Plague of Justinian

The plague arrived by ship in October of 1347. The tragedy was extraordinary, killing around 60 percent of Europe’s entire population. About 50 million people were killed because of the plague in a seven year time span. Understandably, citizens were terrified that the disease was coming for their own village. The plague caused great panic and terror around all of Europe. People were never able to feel safe during this devastating time period. The plague can be transmitted by contaminated food or…

existence of the Bubonic Plague. What is a disease? A disease is well known to be detrimental to your health and deadly. A disease like the Bubonic Plague can wipe out a portion of a society. People during this grotesque disease tried to eat nutritional food and to stay hygienic to prevent getting the plague. Other diseases were also a threat like dysentery, Gangrenous, gonorrhea, and influenza (labelle.org). These diseases were not as widely spread or as deadly as the plague. For all of them,…

1. Introduction Lernaea infection is a major disease problem encountered in carp culture in the Indian subcontinent and has been reported from Indian major carps Catla (Catla catla), Rohu (Labeo rohita), Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) , exotic carps silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and indigenous carps Labeo fimbriatus (Nandeesha et al., 1984, 1985; Tamuli and Shanbhouge, 1996; Zafar et al., 2001). The three Indian Major Carps viz., Catla, Rohu and…

Even though racism is a global problem and it seems to never end, some may even say that racism is perhaps a good thing and that it has its benefits. For example, according to “Why Racism is NOT Hate”, “as long as racism is strong within a racial group, that race will continue to survive and to thrive. Robust health is only possible in a human body as long as its immune system is working well. Robust health is only possible in a racial community as long as racism is working well. Maintenance of…

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…

Hi, Today I am going to talk about the fantastic and the horrible Taiping Revolution. So, what is the Taiping revolution you may ask? Anyone? No? Well then, The Taiping Rebellion / Civil War, 160 years ago, this rebellion is most commonly known in China as Taiping TianGuo. It takes place in Southern China, Guangxi Province in the 1850s to the mid-1860s. 20 – 30 million people died, mainly civilians throughout the Taiping Rebellion. Which are twice the causalities of World War 1. In fact, the…

The article "The Blood Red Night" is about a huge wildfire in Peshtigo. In the article it says, "By the end of the night, the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, would be burned to ashes. As many as 2,500 people would be dead." Which means if some of those people didn't run for their lives, they probably would have been dead. It also said in the article that, "Trees exploded in the extreme heat. Flaming hunks of wood flew across the forest, setting more fires miles away," saying that there were more…

There were a couple of things that happened when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem during the first crusade. One of these was that they both brought many people to fight in the crusade. And the main one was that someone eventually conquered Jerusalem. These were some of the events that happened when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Both sides brought a good amount of people into the crusade so that they would have a better chance of winning. The Muslims were granted access…

The Jamestown colonist died from many causes. Throughout their time in Jamestown eighty percent of the original 500 colonist died by 1610 (Background Essay). Jamestown settlers faced the most deaths between 1607 and 1610. In Jamestown, Virginia men came to find a new successful settlement. Many lives were taken in the harsh winter (“Starving Time”) and surprise attacks. Many of English settlers in Jamestown have died, but why? To start, “Starving Time” was a harsh winter for the English…

Part 1: The natural hazard of Bushfires are a huge hazard in Australia varying from small grass fires to burning hundreds of acres of land bush houses or farms. There are 6 main fire ratings known to the public they are low, high, very high, severe, extreme and code red, there are often sighns in communityies that display these catorgories and tell what the catorgorie rating for the day is. (the fire catorgorie sighn is shown beside). There are also a scale with a type of area and how high and…