The Black Death was a plague that spread across Europe during the fourteenth century. It swept the continent and baffled millions of European citizens. I chose this topic because the idea of the past epidemic intrigues me. In elementary school‚ we touched on the topic and barely discussed the possible outcomes. I was fascinated by what could’ve happened those years of peril. I am of Polish descent‚ so I am also learning how this plague could have affected by ancestors and what they were put though
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The Black Plague swept through Europe from 1346-1353 killing an estimated 25-60% of European population; making this one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. The plague caused the infected victim to have purplish-black tumors all over their body. The death of over at least 70 million people caused social‚ economic‚ and political troubles throughout Europe. Since “history is made by the living‚ not the dead‚ who are no longer historical actors‚” people started to abandon their friends
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1984-85 Lecturer in Sociology‚ School of Planning‚ Ahmadabad RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 1987-91 University Grants Commission Research Scientist B 1986-87 Fellow‚ Nehru Memorial Museum and Library‚ Delhi ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES 2009-12 Member‚ Academic Council‚ Madras Institute of Development Studies‚ Chennai 2008-11 Member‚ Standing Committee of Research Institutes and Research Centres‚ Indian Council of Social Sciences. 2003-08 Member‚ Advisory
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Literature in general is something that isn’t taken to seriously but it is something that builds up our knowledge in life and teaches us new ideas on how we see this world. The author of this passage‚ Dana Giona’s‚ persuades his audience easily by explaing them how literature nowadays is something to strong to ignore. Mainly because the effect this could have on our society is to terrible to find out. We tend to see our society as on going and smart in our health and economic ways‚ but how would
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by terrorism in view of the 9/11 attacks. I will talk about the impacts over periods of time. Firstly the immediate impacts (short term impacts) Direct. Nearly 200‚000 jobs were ruined or forced to move out of New York. Private businesses physical assets amounted to a loss of $14 billion. Amongst other related costs such as rescue‚ state and local government enterprises and clean up the total direct cost amounted to $27.2 billion. Indirect. real GDP growth was instantly downgraded by 0
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THE LONG WALK "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is easily comparable to the book “1984” George Orwell‚ because they both share the value of a constant surveillance of it citizens. The governments of each book control their citizens by constantly watching them‚ occupying them‚ and always reminding them of the consequences of disobeying. The government sees everything‚ if you disobey‚ you will suffer.
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Long-term effects of the Napoleonic wars The Napoleonic wars had a broad range of consequences on Europe and its economy. Even if accused of slowing down the growth of the economy at the beginning of the 19th century‚ the end of the wars had tremendous effects on Europe and international trade‚ creating a new world order. Whereas the British Empire was thriving with its colonies‚ almost ruling the seven seas‚ continental Europe refocused to a more local market‚ divided between the declining French
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The Long-term Impact of the Black Death on the Medieval Agriculture As one of the most severe plagues in human history‚ the Black Death was unprecedented in two ways: on one hand‚ it was undoubtedly a terrible nightmare‚ which swept the entire Europe and killed so many people; however‚ on the other hand‚ it was also a unique event that accelerated the process of European agricultural history. In years before the Black Death‚ the European agriculture was already in trouble. Agriculture
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Questionnaire on the effects of long term separation from parents among college students Part I. Personal information of the respondents Instruction: Put a check (√) on the blank for your answer. A. Age ____ 15 ____ 16 ____ 17 ____ 18 Other (please specify) ______ B. Gender ____ Male ____ Female C. Who works abroad ____ Father ____ Mother ____ Both D. Whom do they live with ____ Father ____ Mother ____ Grandfather ____ Grandmother Other (please specify)
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The 1979 Revolution and resulting government policies have an overall negative effect because economically the government handled the economic oil infrastructure very badly and wasted its money on unnecessary projects. As the price of oil (Iran’s major export) rose‚ the Shah attempted to modernize Iran. This "pushed aside" the merchant class and forced poorer peasants to become migrant workers in towns. The coming of the revolution The Shah spent $100‚000 million on a celebration for the Iranian
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