... drew their water from country springs instead of city wells like everyone else. The Jews did this because of their rules of cleanliness, but people suspected them of poisoning the city wells (Biel 40-41) "The rights of Jews were severely restricted in medieval Europe "they were spurned as outsiders in a universally Christian society- (Corzine 70). "In Basel, Switzerland, Jews were ... rounded up, forced into buildings, and burned alive- (Biel 41). In Germany the persecutions were even more horrifying as hundreds of Jews ... were burned at the stake. Even though most of the people blame...

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... by 1350. Because fleas carried by rodents transmitted the plague, it was worst in the cities, where many people lived close together and sanitation was poor. In some cities, the plague killed as many as two-thirds of the population. Every social group suffered, but the rural population and the wealthy, who had less contact with outsiders and who could afford to move to more ... secluded areas outside the cities, escaped the worst effects. Outbreaks of plague continued throughout the Middle Ages and into the 18th century. (Middle Ages Encarta) The Black Death had ... many impacts on soci...

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... has its own ways of identifying its members and excluding outsiders. When a country or city is threatened the members of that region band together to defend it from the invaders. One step down from the tribal unit is the exclusive family unit. The heart of the family unit's territory is the home. Before feeling comfortable in a house, families feel the need to personalize their house with nicknacks and other ... automatically feels a twinge of resentment towards that person if the theater is not completely packed. However the feeling fades quickly especially once the move begins and the...

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... his wall for the purpose of keeping out the blue faced Picts of northern Scotland. The great wall of China was erected for protection from the barbarous Mongol hordes that plagued the vast steppes of northern China. Both of these walls are miracles of both architecture and administration and have stood for over a thousand years. While both walls served a function of keeping outsiders away, they seem ... for years to come. Both China and England are considered by history to be insular societies. England's cultural insulation can primarily be attributed to is relative geographic isolation ...

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... About to two-thirds of the population in major cities in Europe succumbed to the plague in the first two years. Government, and trade came to a halt. The reaction of this terrible disease for Europeans was mostly irrational and superstitious. Plague stimulated authors and poets to write about effects the on society if this disease endures. The violence against outsiders was demonstrated, in a tragically ... negative manner. Women lepers and Jews were said to be the people that polluted the society which caused God to be angry. Not since the sixth century had such an epidemic attacked Eu...

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... emerged victorious with communism, countries used the example of communism and its "Bolshevik- ideas as a way to move the state in a more right wing direction i.e. Fascism and Nationalism. Nationalism brought about internal upheavals. Minorities suffered most from this ideology because they were considered the "outsiders- in the new states and attempted to deal with the circumstances. Some left the state looking for acceptance in another states only ... to find themselves out in the cold with no homeland. Some were actually traded to their countries for other people ... ...

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