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    plague were different. The Muslims thought it was a blessing from God while Christians thought it was a bad sign from God. The plague was caused by fleas on rats. So many believed that the plague was the end of the world. Civilizations in the East and West were affected by the plague. To explain that the plague was caused fleas on rats is that the fleas carried the disease that infected rats‚ and then the rats infected the humans. The plague spread through trade routes. The non-religious explanations

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    Study Guide 7

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    this area. In this lesson‚ we will introduce some of the questions that we seek to answer in metaphysics as well as some basic metaphysical terminology you will need to master as we discuss metaphysical issues. We will also discuss the issue of method in arriving at answers to our metaphysical questions. Tasks Review and take notes of the presentation‚ “Metaphysical Terminology.” * Know the 4 characteristics of properties. AKA as qualities. Properties are an attribute a thing possesses

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    Dbq Essay On Locavores

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    local economy by buying food from a store in one’s neighborhood such as a farmer’s market instead of a grocery store like Walmart or Publix when considering to only eat locally grown organic food. Purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables from a nearby flea market strengthens the economy by spending a dollar‚ it “generates twice as much income for the local economy” (Source A). On top of that‚ customers are helping farmers financially as well as helping

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    society. How it spread The Black Death actually first appeared in the Himalayan region around 1250 AD. There are several theories as to how the disease made its way to Europe. One theory is that since the plague is transmitted from a bite of a flea‚ that fleas that lived on marmots that were indigenous to the region were the original transporters (Clay‚1).The first recorded appearance of the plague in Europe was at Messina‚ Sicily in October of 1347. It was believed to have arrived on trading ships

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    What Is Rickettsia.

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    What Is Rickettsia? Rickettsia are bacteria‚ which are obligate intracellular parasites many disease-causing‚ that live in vertebrates and are transmitted by bloodsucking parasitic arthropods such as fleas ‚ lice and ticks. Rickettsias are named after their discoverer‚ the American pathologist Harold Taylor Ricketts‚ who died of typhus in Mexico after confirming the infectious agent of that rickettsial disease. Rickettsias unlike other bacteria‚ but like viruses‚ they require a living host (a living

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    What according to T. S. Eliot‚ is ‘dissociation of sensibility’? What is his charge against Milton and Dryden in the essay on ‘The Metaphysical Poets’? Eliot’s theory of the ‘dissociation of sensibility’ may be said to be an attempt to find some kind of historical explanation to the dissolution of the tradition of unified sensibility which found its perfection in the writings of Dante and Shakespeare. The unified sensibility was a sensibility which was the product of a true synthesis of the individual

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    it was carried in rats blood then when a flea would drink the rat’s blood it would be in their body system. Finally‚ when fleas would bite humans they would become infected. In October 1347 “The Black Death” arrived in Europe‚ and over the next 5 years‚ it would kill more than 20 million people. The Black Death was able to travel through

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    Pseudo Homonyms

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    rolled through the mud.  here/hear: Did you hear that she wants to move here?  piece/peace: There will be no peace in this house if someone ate the last piece of Dad’s birthday cake.  ate/eight: The kid ate eight pancakes!  flee/flea: Why didn’t the dog flee when the flea came its way?  one/won: He won one medal at the track meet.  meet/meat: I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t eat meat.  there/their: Their new house is over there.  two/to: Two dogs went into the dog house to eat their kibble

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    The Black Death

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    The Black Death was one of the worst pandemics in human history. In the 14th century‚ at least 75 million people on three continents perished due to the painful‚ highly contagious disease. Originating from fleas on rodents in China‚ the “Great Pestilence” spread westward and spared few regions. In Europe’s cities‚ hundreds died daily and their bodies were usually thrown into mass graves. The plague devastated towns‚ rural communities‚ families‚ and religious institutions. Following centuries of a

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    Bubonic Plague Analysis

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    According to the history learning site‚ “evidence produced by forensic scientists and archaeologists in 2014 from human remains in the north of the City of London suggests that fleas could not actually have been responsible for an infection that spread so fast it had to be airborne. Once the disease reached the lungs of the malnourished‚ it was then spread to the wider population through sneezes and coughs.” (Trueman‚ 2015). Variations

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