quickly. The people were probably from Mongolia‚ they travelled through the Black Sea to Messina in Italy on October 1346. The second cause of the Black Plague was the cycle of fleas and rats. The cycle is fleas sucking the rats blood that carries bacteria then the fleas gut gets clogged with the bacteria‚ so the fleas bite the humans the blood goes into the humans wound and then the humans are infected.The living conditions were bad because it was very filthy‚ so there were
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being Residential schools‚ which has added to many other issues and arising problems. Starting early 1800-1900’s‚ kids were taken from their families and forced to attend these schools. There were a variety of the schools across Canada. The schools were government funded‚ and run through churches‚ where priests and nuns taught; some of the teachers were hardly educated themselves. Families were told that their children must attend these schools‚ because of the Indian Act that had been implemented‚ or
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What were the causes of American Revolution? There were many factors that lead to the American Revolution but a few stand out more importantly. The American Revolution was not just one happening that created a global concern‚ there were many factors that lead to it such as taxes that they were enforcing‚ and a few of these acts led colonists to believe their freedom was at stake. All of this and the opposition eventually led to the American Revolution. The beginning issues that lead to the revolutionary
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One thing that I have tried that was new was softball. I started playing softball 7 years ago. I really liked playing softball because it is really fun. And it always gave me something to do on the weekends‚ it was either tournaments or practice. When I was playing I always felt like giving up. When we would always learn something new and it was hard for me I always felt like giving up. When we went for pitching machine‚ to a girl pitching it to us it was hard because it was a lot faster that the
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Should China revalue the yuan against the dollar? If so‚ what impact may this have on (1) US balance of payments‚ (2) Chinese balance of payments‚ (3) relative competitiveness of Mexico and Thailand‚ (4) firms such as Wal-Mart‚ and (5) US and Chinese retail consumers? China‚ the largest growing market in the world‚ currently has a policy regarding monetary regulation that allows the Yuan to “float”. This has seen the Yuan appreciate by approximately 24% over the past few years. Today‚ the exchange
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weakened and destabilized‚ in 238 BCE‚ Rome took advantage and seized Corsica and Sardinia. One of the most successful Carthaginian commanders was Hammilcar Barca‚ who was a sworn enemy to Rome. He governed Spain from 237 BCE until 229/8 BCE. During this time‚ he rebuilt Carthaginian power in Spain‚ and established new allies. He founded Barcino (later renamed Barcelona) in 230 BCE. In 229/8 BCE‚ Hammilcar died in battle‚ and was succeeded by his son Hannibal. Hannibal had highly respected his father
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Final- What I Would Do With a Million Dollars One million dollars has a lot of potential and would change one person’s or multiple peoples’ lives in a diverse amount of ways. Many people that do have that much money abuse it. I believe they spend their millions in wrong and irresponsible ways; many celebrities spend their riches on material items for themselves to make their own public image as a wealthy person by buying houses‚ cars‚ and designer items that the normal working class citizen could
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Mass media doesn’t tell you what to think‚ but it tells you what to think about Body 1 According to Stanley J. Baran’s (2002) definition of Agenda setting‚ it is a theory that argues that the media may not tell us what to think‚ but the media tells us what to think about. Since the media cannot tell us what to think‚ it cannot dictate ones’ opinion on a subject. An example of this is the subject of taxes. This issue is commonly discussed by the media‚ but it is up to the audience’s interpretation
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the value of the Yuan has risen relative to the dollar. While the revaluation amounts to just a two percent difference at the moment‚ there is speculation that the Chinese will continue to allow the Yuan to rise. What effect will this initial movement have on Chinese workers and consumers? The affect of Yuan appreciation of over the US Dollar can be divided into 2 categories as below: 1. Affects on China Exporter and employment 2. Affects on China consumers. Affects on China Exporter
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bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to justify that we are still the strongest country and United States wanted to win the war. President Truman at the time was the president. The first bomb was dropped because invading Japan with soldiers would have cost more money and casualties. Another reason it was dropped because Japan did not want to surrender after the first bomb was dropped. The attack was a strategic attack because
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