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    Where did the plague begin and spread? The plague began in 1348 in East Asia but very quickly spread to Florence‚ Italy. 1b. What two possible cause did Boccaccio suggest for such a terrible event? Boccaccio suggested that it was through the influence of heavenly bodies or that it was God’s anger because of our wicked deeds. 2. How did people behave to those that were sick? Why? The city ordered that the streets be cleansed and any sick person was forbidden from entering the city. Many people

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    deaths of millions‚ this disease‚ or plague was known as the Black Death. Although there is no certainty as to the location where the plague originated from‚ it is known that its deadly bacteria came from the foul belly of a single flea. When the Black Death began to take hold‚ unimaginable fear‚ panic and chaos swept through the hearts of Europe’s people; the rich and the poor alike. This catastrophe began in the early part of 1346. In October of that year‚ the plague commenced sweeping through the island

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    Paige Layman Literature 2nd hour November 4‚ 2014 The Dancing Plague The outbreak began in July 1518‚ when a woman‚ Frau Troffea‚ began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg. This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week‚ 34 others had joined‚ and within a month‚ there were around 400 dancers. Some of these people eventually died from heart attacks‚ strokes‚ or exhaustion. The Plague started when a woman by the name of Frau Troffea started to dance in the streets of Strasbourge

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    Plagiarism‚ a Deadly Plague The feeling of putting in an enormous amount of time into something can be viewed as your masterpiece can be cheerful and satisfying. What if‚ however‚ someone comes along and willingly tries to steal your work of art‚ ignorantly using it for another purpose‚ with the intention of not giving any credit to you? Would you call them a thief in spite of what they have done? In what way would you approach this situation? However‚ this “practice of claiming‚ or implying

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    would go to places where I could help people in need. I’d especially like to travel to China in the early 1330s to prevent the bubonic plague that originated here. This plague causes fever‚ painful buboes and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. Bubonic plague mainly affects rats‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people‚ so the plague often breaks out in run-down‚ dirty areas‚ which provide ideal environments for fleas to grow. Once people are infected‚ they infect others

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    The Black Death‚ also known as the Black Plague‚ was a rapid plague that swept over Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s resulting in the death of millions of people. This disease is believed to have started in the Eastern parts of Asia‚ and it eventually made its way over to Europe by way of trade routes. Fever and “dark despair” characterized this plague. The highly contagious sickness displayed many flu like symptoms‚ but the victim’s lymph nodes would quickly become infected resulting in a vast and

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    1.The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.  我們所能擁有的最美的經驗,是神秘的事物。它是所有真正的藝術與科學的泉源。 2.Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.  真正偉大與激勵人的每一件事,都是由那些能為自由努力的個人所創造的。 1.At any rate‚ I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. 無論如何,我確信神不會玩擲骰子。 2. If A is success in life‚ then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. 如果A代表人生中的成功,那麼A等於X加Y加Z。工作是X,Y是玩樂,而Z是保持緘默。

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    was a deadly‚ devastating outbreak disease also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ it was between 1347 and 1352‚ that caused an estimated 25 million deaths in Europe. Many suggest it started in Asia. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on rats. Historians think that black rats living on European merchant ships caught the disease‚ eventually bringing it to Europe. First why don’t we figure out what exactly the Bubonic Plague means. Bubonic is named after the buboes (swollen lymph nodes) which

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    Despite the great intelligence of its inhabitants‚ Equestria had always been considered a backwards nation in terms of technological advancements. With the readily available resource that was unicorn magic‚ it was perfectly understandable‚ of course; there had never been the need to develop new‚ power-efficient technologies or weapons of increasingly great mass destruction. Or so it had seemed‚ until roughly one hundred years prior when the changelings and Sombra had attacked the otherwise peaceful

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    Camus’ Attitude to the Absurd in his The Stranger Mahbuba Sultana1 Abstract: Albert Camus (1913-1960) was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957 for his important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times. He was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. The Stranger is indeed

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