before 1000 bce, european diet was mostly grains. after, there was more meat, dairy, fish,...
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Before 1000 BCE, European diet was mostly grains. After, there was more meat, dairy, fish, vegetables, legumes. All of this nutrition led to longer life spans and
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Europe's Population: High Middle Ages
Establishment of the Feudal System Society needed some way to divide people and
make sure everyone was productive Eliminated a lot of conflict because people were
born into their positions Poor Sanitation
Sewer often ran down the streets No central sewer system
Chamber pots… Protection
Cities were surrounded by walls Meant that buildings were tightly packed together,
upper levels hung over the streets making it dark, fire was a risk, lots of air pollution due to the proximity of everything
The three Estates….Lord, knight, serf
Urbanization
First appearance of higher education Universitas
Only for men, women not allowed to attend Liberal arts education included the basics…grammar,
rhetoric, logic, math, music, astronomy Became the basis for our modern Associates Degree!
Lectures were the main type of teaching Education led to the specialization of careers
Guilds Basically like “Unions”… protected workers rights,
gave them a place to talk with others who did the same job, to ally themselves with similar people
Has education really changed that much in the last 700 years????
Catholicism rose rapidly and dangerously in the Middle Ages Wanted to liberate Jerusalem and the Holy
Land (Palestine) from the “unbelievers”…Muslims
Series of military campaigns First one was the only successful one Many people died on both sides, and the goal
was unclear. Catholics were able to hold on to Jerusalem for
about 15 years before Muslims reclaimed it.
“Taking up the Cross”
Crusades Impact? Cross cultural
diffusion Ancient works of
Greeks and Romans Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle … Paper (from China)… “Arabic” numerals
(from India) St. Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica rationally prove the
existence of God ...
Romanesque Gothic
Bubonic Plague Spread by black rats infested by fleas carrying the
bacteria How did sanitation impact this spread?
Usually spread followed trade routes Of 75 Million people, possibly as many as 38
million died Hit cities hard
In some places, entire villages disappeared Effects
Trade declined, shortage of workers caused price of labor to rise
Lowered population lowered demand for food resulting in lower prices, fewer sanitation issues
Some responded by helping others, some sought to explain it through religion and punished themselves and/or others
It started with a headache. Then chills and fever, which left him exhausted and prostrate. Maybe he experienced nausea, vomiting, back pain, soreness in his arms and legs. Perhaps bright light was too bright to stand.
Within a day or two, the swellings appeared. They were hard, painful, burning lumps on his neck, under his arms, on his inner thighs. Soon they turned black, split open, and began to ooze pus and blood. They may have grown to the size of an orange.
Maybe he recovered. It was possible to recover. But more than likely, death would come quickly. Yet... perhaps not quickly enough. Because after the lumps appeared he would start to bleed internally. There would be blood in his urine, blood in his stool, and blood puddling under his skin, resulting in black boils and spots all over his body.
Grey's Anatomy In the first episode of the third season, a couple comes into the hospital
because of flu symptoms … different rooms in the hospital are quarantined, and the woman in the crash dies after surgery, due to complications from the plague.
House Episode 18 of the second season of American television show features the
bubonic plague. Don't Fear The Reaper (1976) by Blue Öyster Cult.
The line "40,000 men and women everyday... Like Romeo and Juliet - 40,000 men and women everyday... Redefine happiness - Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are" is a reference to the number of people dying daily during The Black Plague"
Romeo & Juliet FRIAR JOHN Suspecting that we both were in a house 10 Where the
infectious pestilence did reign, Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth. So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed.
Monty Python “Bring out your dead!”
Popular Clichés: “When it comes to writing, avoid clichés like the plague”