... benefits of plants nutritional value (George Metljan Foundation 2008). A varied diet includes cereals, vegetables, legumes fruits and products of animal source. Although in some areas of the world due to scarce meat availability or due to religious reasons, some people do not include animal proteins. In such cases legumes become the main source of protein in their diet (Friedman 1996 and ... ...

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... the purchase, then destruction, of the Shanghai to Wusong railway in 1877-78 by Shen Baozhen.25 This was clearly a retrograde and un-necessary step. Not only did they spend scarce resources in purchasing the rail-line, they then spent more in its destruction, after which expense they ended up with nothing. More importantly still, the Self-strengtheners did not recognise ... ...

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... ate on a regular basis and ate well did not show signs of physical deterioration, which was common among addicts. To the poor smoking was a serious health hazard, as money was scarce and more opium was bought to feed the addiction rather than food to feed themselves. Opium addiction touched all levels of Chinese society. Eunuchs and members of imperial clan (Manchu ... ...

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... the wall inched across the Chinese wilderness, its builders were forced to rely upon local materials. Much of the Qin wall was built with dry-laid native stone, but where scarce, engineers built the wall from layers of compacted earth. The tamped-earth process began with a simple wooden frame. Workers filled the frame with loose earth, which was placed into a compact ... ...

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... skilled craftsmen, leaving construction projects abandoned and needed repairs undone. In the country, the Black Death cruelly and quickly solved an overpopulation problem. Peasant workers and agrarian products were suddenly scarce, driving up wages and prices, giving the lower class leverage they never had before. Land, meanwhile, became cheap and many peasants became landowners in turn hiring sharecroppers of their own ... ...

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