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The Athenian golden Age was brought about by the defeat of the Persian army. This defeat brought about significant overall advances that would shape the world as we see it today. This includes advancements in government, literature, drama, philosophy, and the arts. The beginning of the end of this golden age started in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Known as the Peloponnesian war, a war between Sparta and its allies and Athens would tear apart the union between the two city-states it once had…

discusses the Spanish influenza Pandemic that occurred in 1918. This pandemic had a detrimental effect on not just a continent, but the entire world. This virus killed an estimated 20 to 50 million people and even the healthiest people were infected. The Spanish Influenza is said to have the highest death rate of the strains. The life expectancy in the United States dropped ten years during this time, due to the rising death rate in healthy young adults brought on by the Pandemic. Unlike the…

First of all, the Magna Carta is a document giving power to nobles and land barons from King John. As said in the text it is a “landmark on the road to limited monarchy” (Roger of Wendover). One piece of evidence in the text was “... without raising any difficulty, granted the underwritten laws and liberties, and confirmed them by his charter…” The first reason feudalism fell was because of the Magna Carta a document granting rights from King John to nobles and land barons. After a rebellious…

The Black Plague was no ordinary plague, it killed more than 25 million people in 1347-1353 (Dobson)! The Black Plague was the worst plague in human history because it was in a highly populated area, was easily spread and and it was hard to treat. The Black Plague was the worst disease in human history. The Black Plague was nicknamed the black death because at its worst times many people described it as a black cloud of death that was not avoidable(Dobson). The black plague killed 30% of the…

yet another area that would be much different than it is today. Although many people took the position of being on the health board extremely reluctantly, the board members soon began to enact many widespread policies to halt the spread of the pandemic. These measures included the introduction of health passes (certificates that gave people permission to travel and were way to ensure that infected people didn’t enter into their cities), Bills of Mortality ((comprehensive forms that gave…

The plague “How and why did the plague occur in Medieval Europe occur?” The first account of the description of the plague was from Messina. In early October 1347 twelve Genoese Gallery entered Messina Harbour. The people of Messina noticed the men with unusual black boils on their bodies. Anyone who spoke to the men quickly developed a boil the size of a lentil on their thighs and upper arms. This resembled a “burn boil”. The patient would then vomit blood for 3 days after which on the 4th…

Every summer there seems to be an exponential increase in the number of terrible videos on the news and the Internet that exhibit terrifying images of forests engulfed in flames and cities completely bogged down with smoke. When reading the section of Beowulf where the dragon gets mad and burns down the Geats’ homeland, the scene depicted in the poem is very similar to those scenes shown by the news. America’s wildfires may not come from a monstrous dragon, but they are just as damaging, and…

Health in the Elizabethan was very poor. Knowledge about sanitation and medical treatments were limited. People started to believe that if they had a disease the soul was bad. As popularity was increasing the sanitation was worsening. Doctor would determine the disease based on the persons urine color or they we determined it on the four humors which is blood, phlegm, choler and melancholy, if the humors we imbalanced they we said to be sick they would be cured by removing or adding blood or…

The black death was one of the most devastating plagues in human history. It was caused by the bubonic plague and its variants,. In the 14th century something happened that caused the disease spread . It was likely the rise of trade. The disease lived in fleas carried by rats. When a rat died, the fleas on that rat would need to find another host. When that host was a human, the people would get very sick and most people who had the disease would die very quickly. It is assumed that the…

Influenza To begin with,many people think “the 1918 virus [influenza was] indeed the ‘mother’ of all pandemics” which killed many people(“Perspective.1918 Influenza”).The first flu vaccine ever created was in the year 1938.To continue,the first flu vaccine ever used was in that same year,the year of 1938.Influenza is a very deadly virus if not vaccinated and it can cause suffrage,death,and damage the host’s body.This virus is most likely to kill the host if they have never been vaccinated.…