Food fortification

The "Improving nutrition through food fortification" article in the Guardian provides important information concerning food distribution in the developing world and about how it is essential for fortification to become more common in order for people in developing countries to be able to develop properly. The article emphasizes that the developed world is no longer expected to assist the developing world by "delivering sacks of flour, grain and other basic ingredients to developing and impoverished

Virginia Company. The Virginia Companies exploration was predominantly for treasure like gold and silver. The voyage took about four months. At the time, Jamestown was not the place to be living. In Jamestown the land has been stricken with a scarcity of food and there had been a staggering amount of infections going around. Fortunately, they had the assistance from England who shipped them different resources essential in order to endure the harsh conditions of Jamestown. Originally when the colonists

Medieval Architecture: The Caernarvon Castle When people think of a medieval castle, they often tend to visualize a “fairy tale representation” of something that they had seen in a Disney film. The buildings are usually lavish-looking and filled with whimsical wonder and intrigue, but no one really wonders about the story behind the architecture and style used to construct it. This generic idea is merely scratching the surface of what an actual castle from the medieval era would look like or stand

“Explain why castles changed in England between 1066 and 1500” Castles were extremely important during 1066 – 1500 and they changed overtime to get more protection. A castle is a fortification that was used in the middle ages to protect territory against an invasion. They were important during these times because many kings and lords wanted to show off how wealthy they are and they used them as bases, controlling their land and people from a higher point. The first stage of the castle development

“If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.”(Lichtenberg). Castles are meant to hold up in defensive times to protect the people and country. “Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?” (Cook). At first, castles were built for military and government means. As centuries went on, hostilities subsided, and wealth started to flow during Renaissance, nobility and royalty started to create vanity castles that

Catapults: A History A catapult has been used all throughout history as a siege engine. A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. A catapult was one of the approximately 10 weapons used in siege warfare during an assault on a castle or fortification. Some other weapons used in both ancient and medieval siege warfare included the well known trebuchet, the classic battering ram, and the siege tower. All of these devices and

Medieval Battle Tactics      Medieval tactics were essential for an attack or siege of a castle. Many tactics and strategies helped develop much-improved version of an attacking artifact, like weapons and sieging machinery. The knights of Medieval England which were the cavalry, improved as the years went by, but never actually had any tactics or strategies. The usual knight would just go out there and fight. The knights were the counter offensive against a small siege, but they were ineffective

strength. While siege weapons would be dependent on leverage and a ratcheting mechanism to draw a rope to prime a ballista or ready a mangonel, other weapons like a traditional war bow would be dependent on raw brute strength. As opponents and fortifications became better protected, the performance of traditional weapons diminished due to the physical limitations of the technology. By the mid

In the Yale Center for British Art, one can find a beautiful map, titled: “The Description of Jarsey a(nn)o 1600.” One noticeable trait that stands out with this map compared to others in the 16th and early 17th centuries is the exquisite detail of topographical features. According to an exhibition of the map, this is “from the collection of George Legge, first Baron Dartmouth; previously in the English Royal map collection” (Yale Center, From the Collection). One might wonder why a map, with the

It seems as if castles have been around forever, but they first types of castles were built between the 11th and 15th centuries in France, Ireland, and England. These castles were called Motte and Bailey. Motte and Bailey castles consisted of a tower on top of a man made hill with a fence and a ditch around the outside, sometimes with water. The name moat for the water surrounding the castle comes from Motte. This was the most popular type of castle in all of Europe, except for Scandinavia. These