<span>The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill affected an area of approximately 2,500 to 68,000
square miles, affecting the Gulf Coast of Mexico, especially the states
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. In
2013, in the state of Louisiana, they managed to eliminate 4,900,000
pounds of oil from beaches, twice the amount of oil collected in 2012.
The economies of the Gulf Coast states were terribly affected, as the
spill affected the industries, of which, the inhabitants of the coast of the four affected states depended. <span>More than a third of US waters in the Gulf were closed to fishing, to avoid further pollution.</span></span>
<span>The level of sophistication under the first Qin emperors was large. During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures; interlinked the states with canals and roads; and is credited for building the first version of the Great Wall.</span>
During the plague, many believed that if they let immigrants into their nation, a major outbreak could occur. However, nearly all places in the world were affected by the disease anyways. (Except for American Samoa, who refused to let anyone on the island)
There were many causes of the crusades including political, economic, and religious factors. However, the crusades were a major conflict between European Christian forces and Muslim armies from Western Asia who fought for control of the Holy Lands that had importance to both Christians in Muslim. The control of these lands brought power, prestige, religious importance, and also economic gains to whichever force controlled these lands.
