New scientific knowledge helped the building of the Panama Canal, as fewer workers got sick from malaria and yellow fever.
The discovery that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes was made in 1891, but most sanitary officials didn't know or didn't give relevance to it.
However, captain William Gorgas did know about this and successfully helped to eradicate yellow fever and malaria in the Canal Zone, despite the opposition from U.S. officials who wanted to discredit his work.
President Theodore Roosevelt supported Gorgas and the Panama Canal was completed by 1914.
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Native Americans played lacrosse for these purposes:
- for physical training
- to settle disputes
- for healing as a part of spiritual beliefs
- for recreation
Further details:
The game was seen as a way of training and toughening young warriors, giving them strength and agility needed for battle.
It was also seen as a pre-battle sort of activity or even something done instead of actual battle. A game of lacrosse might be used as a way of settling a dispute instead of going to battle.
The game was also seen as medicine game, something meant to heal. It was thought to be a game giving by the earth's creator, and playing it was a way of honoring the creator.
Lacrosse also could be seen as something done for the sake of recreation.
South and cause they wanted to continue their culture
The ¡Kung San is a society of hunters and gatherers of Africa, which survives in several African countries (Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa), whose society and culture are similar to the Eskimos, where women have a role very important because they are the harvesters of fruits, roots, while men hunt with arrows to obtain meat. Riches are collective because they depend a lot on each other. The ¡Kung consider the Earth, the first mother of all the inhabitants of the tribe, and gender roles are not immutable, being able to hunt women and collect men.
