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    Great Wall China

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    security for the citizens and soldiers of China. According to the background essay each individually built fragments of the wall were around 20’ high, 25’ wide, and 30’ long. The size of the walls assisted in keeping invaders outside of ancient chinese societies. One vital group of invaders the wall provided safety from were the

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    Antigenic Pathogens

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    barriers, such as the skin and mucous membranes that prevent pathogens from entering the body, and cellular responses, such as circulating macrophages that respond to foreign invaders. Our acquired immune system mounts a specific antibody response when the body is exposed to a foreign invader, and our immune cells attack the invader Question 2. The advantage for a fever can mean that you have an active immune system, revved up and helping an array of immunological processes work more effectively. Replication

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    845-853 were especially hard. There were earthquakes, invaders, burned down villages, and famine. Death and hostility spread through the land, claiming victims by the thousands. This shows how hard times were to live in during the Dark Ages; if the Christian-killing invaders didn’t get you, the sickness would. According to the records, “the Saracens** killed all the Christians whom they found outside the walls of Rome.” This shows that invaders were brutally murdering Another example

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    outside invaders. Also it helps the healing process in case harm occurs. All of these are to maintain the homeostasis. When the body is infected by a virus, the body need to have a lot of energy than usual to fight off the invaders. This can lead to fever, which slow down bacteria and viruses, make it longer for the immune cells B and T lymphocytes to find and get rid of the invaders. B cells are not directly kills the cell, instead they are producing antibodies that can hijack invaders as they travel

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    last historical circumstance that led up to the Middle Ages is Germanic invaders. The West side of the Roman Empire is now without anything. This is when the invaders start to come in to the West side. The Germanic invaders made a huge plan which was to destroy and conquer the West side. They got prepared and started to attack and destroy everything in sight. The Western side was getting beaten and it was no match for these invaders. The Roman Empire has officially ended and now the people who still

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    Egypt and Mesopotamia were both located next to rivers, but the distinctions between the rivers greatly impacted the two societies. The two civilizations were located in two very different areas geography-wise, which affected the chances of foreign invaders attacking. The location of the two civilizations also affected their religious beliefs. Egypt and Mesopotamia were both located near rivers, and these rivers helped shape everyday life. Both civilizations used their respective rivers (Nile for Egypt

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    Innate Pathogens

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    in quickly destroying invaders (Alberts et al 2002). Melanism is a key response to insects’ innate defenses that serves many functions like improving fitness. Melanin darkens the insects’ cuticle, which is facilitated by the enzyme phenoloxidase that converts dopamine to melanin (True 2003). So when the insect is infected, host hemocytes surround around an invader and from a melanized capsule, and as the capsule darkens, cytotoxic intermediates are produced and the invader loses its ability to survive

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    Papaya (PawPaw) is a sweet and succulent fruit found in tropical climates around the world. Its health benefits are many; it is naturally rich in vitamins, minerals, lycopene, beta-carotene and other vital nutrients. Many cultures successfully use the leaf, seeds, skin and pulp of this miraculous fruit for various diseases, infections and skin conditions. Today, researchers and scientists throughout the medical community are stepping up the investigation into the health benefits of papaya leaf (pawpaw

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    An invasive species is a plant or animal that is introduced to specific location where the specie is not native to it; and has the ability to spread very quickly , which is believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy and/or human health. The term most used for this species is Introduced species (also called “non-native”), these species affect the habitats and environments they invade environmentally, economically and ecologically. An invasive species can be any kind of living

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    Fall of The Roman Empire Have you ever heard the phrase,”Rome wasn’t built in a day?” Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, it took quite a bit for it to come crashing down. The Roman Empire took years to fall and it fell for a very large amount of reasons. The 3 main causes for the fall of Rome were poor military decisions, foreign invasions, as well as natural disasters. The first influential reason for the fall of Rome was their poor military decisions. The Romans made a series of poor decisions

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