It was an acute and highly infectious disease and the fatality rate for this unexposed population was often high. 2.Malnutrition Indigenous people also suffered from malnutrition. They lost the traditional lifestyle and their diets were altered due to the European’s growing settlement. Tress and plants were destroyed,waterways were dirtied, and the large animals escaped. The land was no longer able for them to hunt and gather food and they couldn’t to the new food such as sugar and flour.
Besides, another major problem encountered by the colonists there was polluted water. Since Jamestown was located at the estuary point of the river. The estuary point is where the river water and the salty water from the ocean meet, causing swirling water with high content of salt. Since the river is the only water supply for Jamestown, colonists in Jamestown got killed from the polluted and salty water. All these problems caused the “starving time” in the period of 1609-1610 in Jamestown with extremely high death rate.
The King tried implementing several policies to increase the food supply, such as price controls on livestock and restrictions on the production of ales and other products made from the limited supply of grain. None of these policies worked, because there simply was just not enough food (32). People hoped the harvest of 1315 would be the end of it, but heavy rainfall in 1316 continued the hunger. The shortage of food became so severe that paupers were forced to eat dead bodies of cattle to survive. People from Northern France are rumored to
The system of land distribution was unfair and most peasants received 4% less land than they had rented before, many received much less. In reality they had less land than when they were serfs. This was seen as unfair as they believed that, because they had worked the land for generations, it should now belong to them. The Mir still restricted peasants’ movements and as consolidation and enlargement of property was difficult, there was little incentive to improve the land and adopt modern methods, resulting in a decline in productivity The huge redemption taxes also meant that the peasants had to sell many of the crops they needed to eat and the Mir kept the peasants tied to their commune and still controlled by rules. Peasants felt disappointed and disillusioned and many rioted.
The removal of crops to feed families and build on the land where the crops were. Deforestation for fuel and construction materials. Inappropriate irrigation practices that lead to high salinity levels which renders the soil infertile. These are intensified by other factors draught depletes vegetation cover. Climatic shifts increases the frequency and intensity of draughts.
As the diarrhoea becomes worse the victim can keep no food or water in his or her body. They will dehydrate and die within 2 days if they are left untreated. Cholera can be cured by the patient drinking a salt solution to get rid of stagnant water etc. These conditions also cause dysentery and typhoid fever. Both of these diseases affect people badly by causing; internal bleeding in the abdomen which can be fatal, as well as headaches, stomach cramps and constipation followed by severe diarrhoea.
Both cause population within the water system. Agricultural Usage Using the ocean water for drinking of livestock and human usage. In 200 to 300 words, respond to the following: Choose one fresh or ocean water resource challenge and describe in detail why the issue has become a problem and how human activities have contributed to the problem. Water population has become a problem that seems to be out of control and we are running out of time to fix this problem. It is a problem because the level of water population we have now can kill the animals within the water.
Of course, this, in turn, led to more poverty and the increase of latifundia because the poor people lost their land to the aristocrats. But the slaves were better off as peasants than as slaves. Christianity was a major cause of the fall of Rome. Although Rome had religious tolerance, Romans, especially Jews, didn’t accept Christianity. A lot of people converted to Christianity because they lost faith in the Romans.
The Drought theory is one archaeologist believes to be the root cause of chronic food and water shortage. A combination of natural drought and deforestation buy humans could cause terrible consequences. Without Trees, erosion would have worsened, carrying away fertile topsoil. The warming temperatures would have dried out the land, making it even less suitable for raising crops (Dr. Tom Sever – Nov. 15, 2004). The Systemic ecological collapse is another theory focuses on the worsening agricultural and resource conditions in the late Classic period.
It is believed that internal conflict caused the Mayans to question the structure in which they were ruled and as such their society was divided. The destruction of the religious centre of Teotihuacan led Mayans to believe the gods disapproved of their King. The Mayan society depended strongly on the social structure and governance of their king and the collapse of the centre resulted in decrease in production of goods because peasants no longer saw the need to respect the nobility. This facilitated a further decline since the population was growing and the demand for food increase. Therefore the Mayans had more people than food and housing.