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In the history of the world, many diseases surface among of the many such as the plague knows as Black Death. The tragic and exceptional experience of the Fourteenth Century showed a sharp population decline, bitter internal conflicts in economic area, and the exasperation of social struggles. This paper is to explore the Black Death phenomena, how this disease came about, the consequences, and the impacts that affected the society in the Fourteenth Century. The Black Death was endemic in…

The death of Kaakutja: a case of perimortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia, published by Cambridge University Press, delves into how biological anthropology was used to date the remains of an Aboriginal man and discover how he may of have died. The article first introduces the problem by explaining that a skeleton has been found in New South Wales that exhibits fatal trauma evidence. At first glance it would seem the fatal trauma is indicative…

The Biggest Project in Yuma. Irrigation is the process by which a water supply is brought to the land or crops to aid its growth, and to do so channels are usually used. The yuma project was designed to irrigate Yuma County Arizona And part of California and thus to exploit to the maximum the agricultural activities of the place using as main source of water the Colorado River. The project began in the year of 1903 and with the a series of geographic, environmental and logistical challenges…

The period of 1792 to 1795, or commonly regarded as the ‘Reign of Terror’ served as a vital turning point for the French Revolution and effectively, the future of France. This period of time was distinguished by the fall of monarchy and the creation of the National Convention. Additionally. the Reign of Terror demonstrated more brutal punishments for counter revolutionaries and foreign enemies, in the hunt for freedom and liberty by French revolutionaries. The events that would take place under…

Is destruction a human quality or is destruction based on gender? The texts Pinhook written by Janisse Ray and the poem “The Bees” by Audre Lorde offer interesting commentaries on this thought. Through the creation of specific power hierarchies and using the binary of submission versus domination in the context of human interactions with nature and interpersonally, the authors provide criticism of inequalities they see in the society around them. Based on the both of the authors’ backgrounds in…

The victims of Katrina Hurricane Katrina being one of the most deadliest and catastrophic hurricanes in the United States left the city of New Orleans devastated and in a disastrous state. As the weather continued to get worse, the fellow citizens were notified. With each day passing the worse the weather got and eventually became a hurricane. First being a rank one then two and so on, with this warning many citizens departed the city and others thought “C’mon, c’mon. Nothing is going to…

A Case of Gentrification The reduction of black housing in the inner city of New Orleans is in a staggering position for a city having, record-setting economic growth post Hurricane Katrina. The longtime historically African-American lower to middle class warded off territories of New Orleans’ inner city, whether it may be uptown, downtown or in between are increasingly being overrun by a younger, more affluent race of white upper and middle class investors, eager with thoughts of redevelopment…

Its dark and I can't move. Yep I died, so it should be my seventh reincarnation but there is something not right about this one, even that time when I woken up in womb I could at least move slightly and it fell wet this time I felt nothing. For now let's test if I remember everything correctly from before this rebirth. Originally I was middle aged man that liked to play paper rpg and tabletop games, but certain day after playing up to third in the morning and drinking little to much I decided…

would lessen the danger of slave revolt (23 Rothman). Another meaning for slavery in the 1850s was the Louisiana Purchase raising the stakes in the debate over expanding slavery. Upper Louisiana argued argued that they needed slaves to maintain the levee along the Mississippi River or it could “cease the improvements of a century to be destroyed.”(25 Rothman). Adam Rothman includes other factors that played a huge role in slavery such as US expansion. He takes primary quotes from politicians who…

Mitigation Alexandra Foust Park University Stefan Buckman ABSTRACT There must be established steps of mitigation situations at the city, county, state, and US government levels. Without these mitigation solutions the towns and cities are at risk for the devastation that natural disasters can bring and a long recovery stage. Typically, the recovery is hardest for the community, but mitigation works to shorten the recovery stage and reduce the effects of the disaster itself.…