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Throughout history, a variety of foods have allowed the modern world to gain a historical understanding on the big history and world history of our modern world. The Sichuan cuisine originating from China is a great example showing the impact of food culture and identity in our current society. The Sichuan pepper, is called huajiao in Chinese, meaning flower pepper, and the Sichuan cuisine is undisputedly the most popular cuisine known to China to this current date. Through evaluating the big…

volcano erupts as it did in 79 AD. (Mount Vesivius, 2014) First, there was the volcano, Somma. It erupted into itself creating Mount Vesuvius. The reason that Mount Vesuvius is so dangerous is that it sits on two plates, the African plate and the Eurasian Plate. The deformation of these two plates is what causes the outward look of the volcano. (Mount Vesivius, 2014) 3 miles below the volcano is called the magma chamber. It is a lake of molten rock. Chemical reactions cause crystals to form that…

Lost but not loser: The assessment of the claim that the Soviet Union lost the Cold War Introduction With the disintegration of Soviet Union, the Cold War era, which lasted as long as 40 years, had come to an end. The last Soviet Premier Gorbachev, ironically, been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after his failed reformation and governance in Soviet Union, which, to put it the other way round, could been seen as affirmation for his struggle to pave the way for nuclear agreement and open the…

densely populated places in the whole world. The population surrounding the volcano is close to 3 million (Wikipedia, Vesuvius). It last exploded in 79 Common Era (Wikipedia, Vesuvius). The volcano was formed because of the collision of the African and Eurasian plates. Its most recent eruption was in 1944 and probably will erupt again because of the amount of times it has erupted in recent memory. In the most deadly eruption in 79 Common Era 16 thousand people died (Wikipedia, Vesuvius). This is…

This is a decent time when to pull back and take a gander at the time of farming developments (ca. 3500 B.C.E.–ca. 1750 C.E.) The most conspicuous extensive scale incline in this period of mankind 's history was the globalization of development. The primary wave—the First Civilizations— was at that point worldwide in the first place Civilizations ended up being delicate and helpless Mesopotamian city-states were consumed into bigger domains Indus Valley, Central Asian, and Norte Chico human…

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Why are Some Nations Rich and Some Poor? Climate, Location, and Agriculture are critical to a civilization’s ability to prosper, and have shaped the world’s political and economic climate since the beginning of civilization. Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel asserts that in order for a society to become complex a surplus and steady supply of food is needed, for the more food a civilization has the bigger the population becomes. It is within these large populations that advanced…

necessarily outdated because many other nations shared the same nationalistic drive. Imperialism is proof of that. Many European nations colonized Africa. Nicholas wanted to expand the Russian empire eastward and conquer Japan so Russia could be a great Eurasian power. However, he underestimated the strength of the Japanese navy and lost a large part of the Russian fleet as well as the lives of many Russian soldiers in the Russo-Japanese war that was mentioned…

tradition, as seen in the Rig Veda. Chariots can be seen as something used for funeral sacrifices that highlight their integral importance as they embody the deliverance of the soul on to heaven. The horse, the symbol of victory for the Central Eurasian people, are hence labelled in the Rig Veda as “a precious sacrificial victim.” The hymns of the Rig Veda were seen in use during ritual sacrifices, presenting an undisputed theoretical, ritual, and epistemological significance. The…

What is Truth? Have you ever wondered what the definition of truth is? Or how do we know whether something is true or false? These questions and many others related to this topic are frequently asked by philosophers and Scientifics from decades ago and even up to this day. However, one the most accepted theories among philosophers is the Correspondence Theory of Truth. In this paper I am going to analyze the point of view of one of the supporters of that theory, the philosopher Bertrand Russell…