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To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified? Introduction China is an emerging superpower in today’s ever-changing society. Despite this, many people do not know a thing about the history of the country. This fact makes the question “To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified” worthy of investigation. Before him, China was composed of seven separate warring states. Qin Shi Huangdi unified China in 221 BC and managed to keep it unified…

"I don't know Fal's, he's had a screw loose ever since he became a vamp. My best guess is that some people handle immortality better than others and he was damn wrecked when he heard you were dead." I was trying to make it not seem so bad what he'd done but it freaked me out and I'd seen a lot of screwed up shit so yeah, it fucking bad. "She was a fucking horrible mother and I can't believe what she did but I didn't want her to be killed. Some medium level maiming would have been nice but…

In order to better understand a country, its people, and its issues, one must understand key information to provide context. In order to provide context, details concerning the physical geography, political geography, and the human geography are key in attaining the understanding of a country as a whole prior to moving forward in discussing key issues facing that country. The country that will be the focus of this analysis is South Korea. Physical Geography South Korea, a country in East Asia,…

Sea-Level Rise is a consequence of the global climate change causing a general shoreline retreat and an increased flooding (Mangor 2004). With a 1 m rise in Sea Level, affected populations will be 36.9 million in the East Asia and Pacific region, 7.9 million in the Middle East and North Africa, 6.4 million in South Asia, 2.7 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 2.3 million in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dasgupta et al. 2008). With tidal gauge instruments, it was measured that the sea…

The Blame Game: An analysis of the 2015 Indonesian Wildfires and the 2009 Australian “Black Saturday Bushfires” The Indonesian wildfires of 2015 and the Australian black Saturday bushfires of 2009 are both major disasters that caused severe damages and many casualties, but with different controversies surrounding them. The many lives lost in Victoria Australia brought a major discussion about hazard response, vulnerability and human rights on the agenda. In Indonesia the controversies around…

Caritas is a Catholic organization who helps in areas of conflict, in natural disasters, food, development, and with health issues such as HIV and Ebola. Their mission is to help the poor and marginalized. Caritas believes in Faith in action, as they are inspired by the Gospels to speak out against violence and advocate on the causes of poverty. Caritas also responds practically to humanitarian crises, such as natural disasters, conflict, and the effects of climate change. On the 25th of April…

Diary of a traveling survivalist Dear diary, Today I investigated the desert. I investigated the hot and the cold deserts. Deserts can be found in the United States, Africa, Asia, and even Antarctica. Out here in the desert there is a harsh unforgiving terrain. The climate in both is almost unbearably dry. In the hot desert, there are extreme temperatures. In the day, the temperature is sweltering hot and at night it is freezing cold. The cold desert retains the cold temperature throughout the…

If one starts to observe how the global political, environmental, and social issues have played out, one begins to see a large dominant factor in the wealth and gains of the global north, at the expense of the global south. Historically, food has been a crucial element out of a handful few of which we need to survive. From subsistence, to mass production, to global networking of food chains and distribution, it is clear that a country as resourceful as Brazil has overtime seen many changes in…

Cattle slaughter is the killing of nonhuman animals also referred as killing domestic livestock. The animals are generally killed for food; however, they might also be killed for other reasons such as being diseased or unsuitable times for families to feed it. The animals most commonly slaughtered for food in India are cattle and water buffalo for beef and goats for goat meat and mutton, pigs for pork and ham, horses for horse meat, chickens and ducks, and increasingly, fish farming in the…

The nation of Bangladesh is neighbored by India on all of its borders except for Myanmar on its very southern border. Because of its geographic location Bangladesh is primarily in a tropical climate for most of the year where it then switches to a monsoon climate. The tropical climate and riverine soil deposition have allowed Bangladesh to have a sizable natural resource production of timber and productive agriculture (CIA 2016). In addition to natural resources Bangladesh manufactures a large…