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The increase in world population during the 20th century can be attributed to several factors, including advancements in medicine and public health that significantly reduced mortality rates, particularly from Infectious Diseases. Improved agricultural practices and the Green Revolution enhanced food production, leading to better nutrition and lower starvation rates. Additionally, urbanization and economic development provided better living conditions, contributing to higher birth rates and longer life expectancies. Together, these factors created a demographic transition that fueled rapid population growth.
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Which of these has been a trend in the20th century?
Growing levels of government spending
Where is Robert burns from?
Robert Burns was a Poet from Scotland, and his great, great, great(recurring) grandsons and grand daughters came down to England in the20th Century and then it was my grandad who was Scottish who married mygrandmother and lived in London, then my dad then me =D
History in 1988?
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year that started on a Friday, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It is the 1988th year of theCommon Era, or A.D.; the 988th year of the 2nd millennium; the 88th year of the 20th century; and the 9th year of the 1980s decade. In the20th century, the year 1988 has the most Roman numeral digits (11).Read more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988
Where the females excluded from the study of astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Women were pretty generally excluded from the serious, higher-level study ofanything ... in the 'enlightened, progressive' Western world until well into the20th Century, and in large parts of the world even today.
What are some side effects of cannibalism?
Cannibalism can look odd by human standards, but in fact it's widespread in the animal kingdom, and also amongst many human populations in the past, and survived till the20th century in some areas of Central Africa, South America, New Guinea and Vanuatu. Because many infections pass from victims to consumers, diseases linked to cannibalism should be very common, fact that does not happen. This could be due to the fact that cannibals usually feed alone. "Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease. Cannibalism has some diseases with it's practice. Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. It looks like a cow with mad cow disease.
Who was the leader of the 20th Maine who defended Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg?
According to the National Park Service Gettysburg website, it was JoshuaL. Chamberlain. Chamberlain was aColonel with the20th Maine Infantry. During the battle, Colonel Chamberlain lead his men to hold the high ground at Little Round Top, and then charging to capture and hold Great Round Top. This happened on July 2, 1863. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor thirty years later on August 11, 1893.
