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He calls it a quilt of many patches which represents different ethnic and social groups. When they come together it is like sewed patches that form a quilt.
Ruling the Byzantine Empire and providing the "bubonic plaque" or "Justinian's plaque".
At 1950s it was different then today today we have many things at 1950s they didn't have many things they didn't have cars things were different then today today it's change it's not 1950s