Spice

fall is approaching and my excitement is shouting . The feeling of goosebumps start to go up and down my arms when I walk outside enough to give me chills, the breeze moves my hair in a gentle way. The smell of the air starts to consist of pumpkin spice and cinnamon making me lick my lips. The trees start to stand out with vibrant colors, and the leaves fall like rain falls in the spring. All the time and effort put into every leaf to be racked just to be destroyed by a one jump leaves me with…

European experienced radical economic and social changes. European overseas expansion led to the rise of colonial empires. Colonies were acquired to supply raw material to the mother country. There were three most important changes that took places. The first one was Holt crusades, it’s about religious and culture exchange. The crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam the Holt crusades was first people European armies that went outside the border to tell people…

All three of my articles, “Facts about Bullying,” “Understanding Bullying — Fact Sheet,” and “Bullying,” rely heavily on Logos or logic. Nevertheless, there is a little use of ethos and pathos in all three works, but minimal use at best. Which is understandable since two of my sources were scientific organizations or agencies, and the other is a government site about bullying. For example, “Facts About Bullying,” states, “…when a youth dies by suicide, it is misleading to cover the story as a…

Oaks has never seen, named Miss Ferenczi. Miss Ferenczi is no doubt an extremely unique substitute teacher who tells miraculous stories that bewilder the kids in Mr. Hibler’s class. Tommy defends Miss Ferenczi because she is the uncommon, exciting spice in his…

reaches of the East. This fell apart when the Ottoman Turks seized Constantinople. They blocked off Europe from their direct trading routes. In addition to putting to use all the trade routes and systems they could, the Turks raised the high price of spices even higher. This was a huge setback…

The general theme from the lecture and readings of the Emerging Modern World and Age of Discovery focuses on the big picture behind 15th century history and what we all know as the Age of Discovery. Not only was this time period filled with exploration, more significantly, this was a time of expansion and conquest. When we use the word “discovery” to describe this time period, we can often overlook what really happened behind the scenes, which was essentially the extermination of millions of…

A number of toxins, created by molds on food can cause severe illness. Produce, cheese and breads are the most common foods where molds are created. One easy way to prevent getting contaminated by infected food is not to taste foods that smell or look irregular. Another easy way to prevent contamination is to stick with the recommended dates on the food labels. Our classmate Ron mentioned E.Coli and Salmonella, these two are food borne bacterias with salmonella being the most common cause of…

present-day Bahamas. In the Bahamas, a archipelago located south east of Mexico, Columbus found native people that he misjudged as the native people of India for no one knew about the land mass in the middle of Asia and Europe. He found land, riches, spices, and many things his home never had seen before! As he returned home to Spain, he brought natives with him. He conquered the native tribes living there. When he returned to Spain months later, King Fernandid…

The Europeans will not respond well to contact with the Iroquois because of differences in social structure, religion, and family life. When the Iroquois and the Europeans meet, they will be unable to communicate to each other because of a difference in language. However with a translator this will be solved. The Europeans will judge the Iroquois because they have females as leaders of the clans(who is Iroquois). However, in the European culture they are patriarchal, so they will think that…

Under the Mongol Empire, Eurasia was unified. These cities no longer went to war against each other, and the Mongols mandated a policy of open trade(Skaff 3). Items from China and Southeastern Asia made it into Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and vice versa. The Mongols also maintained the roads needed to conduct this trade and used their army to protect the roads from bandits. The Silk Roads connected the world in a way that had never truly been done before. Italian merchants like Marco…