If this was the missing data:
Read the excerpt from part 1 of Zeitoun.
In the neighborhood, other homes had been hit by all manner of debris. Windows had been blown out. Wet, black branches covered cars, the street. Everywhere trees had been pulled out of the earth and lay flat.
<span>The quiet was profound. The wind rippled the water but otherwise all was silent. No cars moved, no planes flew. A few neighbors stood on their porches or waded through their yards, assessing damage. No one knew where to start or when.
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MY ANSWER IS:
SOCIETY HAS BECOME OVERWHELMED BY NATURE.
In every natural calamity we face, we prepare ourselves for any contingencies. However, there are instances when our preparation is not enough and the natural calamity is too much for us to handle that we become overwhelmed with the enormity of what we are facing with.
Both the Chinese and the Japanese felt that the Europeans were barbarians. They were particularly repelled by the smell of these foreigners who ate much fattier diets and who did not typically wash very often. They also felt the Europeans lacked subtlety and were rather crass in their behaviors.
The similarities, however, largely end there. The Chinese tried to simply ignore the Europeans. They were able to do this to some degree because the Europeans did not have anything they wanted. They were willing to take European silver in exchange for tea and otherwise leave the Europeans alone. This worked until around the time of the Opium Wars when the Europeans forced China to open itself more.
Answer:
Storytelling
Explanation:
it's a guess but I'm not sure if it's right.
