5 sentences with 'outbreaks'
Example sentences and phrases with the word outbreaks and other words derived from it.
• « One of the effects of this new approach was the numerous outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence in Europe; many Crusaders attacked Jewish communities in Europe as the Crusaders made their way to the Holy Land, and many kings and lords enacted anti-Semitic laws inspired by the new fervent and intolerant brand of Christian identity that emerged from the Crusades. »
• « The theory that the Black Death was bubonic plague runs into the problem that modern outbreaks of bubonic plague do not seem to travel as fast as the Black Death did, although that almost certainly has a lot to do with the much more effective sanitation and treatment available in the modern era compared to the medieval Black Death scenario. »
• « There was a great increase in anti-Semitic riots during outbreaks of plague, as Jews were blamed for somehow bringing on the plague (a frequent accusation was that Jews had poisoned the wells), and thousands of Jews were massacred as a result. »
• « The plague did not cease altogether until the early 18th century; to this day it is unclear what put an end to large-scale outbreaks of plague, although one theory is that a species of brown rat that was not as vulnerable to plague overwhelmed the older black rats that had infested Europe. »
• « As the power difference between mother and child is so great, it is the mother who allows or disallows these outbreaks of initiative and self-will to develop. »