ofirst (1839 - 1842)nbetween China and Britain,
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nbetween China and a British-French alliance
Many people died during this war. Not so sure of who died but many many people died.
712 people were saved on Carpathia and 1,496 people died on Titanic.
2 people died
It is not known how many people died at the Colosseum. The Romans did not keep statistics about this.
millons of people died
opium kills people by overdose opium kills people by overdose
2,000 people die each year because of opium
around 2 000 000 Chinese people used opium on a habitual basis
Yes. Many people grow poppies in the US, and some are used illegally for opium.
12 million people :))
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The phrase "pipe dream" refers to people smoking opium out of water pipes. Many years ago, when opium was legal to smoke, people would smoke opium out of these water pipes to get a dreamy feeling.
Numbers very greatly but here is a breakdown:Military-Approx. 1.5 millionCivilians due to Military action-40,000Other Causes-Starvation/Disease-260 ,000Total-Approx. 1, 700,000
The opium poppy is a type of plant in which opium and poppy seeds come from. Opium is where many narcotics like morphine, are taken from.
The affect that opium had on people was mainly the First opium war 1839-1842. That war was between the British East India Company and Qing Dyunasty of China forcing China to allow free trade in opium. The era was known as the "end of Chinese isolation bringing them into modern Chinese history ending the monopoly of trading in opium. The rest is all history with the Chinese bringing opium to Sanfrancisco and addicting many Americans. hat
Opium Season has 336 pages.
The opium poppy.