MIDDLE AGES

476 A.D: The fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages 



-622: Beginning of Islam & inventions 

GREEK FIRE

STIRRUPS

-700, the Anglo-Saxon.
https://michelaverde.blogspot.com/2019/02/beowulf.html

-800: Education for everyone, thanks to Charlemagne 

-1096: The Crusades 


-1066, the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror
https://michelaverde.blogspot.com/2019/03/from-origins-to-middle-ages.html

-1216: First universities in Europe & inventions

UNIVERSITIES 

WINDMILLS

COMPASS

SPINNING WHEEL

- 1350: The plague / Black Death

- 1436: New invention, the printing press 

- 1492: Columbus discovers America

- 1500: A new era began, the REINASSANCE

FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE MIDDLE AGES.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

FEUDAL SYSTEM

CHIVALRY

FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

CASTLES

HASTINGS CASTLE

BEOWULF

The epic poem Beowulf talks about a young warrior: Beowulf. He comes to the aid of the king of the Danes, Hrothgar, whose kingdom is being terrorized by a monster who is called Grendel. Beowulf uses all his strength and bravery to slay Grendel and also his mother. Beowulf kills him and his fame spreads, so later he becomes the king of Geatland and rules for fifty years. When a dragon begins to pose a threat to his land, Beowulf and his servant Wiglaf try to kill him. They succeed in slaying the dragon, but Beowulf dies during the process. 

THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE WORLD TODAY

-The situation of women in our world today is very important. There are many differences between richer and poorer countries. In industrialized countries more and more women have jobs and go to work, also they do not want to stay at home any longer. Meanwhile in developing countries the situation of women is different. Many of them stay at home and look after their children. Helping women in the Third World is very important. One of the key factors is education because women who go to school and maybe later on study at a university have higher chances of getting a job. Educated women also know more about health care. More than half of the 40 million people living with AIDS today are women. In Africa, more than 75 % of all AIDS victims are young women.

-The almost daily headlines about cruel acts of violence and discrimination against women provide plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about women’s equality and safety in today’s world. But there are also some reasons to hope. Women and girls have made important gains; gains that point to a much brighter future. Over the past several decades, the World Bank has been an important thought leader on the value of investing in women and girls. In 2001, the Bank released a seminal report which made the incontrovertible case that investing in girls’ education and other aspects of female empowerment is critical for poverty alleviation. More recently, the Bank devoted its annual World Development Report to women and girls. 
 


WOMEN TODAY

HEALTHY FOOD

Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy and improving your health. Eating a healthy diet doesn’t have to be overly complicated. The cornerstone of a healthy diet pattern should be to replace processed food with real food whenever possible and eat food that is as close as possible to the way nature made it. 


Here’s what U.S. News calls the best diet plans for 2018:

-DASH DIET
The DASH diet it’s characterized by a mix of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and low-fat dairy. 

 






-Mediterranean Diet
The diet gets its name from the eating habits of people living in Mediterranean countries. The Mediterranean Diet meal plan is high in fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts and olive oil.

 









-Flexitarian Diet
The Flexitarian diet encourages people to eat vegetarian most of the time for better health, but doesn’t call for cutting out meat entirely.











-Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers is an especially popular diet. It works on a points system, where each food is given a number of points, and people are told a total number to aim for each day. 

 


-MIND Diet
The MIND Diet is supposed to help protect the brain and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. People are encouraged to eat vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine. They are also told to avoid foods like red meats, butter, cheese, sweets and fried or fast food.

JUNK FOOD

Junk food is a pejorative term for food containing high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals. Food like hamburger, pizza and fried chicken is often considered junk food. Junk food is the cause of various problems: it isn't great for for our health, it can put us on track for cardiovascular problems later in life,consuming 500 calories from junk food each day can lead to 1 pound of weight gain in just a week,a diet rich in sweets increases the chances of developing cavities. Also  eating too much junk food might cause gastrointestinal problems.

HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO PREVENT OR STOP UNHEALTHY FOOD
-Drink water
-Eat more protein
-Plan your meals
-Fight stress
-Get enough Sleep
-Don't go to the supermarket hungry

GLOBALIZATION

Globalization is the process of interaction and integration, grown thanks to transportation and communication technology. While many scholars place the origins of globalization in modern times, others trace its history long before the European Age of discovery and voyages to the New World. In 2000 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified 4 aspects of globalization:

MIGRATION

TRANSACTION

CAPITAL MOVEMENTS

DISSAMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Globalizing process affects business, work organization, resources and the natural enviroment. Globalization is usually subdivided in: economic globalization, cultural globalization and political globalization. Obviously there are some factors that have driven the process of globalization. Some of these are: the tranports systems that are now less expensive, the internet because distant places and people feel closer, security relationships, management systems and financial system. 


Globalization has some advantages and some disadvantages. Some of these advantages are:

-education

-faster flow of information

-reduction in cultural barriers

-increase in employment opportunities