 6:07 pm
They still be smelling like death. I’ve been to England a couple of times and I never seen so disgusting people and the smell of people. It’s absolutely horrible things still never change.
@trailertrish2587
May 9, 2024 at 11:40 pm
At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box
@spunkysparks1779
May 11, 2024 at 5:02 pm
I cant imagine how scary this was.
@randomunicorn1578
May 11, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Wonderful video! The actors were actually believable. Lots of information I had never heard of. All around, a good show to watch. 👍 and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@julieworsley5048
May 12, 2024 at 7:07 pm
the people trying to infect others reminded me of 2020 when you had vile people doing the same thing
@rosiefusco958
May 14, 2024 at 1:47 am
Internet access in 1666. Are you that stupid
@Nero_1069
May 14, 2024 at 3:37 am
That whole intro i was waiting for a Ricky Gervais laugh.
@LeislSchutte-jb2yu
May 14, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down is how I learned Ring-around-the- rosie
@stevenschnepp576
May 14, 2024 at 9:04 pm
20:55
I have a very great deal of difficulty taking seriously any historian so sloppy as to try claiming that Ring-Around-the-Rosies described the plague, much less one who pretends expertise in the subject. That's because older versions are even farther from the already-tenuous 'description of the plague' we know today.
@johnathoncenator8004
May 17, 2024 at 6:47 am
Biased af commentary