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    14th century Europe weaker and more susceptible to the plague. The popular opinion is that the plague was a bacteria that began to explode in population in Asia‚ and was then brought through the ports of Sicily by sea traders. The bacteria lived in fleas

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    The Black Plague that arose in Europe stemmed back from fleas in Mongolia. These specific fleas harbored a deadly‚ non-mobile bacteria known as the Y. pestis and could be found normally on the marmots native to Mongolia. Consequently‚ it would be natives to Mongolia‚ the Mongol Warriors‚ to spread this infectious‚ fatal disease to the populations of Eurasia by ushering black rats contaminated with the very specific fleas that were home to Y. pestis. From the Mongol Warriors‚ the disease

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    demonstrating his Theoretical‚ excremental and critical foundations. Chapter two whose title "belief and subjective knowledge" discuss the natural of belief in knowing and its metaphysical foundations. It also argues the idea of dependent and independent mind. And it explains the difference between conceptual and metaphysical belief. Cognitive structure in Williamson’s doctrine is the title of chapter three that discuses formative factors in knowledge and determines the concepts that have relation

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    message‚ while Anne simply expresses her love for her husband. These poet’s use apostrophe and metaphors to describe what they were writing about‚ while Bradstreet uses different metaphors‚ Edward uses a much longer‚ descriptive metaphor called a conceit. The conceit compares his everyday choices and words to every stitch and spoole needed to sew together his holy robe that allows him into the elect. Bradstreet’s poem is a wife showing her affection to her husband through exquisite poetry. She explains

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    by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe‚ the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe’s total population. All in all‚ the plague reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century. This caused an epidemic-outbreak and innumerable deaths. After the chaos in the past rats then past it down in offspring and the fleas then bite the

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    Poetry Essay: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" Dylan Thomas wrote "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" in 1951 in response to emotions he was feeling about his dying father. Thomas uses villanelle‚ tone‚ alliteration‚ and conceit to craft a masterful work‚ that gradually progresses encompassing the emotion and rage he is feeling‚ while maintaining control through diction and form. Thomas’s father was an outgoing military man most of his life. Seeing his father fading into non-existence

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    Exchanges on the Silk Roads After the fall of the Mauryas‚ the Kushan kingdom became the main political force in northern India. They were located across the main trade routes‚ and the Kushans prospered on the trade that was happening in that area. That area of trade and exchange was known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route located between the Roman Empire and China‚ which also had a section that passed through the mountains northwest of India. From that area‚ goods where shipped

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    This type of bacteria is very small and is bacilli shaped. Rickettsia causes rocky mountain spotted fever‚ rickettsia pox‚ epidemic typhus and murine typhus disease. It is found in ticks‚ lice‚ fleas‚ mites‚ chiggers and mammals. It is transmitted by a bite (vector transmission) from an infected tick‚ mite‚ flea or any organism that is infected by it. Once it enters the port of entry in the skin‚ it spreads through the bloodstream of the host. Rickettsia bacteria is susceptible to broad- spectrum antibiotics

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    The second is the metaphysical stage‚ wherein the concept of God as divine is replaced into an objective God. Then the third‚ the positivistic or scientific stage. As humanity continues to flourish in the course of time‚ science is founded which has all the account to the material objects‚ so then the previous concepts about God has been abandoned. God has no explanation in the field of science. Thus‚ positivism disregards the belief of God as theological and metaphysical. But still‚ there can

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    the saint of the lepers. Second is Typhus. They symptoms of typhus are fever that could reach to 102°F and a headache. It is caused by Rickettsia bacteria which are spread by rodents such as mice and rats. It spreads to people through mites‚ fleas and head‚ body‚ and pubic lice. They attacked people with poor hygiene like armies in the fields. There are three different forms of Typhus. Therefore they are Epidemic Typhus‚ Endemic Typhus‚ and Scrub Typhus. Symptoms of Epidemic Typhus are

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