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When it came to cancer, I am at a low at risk percentage. I am at a healthy weight, I am very active due to walking and biking to and from school, I do not partake in smoking and I rarely drink on occasions. I have no family history regarding cancer, even though my age is at 1.0% risk I am still at advantage however my diet could end up being a major risk factor for me. For my diet it seems I need to add more plant sources of food, such as vegetables and fruits. Since my only source of fruit…

Christina Causey HIS 101 Research Paper 18 February 2015 Life in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia life cannot be compared to the life in Rome or Greece because of the distinguishing differences. Mesopotamia could not be considered to live a unified and sophisticated way of life. In 4500 BCE, through that rise of the city, people of Mesopotamia did however live their lives in comparable ways. Value was placed on the written word by the people of Mesopotamia. The scribes appeared to be infatuated…

“Get big or get out” shook our nation in the 1970s as the ‘agribusiness’ boom spread in sweeping waves. Planting from “fence row to fence row” dandelions was replaced by corn and soybeans. Hands were replaced with complicated machines, time was replaced with fertilizers and varied crops by pesticides. Soil and worms were degraded to dust. Cows grazing in open pasture were replaced by concentrated-animal feedlot operations (CAFOs). Farm houses and barns were abandoned, burned to the ground,…

Parisians. Nonetheless, the neglect of hygiene was not caused by unavailability of water or detergent. Developed soap production existed in Marseilles, in Venice, in the cities of Germany and England. Instead of soap people could use lye, pumice, barley leaven, bean flour and clay. European "hygienic decline" was due to the fact that under the new religious tradition, which spread in the European region, taking care of body called sinful. Over the centuries, the same religious position is…

Political Pharaohs had full control over the Egyptian state and were regarded as gods come to earth to ensure the wellbeing of citizens. One of the earliest Pharaohs, Menes, is accredited as the founder of the first dynasty and uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. He is widely believed to actually most likely be the pharoah Narmer. The land of Egypt was divided into 42 Nomes, each ruled by a Noble governor whom was appointed directly by the pharaoh. The law and justice system of Egypt was based on a…

In the book Nickel and Dimed the author Barbra Ehrenreich puts herself through an experiment working low paying jobs to meet her ends meet. Ehrenreich chooses to do this at time in the United States were the economy is booming. The book is a firsthand account of the different experiences working low income jobs. Barbra Ehrenreich’s first job is as a waitress was she then transitioned to a hotel maid in Florida. She then moved to Main were she became a housecleaning maid; and lastly as a…

Sarah Rodrigues Humanities 101 April 15, 2016 Grain Crops in Greek Art In the ancient world, agriculture was a major part of Greek civilization. Specifically wheat and barley were staple crops in many cultures and were used for many purposes. Grain crops have been a focus for agricultural art in different cultures. They are crops that can be easily cultivated and grown for the consumption of the people. Over the years, art has been able to tell us about the past and about the civilizations…

was the Tiber River. Just like the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China, the Roman Republic, and later empire, developed and flourished alongside a river. The Tiber river allowed the people of Rome to grow crops of wheat and barley that they not only used for food but also for trade, and to pay government taxes. The Tiber River also served as a trading post. The people of Rome traded with the Etruscans who lived to the north of them (Acrobatiq, 2014). The Tiber River…

Throughout the ages there have been many types of societies on how men and women should act and how women are supposed to be. Many different novels and movies portray different things. In the Novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin the setting is in Grand Isle during the late 1800s. In the Awakening society is based off of the creole lifestyle and is prominent and expected. Adele, Edna and Madame Reisz are friends and characters who are very different in the way they live life and in the way they…

The Shang and Zhou dynasty coexisted and originated in China, around the Yellow / Huang He river in the Bronze era ( 1,700 bce ) and went on to exist for nearly 2,000 more years. Though these Dynasties weren’t in perfect peace and harmony with one another, they shared similar values and working methods in which made the two opposing dynasties very similar. Each pillar (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural, and economics) had it’s own way of showing through in it’s time…