The word ‘’Renaissance’’ means ‘’re-Birth.’’ In order for there to be a ‘rebirth’ there has to have been a ‘death’ of sorts. Indeed, in 1348 -1350 the most culturally shocking event happened to the peoples in Europe, and it began in Genoa and Venice. These were two important trading cities of the growing Italian city-states and had just begun to flush in their own right. Then, on an August afternoon in 1348, a number of rats made their way down the rope line from the merchant ships and into one of the worst moments in human history.
Stands of trees resulting from secondary succession after the trees in an ... 1) human activities (such as clear-cutting for timber or conversion to cropland) ... 4) purify water ... Forests (with 50% or more tree cover) occupy about 32% of the earth's land ... 4) multiple use of the forest for timber, wildlife, watershed protection, and ...
