The Black Plague in Florence 1348 Western Civilization & the World 1 An Essay Page 1. I am a lawyer living in Florence. The year is 1348. I am writing this chronicle for my friend‚ Marchione di Coppo Stefani‚ as a strange and mysterious plague of unprecedented proportion leaves many of our citizens dead within a matter of days. I want to leave this as a legacy for those who may survive‚ as I have no assurance that this dreadful disease will not claim me as it has so many
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preaching in Athens until his companions Silas and Timothy arrived. Paul most likely occupied his time by walking around Athens‚ taking in the sights. Athens is a city that Paul has heard of since he was a boy‚ why not explore this famous city? “He could have been spellbound by the sheer splendor of the city’s architecture‚ history‚ or wisdom. What he (Paul) saw was neither beauty nor brilliance of the city‚ but idolatry.” Stott‚ J. R. (1994) “While Paul was waiting for them in Athens‚ he was deeply
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The most powerful Greek states were the Sparta and Athens in histories. Both states had similarities‚ but then developed in a unique way in society. Sparta had launched their first war with Messenia‚ giving the Spartans as much land. After their second war‚ Spartan was forced to reconsider their way of living‚ making a drastic change and turning their city into a military academy and camp. The Spartan system changed in the sixth century‚ controlling over the children from birth. Females taught to
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During the Middle Ages‚ the amplification of the Black Death—the plague—from malnutrition and weakened immune systems made the quality of life decrease significantly similar to the population of Europe in the same era. In a time of colder temperatures combined with a constant shortage of food‚ many people struggled to fend against a disease with no viable cure nor treatment at the time. As a way to address the circumstances at hand‚ many individuals formulated opposing theories as to why the habitants
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I have often wondered why no one has done a story on high tech small business growth in Athens. We have‚ Coraid‚ Digital Insight - now a division of Intuit‚ Partners software‚ Deal Mobs‚ Orderite (touchblock is the tradename ) are all companies that have started in Athens. These are simply the names of businesses that I have heard about through people that I have met in my restaurant. Coraid is the biggest and fastest growing company. They are leasing the top floor and a half of the Fred Building
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Plague According to the CDC‚ “plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals” (“Plague”). Scholars have suggested the collapse of the Roman Empire may be linked to the spread of plague. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying Yersinia or handling an animal infected with the plague. Plague is known for killing millions of people in Europe during the middle ages. The most recent outbreak of plague “on November
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Athens and Sparta were the two most legendary city-states that had a great impact in Greece history‚ especially because they were set apart by opposite governamental systems that affects how we still perceived them today‚ in addition to showing us the origins of military and democratic organizations that resembles that of ours through the World . As our reading material by Brand describes‚ Athenians were the ones that brought democracy to reality‚ while Spartans were set minded in dictatorship‚
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movement from Asia to Europe‚ with trade playing a vital role in the spread of the plague. Seven hundred years later‚ it is the greatest natural disaster in human history. “Worldwide the disease has killed an estimate 200 million people”. Kelly described that “in a century when nothing moved faster than the fastest horse; the Black Death had circumnavigated Europe in a little less than four years”. No other of plague has taken as many lives or caused as much suffering as the Black Death. It has been
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Raphael ’s School of Athens The work of art I chose for this assignment is one of a series of frescoes by the renaissance artist Raphael. The School of Athens is large‚ measuring 300 inches wide by 200 inches tall‚ and is part of a series of frescoes commissioned by Pope Julius II for what is now known as the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The work was completed by Raphael between 1509-1511‚ and is generally agreed upon to be the second work completed there. Originally
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The Black Death If you think Ebola is bad‚ you obviously haven’t heard about The Black Death. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was a fatal disease that spread from China in 1348 to the rest of Europe. During those years of the pestilence‚ between 25-50% of Europe’s population was killed. The Black Death was a very deadly disease that infected everybody it came in contact with and caused farmers to flee. Due to many failed attempts to cure the disease‚ the people of Europe shifted
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