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    Many years ago, there was a world drift that carried the Old and New Worlds apart, which made a split between the North and South. The separation lasted so long it caused the development of rattlesnakes on one side of the Atlantic and vipers on the other. After 1492, human voyagers had their artificial establishment of connections through the Old and New World plants, animals, and bacteria, which was known as the Columbian Exchange. The exchange is the ecological events of the past millennium.The

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    The Old Picture “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” This is a very powerful and truthful statement. The old picture is important because it is from World War II, it has been passed down by generations, and it is worth a lot of money. First off, my great great grandpa was in World War II. He is the one who brought the picture back with him. He was the head sergeant of his platoon. The war was very dangerous. Around 60 million people died. I did not meet him, but I hear a lot of people

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    the book of Revelation; that on Dec 24, in the year of our lord, 2012, when all the galaxy was aligned from it’s center to it’s fringes, that the stockpiles of the nuclear fail safe systems of mutual destruction, which had been assembled by the Old World Order through the United Nations as a tool for everlasting peace; was triggered by nearly senseless competing between ominous, self blinded, baleful, heads of powerful governments, and had detonated simultaneously,

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    What does a comparison of old-world Imperialism and Globalization reveal about the two systems? “In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, 1800-2000, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. And then around 2000 came Globalization 3.0, in which the world went from being small to tiny.” This quote by Friedman reflects the widely held view- that contemporary globalization

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    civilizations in the both the New World and the Old World. Not only did the discoveries of a New World by explorers and conquistadors change the Old World, but the agriculture and abundace of minerals had a significant impact on all socials classes. One great example that most people know, is chocalate. It eventually became famous and popular among the rich and is an everday staple and treat in current times around the world. But other foods originating from the New World had a much a greater impact that

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    to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. It was a dramatically widespread exchange of plants, animals, culture (including slaves), infectious diseases, technology and ideas between the New and Old worlds. Increased mortality rates and education, advancements in agricultural production, and evolution of warfare are a few examples of the effect of the Columbian Exchange on the two hemispheres. This exchange transformed European and Native American

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    Old World Monkeys

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    baboons and some macaque species, are ground dwellers. Some Old World monkeys lack tails; when a tail is present it may be long or short but is never prehensile (grasping). The nostrils are close together and tend to point downward. Many species have cheek pouches for holding food, and many have thick pads (called ischial callosities), on the buttocks. Their gestation period is five to nine months. Adult Old World monkeys have 32 teeth. The Old World monkeys, sometimes called true monkeys, are more closely

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    Old World Disease

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    diseases between the Old World and New World. Often, it is the illnesses brought to the Americas that are detailed in great length as they had a more severe consequence: the elimination of 80 to 95 percent of the native population. However, The Curious Expedition is told exclusively from the explorers’ point of view, which highlights their experience. In the game, the two diseases they can suffer from are malaria and an unspecified jungle fever. Malaria is classified as an Old World disease as documentation

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    Old World Monkeys

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    The Old-World monkeys are more similar to the apes and humans than they are to the New World monkeys. The Old World monkeys include many species of macaque, found throughout Africa and Asia. The rhesus monkey, normally used to be examined in laboratory experiments, is ultimately an Asian macaque. Closely related to the macaques are the baboons of Africa and South West Asia. The colobus monkeys, are very enormous, long-tailed, leaf-eating African monkeys. The guenons are the genus of Old World monkeys

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    Old World Religion

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    The Old World opinions of the wilderness were rooted in fear and ignorance of what laid beyond unexplored lands. The irrational and misguided fear of the wilderness were rooted in folklore and mythological stories that labeled the wild as the enemy of survival. The minds of the Europeans were perverted by conceptions of the wild saturated with dangerous and even demonic images. Juxtaposed to these fears were a set of beliefs that designated the wilderness as a source of opportunity and favor from

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