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Food has always been a large part of Mexico’s identity, dating back the the early Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Mayan and Aztec civilizations were advanced societies in a number of fields such as mathematics, astrology, science, and arguably the most important: agriculture. As a result of agricultural advances and systems, these civilizations had highly developed…

Deadly illnesses swept throughout Europe and Asia destroying everyone infected and took an emotional toll on those who were spared. The Bubonic Plague, also known as “the Black Death”, was a devastating disease that was transmitted through fleas jumping from rodents to humans. It wasn’t bias in who it infected and those who were infected…

Ethical egoism is, “is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest (internet encyclopedia of philosophy).” While some may think ethical egoism is similar to rational egoism it differs in the means…

Temptation, a powerful urge or desire for something, is a universal experience resulting from our inherent imperfection and longing for what we lack. How individuals handle these cravings reveals their true character. It is our responsibility to make mindful choices that serve our best interests, despite facing temptations. A friend recommended the 2013 film “Temptation:…

Sugar cane played a significant role in the Columbian Exchange and unfortunately contributed to the growth of the American slave trade. The origins of sugar cane can be traced back to Polynesia, where small pieces would often wash up on foreign shores and thrive. This explains how it spread to China, India, and other places…

As humans, one of the most basic and deeply emotional feelings we share is a discomfort known as thinking-related disagreement. Thinking-related disagreement is when a person at the same time holds two or more competing or disagreeing beliefs or attitudes. Disagreement is the mental pain that is caused when these attitudes or actions conflict. In…

Across Europe between the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries emerged witch hunts, killing numerous faultless people and plundering the power of women, changing the panorama of women all at once. Economic deprivation, devout competitiveness, and problematic diplomacy were suitable when accusing your neighbor was a thing. Both Steven Pinker and Arthur Miller make a determined altercation…

Reading King Hedley II was the foremost painful and wrenching of August Wilson’s Century Cycle plays for me to expertise, and that I anticipate to seeing it! although it takes place in Pittsburgh, Washington DC throughout the Crack years is claimed to be its inspiration. purportedly when Wilson visited there he was therefore afraid that…

Christianity has always been in Europe starting all the way from 57 A.D. For many years it has also been threatened. In the 14th century Europe was struggling with conditions of economic and political adversity that had decreased its population and productivity. Once the midevil times came around Europe was losing their identity. Christianity spread…

IPL has turned out to be a money minting machine for the BCCI. In just three years of its existence, it is now a $4billion industry. The thing that makes the whole scenario interesting is that there has been hardly any investment on the part of BCCI. They just sold an idea, a concept which…