When the population of cities hit several hundred thousand to a million, diseases could spread rapidly and create genuine epidemics. The fact that the Black Plague killed perhaps half the European population was an indication, ironically, of progress, because populations had reached critical mass for...
DAY THE BLACK DEATH HIT BACK; When the Bubonic Plague Returned to Glasgow, the World Held Its Breath. but a Brilliant Scots Doctor Stopped the Deadly Epidemic in Its Tracks
When did the Byzantine Empire fall? When did the Mongol Empire hit its peak? When did Hammurabi die? When did the Huns attack India? When did the Achaemenid Empire begin? When did the Turkish Empire fall? When did the Plague of Justinian happen?
Sam Espensen, a spirits producer, used to feel pressured by matches, particularly when the other person is persistently pushing to meet up. She did say yes once, but then cancelled a few hours before the date. "My Spidey Sense was tingling and it turned out to be correct — the person ...
How did this information spread so quickly? Well we’ve have to introduce Margaret Murray for this. Margaret Murray (1863-1963) As you probably know, Margaret Murray was a folklorist and archaeologist and in 1921 published her influential book, The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. This book was...
Leave a place where, if I did get it, I could at least afford the healthcare, and fly to America where the healthcare costs would break me? Hell no! I’m staying right here, thank you very much. The Staying Fortunately, Cuenca is a great place to get stuck in. A view from ...
Do you know what they don’t put in the “Welcome to Idaho” pamphlet? The fact that our state deals with plague more often than any of us would like to admit! Field and Stream explains that of the over 3,000 types of fleas known to man, there’s only a handful that are dan...
He never stopped learning about survival and preparedness since the war. Regardless of what happens, chances are you will never experience extreme situations as Selco did. But you have the chance to learn from him and how he faced death for months. ...
This year I resolved to do the usual things: lose weight; step up the exercise; no more eating potato chips (I even did the farewell ritual recommended by certain therapists: “I love you very much, fried salty things, but I can’t have you in my life anymore”). I did, however,...
The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” "What did you just say ?" "Puff mich ?"...