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social and economic effects of the plague in europe
the plague had large scale social and economic effects, many of which are recorded in the
introduction of the decameron. people abandoned their friends and family, fled cities, and shut
themselves off from the world. funeral rites became perfunctory [superficial] or stopped
altogether, and work ceased being done. some felt that the wrath of god was descending upon
man, and so fought the plague with prayer. some felt that they should obey the maxim [saying],
“eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.” the society experienced an upheaval to
an extent usually only seen in controlled circumstances such as carnival [festival]. faith in
religion decreased after the plague, both because of the death of so many of the clergy and
because of the failure of prayer to prevent sickness and death.…
source: “plague,” decameron web, brown university (adapted)
according to this article, what was one effect of the plague on european society?

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

john maynrd keynes developed new economic respose to the                           ( b. great depression if the 1930's)