Essays Tagged: "crops"

The Business Life of Ancient Athens

problem: overpopulation. Also, many Spartan tribes over and over attacked Greece and destroyed any crops that might grow in the soil. Peasants were also sent to work at farms but they lost care in th ...

(6 pages) 65 0 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry Model

yield pattern necessitatesthe use of more fertilizer and the planting of high-yielding.varieties of cropsThere are a number of environmental factors, related mostly to.climate, soils and health, resis ...

(2 pages) 85 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Agriculture and its impact on ecosystem

stem is unstable in many aspects:1.Continual removal of soil mineral nutrients due to absorption by crops and weeds. Natural recycling of minerals is hindered as a result of harvesting and subsequent ... nt vegetation (and also the animal s) inhabiting the area in order to clear up the land for growing crops. This lead to the loss of plant and animal species.3.Monoculture - growing the same or a few n ...

(6 pages) 306 1 4.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Ancient China's Culture and Customs. This is very simple and straighforward, but has a bibliography.

For the people who lived in the countryside, their lives were ruled by family, the seasons, and the crops. In some areas the sound of a drum called the workers together and beat out a work rhythm. The ... to give a large share of their harvest to a wealthy landlord, as well as pay tax to the emperor. If crops failed, the family was in danger of falling into debt and losing its land (Cotterell, A., 1994 ...

(8 pages) 363 2 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

An analysis of the character Le Ly in Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth"

ce fields of Vietnam to the suburbs of California.For average farmers who only wanted to tend their crops, the war brought horrendous choices. Le Ly's village is visited both by Viet Cong propagandist ...

(3 pages) 63 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Transactional Essay on "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

can 'Live of the fatta o' the land.'George yearns for his own place where he could bring in his owncrops instead of working for another. A place where he could getwhat comes up from the ground for hi ...

(2 pages) 44 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Genetically Altered Food

say persuading, so therefore it doesn't take much on their part toconvince the regulators that the crops are safe. Those who protest have debated on alist of concerns dealing with this issue. For exa ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

"The Good Earth" essay. A Chinese book of a farmer's hard life working on the land.

er's good times and bad times, and all through this there is alwaysthe good earth that produces his crops that he may eat or sell to make money.Chapter 1: Wang Lung is on his marriage day. He wakes up ...

(4 pages) 59 0 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Greek Economy

low due to the dryness and erosion of the soil.Let's take a look at the yearly output of some major crops: tobacco 142000, wheat 2.6 million, tomatoes 1.9 million, oranges 780000, corn 2.1 million, su ...

(2 pages) 62 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Biotechnology. An international biosafety protocol created to establish and maintain control over the products designed with biotechnology.

The developed nations of the world are using regulations that were designed to control and monitor crops created with traditional technologies.B. Biotechnology is regulated by three different agencie ... the developed nations of the world are using regulations that were designed to control and monitor crops created with traditional technologies like hybridization and cross-breeding (Hileman 8). Pamel ...

(7 pages) 111 0 3.6 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

The Profit of Slavery

op production per slave quadrupled. Slaves increased in value because they produced more in salable crops. Three alternative paths all lead to this same conclusion: slavery was profitable.First, thous ... op production per slave quadrupled. Slaves increased in value because they produced more in salable crops. Three alternative paths all lead to this same conclusion: slavery was profitable.First, thous ...

(4 pages) 90 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Influence of Columbus's Voyage on Europe and the Rest of the World

Americas also affected Europe by foods such as the potato and corn, and resources such as gold and crops such as sugarcane. As you will see, these effects were both good and bad. Some helped the Euro ... fits of America, they had slaves work the fields planting and harvesting sugarcane as well as other crops. Columbus or any of his followers cared little for discovery or knowledge; they cared more for ...

(6 pages) 166 1 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Code of Hammurabi and how people lived their lives according to it

amia believed the gods used nature to punish them.For example, a flood, which would therefore, ruin crops and homes, was cast upon them becauseof something bad they had done. People believed in order ... d cut off his hand. Also, if you were to purchase a piece of land, but thesoil was so terrible that crops would not grow, the man who sold it to you would belegally responsible for obtaining food for ...

(3 pages) 131 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Who are the Celts?

d Saxon peoples. They were a non-urban people. They lived on small holdings, and kept animals, grew crops and hunted. A typical Celtic house probably looked like a thatched log cabin surrounded by a s ... d Saxon peoples. They were a non-urban people. They lived on small holdings, and kept animals, grew crops and hunted. A typical Celtic house probably looked like a thatched log cabin surrounded by a s ...

(20 pages) 157 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Mummies Story: This essay is a general intorduction to the creation of mummies during the Egyption periods.

. Egyptians saw heaven as paradise. They often called heaven the "Field of Reeds" where people grew crops. They thought the crops grew a foot taller in heaven. Mummification is a long and sacred part ...

(2 pages) 96 2 3.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Biography on Ernesto Galarza

he United States during the Mexican Revolution. As a youngster he worked with his family harvesting crops in California. Galarza was known as an activist, scholar, and an organizer. His writings refle ...

(1 pages) 34 0 4.7 Aug/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

why the farmers were wrong i am writing about the Agrarian Discontent in the Late 1800's

, as these two decades went by, the American farmer found it harder and harder to live comfortably. Crops such as cotton and wheat, once the bulwark of agriculture, were selling at prices so low that ...

(6 pages) 92 1 4.7 Sep/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Hydroponics

forty-sixhundred years before the first scientist took a look at hydroponics andadapted it to grow crops, this was a professor at the University of California,and the result was a 25 foot tomato plan ... t the fact that there is no dirt at these places, butbecause hydroponics produces bigger and better crops fast its theideal thing to use.And now thanks to our experiment everyone knows whichform of pl ...

(4 pages) 69 0 4.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

The road to independence

y began exploring the continent. TheBritish settlers found towns and cleared their land for growing crops. On the other handthe French were more concerned with protecting their land and trade. A meeti ...

(6 pages) 114 0 3.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

This is an essay which describes the life of a serf in Russia. It is written in three journal entries.

a serf anymore. Russians treated me badly today. I cleaned the land for them today, planted several crops, and watered crops. Today one of my friends was killed for arguing to one of the landowners. I ...

(2 pages) 40 1 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History