Plague of Justinian

Throughout the history, many lethal diseases ended civilizations such as the black death, which is believed to have killed as much as half of Europe in a span of only four years in the middle of the 14th century, from 1347 to 1351[1]. Unfortunately, at that time people did not have enough knowledge or technology to predict these lethal diseases or even treat them. Nowadays, due to the development in Biology, scientists are not only able to fight the current diseases, but also able to set…

Flea beetles are pest of brassicaes, creating holes in the leaves and stems of seedlings. The seedlings are highly attacked as soon as they surface above the ground level and the damage of these beetles are very pronounced on young plants and even cause plant death. Some flea beetles are general feeders, others attack only particular types of plant. The flea beetle has a narrow host range to plants primarily in the brassicaceae. Most of the flea beetles prefer cruciferous plants which produce…

On May 14, 1607, the first permanent english settlement was founded. It was called Jamestown. Jamestown was surrounded by deadly marshes carrying disease filled insects. Two-thirds of the original colonists died. It became clear that Jamestown needed a leader to get them through the struggles of winter. Two men helped lead the colony to success. John Smith and John Rolfe. John Smith built a fort in 1608 and rewarded colonists with food if they worked harder. Later, John Rolf discovered a new…

Is there anything that a beetle doesn't eat? They are ravenously hungry insects that seem to view everything as a source of food. Trees are excluded as they are the target of wood boring beetle. Garden plants can be completely consumed by leaf beetles. When it comes to carpet beetles, nothing is safe as they will eat anything in sight. About the only thing they are good for is cleaning objects that a museum curator may wish to preserve. If these voracious little insects were to be let loose,…

The Black Death was a pandemic that spread all throughout the world taking the lives of innocent people. We could have never predicted the effect it would have on our countries and villages. We could have never imagined that our family members would suffer so much, or how we were silently praying that the next victim wouldn’t be us. I still remember when the rumors started. No one knew what was killing their loved ones ,or how to treat it because they had never experienced something like this…

Tabula Rasa Summary Name of Roleplay: Tabula Rasa Game Master: NachtRuine, Nachtimus, Nachtbot V65, The Nachtmeister, fuck if i know??????? System: WHF2e Technological Level: Mid-Low Fantasy - Guns like flintlock pistols have been invented, but aren't easily found, you're much more likely to find a crossbow than a pistol. Magic, while accessible, is new and difficult to learn, and to control. Tabula was once a land of great and fantastical stories, you know the sort: a band of knights…

“When the gap between the ideal and the real becomes too wide, the system breaks the down,” (Barbara Tuchman). What does it mean to be ideal, or to be real? Why must the gap between them be fine or the system will break? In Barbara Tuchman’s quote, she refers to the “ideal” as the rich, and the “real” as the poor of a society. This quote is accurate because people of a union must work together as a whole in order to achieve the best for their society, or else they will fall apart, and this can…

In B. Tuchmans “The Plague” she documents a very historical event a disaster possibly still the worst of them all till this very day, The Bubonic Plague. What exactly is the bubonic plague? The bubonic or as some know it black death is a bacterial Infection transmitted by fleas from infected rodents. Some the symptoms are high fever,, weakness and formation of buboes in the groins and armpits. This deadly disease started during the 18th century. The Bubonic hasn’t infected anyone today but we…

another, for the plague seemed to strike through breath and sight. And so they died. And no one could be found to bury the dead, for money or friendship.” This was how Agnolo di Tura described the plague in 1350. Citizens of European towns felt they could not even trust their own family, afraid that the plague would catch simply through being near each other. This horrible sickness broke family ties and friendships through its destruction of entire cities and even countries. The black plague…

While reading “The Art World Expands” I began noticing a trend of how the art that was being created reflected what was going on in real world or society. These pieces interpreted what was going on around the artist and how they responded to that certain situation or problem. This is mostly notable in recent decades, particularly the 80s where there numerous changes were starting to happen around the world. For instance, improvement in technology like; fax machine, laptop computers, and first…