The Black Death‚ a common phrase most people have heard of‚ but are unaware of the tragic catastrophe that crippled Europe throughout 1347. European society has never witnessed such an event. The Black Death‚ nearly wiping out a third of the population devastated across the country claiming the lives of tens of thousands. How the people of Europe reacted to this disaster predicted their future. In all the agony and disbar the citizens still found hope and persevered. Barbara Tuchman‚ author of
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Influenza infections are the leading cause of death. In 1918 Spanish flu killed so many people in the united state‚ and spread quickly like wild fire throughout the entire world. Many people died within the first few days after infection and others died of complications soon after. Nearly half of those who died were young‚ healthy adults. One of the most unusual aspects of the Spanish flu was its ability to kill young adults. The reasons for this remain uncertain. Even today there is no specific
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During 1334‚ The Black Death hit China and begins to spread to Europe infecting 60% of the population. At this time soldiers were traveling by ships and trade was the major source of the economy. Transportation began to evolve and ships were a new and evolved way or transporting goods and people. Although‚ this new way of transportation was great for Europe‚ it was horrible for spreading the disease. The prevalence of the Black Death is known to have changed society in European countries. The increasing
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Hello Mother and Father how are you doing? I haven’t been doing too well in the trenches. As you know I have been assisting the French in the trenches for nearly two years. The trenches are horrendous; I never thought I would be more petrified at the horrific conditions than the actual war. Every day we face rats‚ hundreds of millions of rats‚ scurrying through the trenches. Since we don’t have a proper waste disposal system‚ the rats eat the trash that lay on the floor and the soldiers who have
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The Colombian Conquest‚ named after Christopher Colombus who mistakenly found the new world and assumed it was India. Conquest is a more realistic term to show you that European settlers robbed the natives of their land by force. The Spaniards however controlled more south‚ while the other Europeans controlled more of what is now North America. The tactics used to control the new land included transmitted diseases by travelers‚ taking force‚ and assimilation. Though the Europeans did unjustly acquire
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There are many kinds of rat snakes. One‚ of which is the Black Rat snake. The black Rat snake is a non-venomous snake that can grow up to eight feet in length. The adults are mostly black‚ with white bellies‚ and have white or gray showing between their scales. The young‚ or juvenile‚ usually are brown or gray with dark colored splotches on their backs. Black Rat snakes are very common in the southeast. They are also called the Common Rat Snake for they are more likely to be found than any of the
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The Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a canal that joins the two largest oceans in the world‚ the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific Oceans together. Canals are an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation that is man made. How did they manage to construct this? They used science‚ they had to measure sea level‚ which required science. They used engineering to construct their route. They used several steam shovels to get the dirt out
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One of the primary lessons I learned is that Christopher Columbus is said to have carried a range of diseases the first time he crossed the Atlantic in 1492‚ which wiped out a huge population of Indians. The strategy was viewed as revenge through the introduction of syphilis into Europe. On the other hand‚ a skeleton was found in an English monastery that was said to be of a man who possibly died of syphilis. It is tough to determine the disease an individual died from especially after a long period
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There are many opinions and theories on how the Black Death began.Many Christians blamed the Jews and Muslims chose to believe it was a blessing from God.One could see that yes their opinions on the epidemic was quite different‚ but they had very similar ideas about the pandemic to. The question is just how different were the Muslims and Christians‚ and how were they similar? First off‚ Christians viewed the black plague as a curse.They believed it was God’s way of punishing them for all the sins
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The invasive species known as the‚ “Coypu” or “Nutria” are rodents who were brought to the United States for trade. Originally relocated here from South America‚ the coypu were used for their fur for trade in 1889. When the trade of Nutria fur crashed‚ the rodents were released into the wild. Currently‚ the animals reside mostly in Texas and Louisiana. Coypu prefered diets consist of roots‚ rhizomes and tubers of cattails‚ cordgrass‚ and bulrush. The Coypu species is mainly a problem in Louisiana
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