Examples of Water stress in the following topics:
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- A hydraulic empire (also known as hydraulic despotism, or water monopoly empire) is a social or governmental structure which maintains power through exclusive control over water access.
- Access to water is still crucial to modern civilizations; water scarcity affects more than 2.8 billion people globally.
- Water stress is the term used to describe difficulty in finding fresh water or the depletion of available water sources.
- Water shortage is the term used when water is less available due to climate change, pollution, or overuse.
- Water crisis is the term used when there is not enough fresh, clean water to meet local demand.
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- John met the rebel leaders at Runnymede, a water-meadow on the south bank of the River Thames, on 10 June 1215.
- This image depicts of the stress under the King and all those in England struggling for power.
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- Confucius stressed tradition and believed
that an individual should strive to be virtuous and respectful and to fit into
his or her place in society.
- Daoism stressed the oneness of all things, and was strictly individualistic, as opposed to
Confucianism, which advocated acting as society expected.
- Mohism also stressed the ideas of self-restraint, reflection and authenticity.
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- His basic process of creating felted sheets of fiber suspended in water, then draining the water and allowing the fibers to dry in a thin matted sheet is still followed today.
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- Individual homes drew water from wells, while waste water was directed
to covered drains on the main streets.
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- These ornate canals diverted river water to crops across the region.
- Together, all three features symbolize land, water and air.
- During the Spanish occupation of Peru in the early 17th century, colonists redirected the waters of the Moche River to run past the base of the Huaca del Sol in order to facilitate the looting of gold artifacts from the temple, which caused massive erosion.
- A mural depicting the Decapitator, a central Moche icon of the land, water and air as well as a figure of death and renewal.
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- Rather, it was due to the combined effect of a number of adverse processes, many of them set in motion by the Migration of the Peoples, that together applied too much stress to the Empire's basically sound structure.
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- Walk-in wells, similar to those of the Nazca, were developed to draw water.
- Large reservoirs were developed to retain water from river systems in this arid climate where water was an essential resource.
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- While he promoted separation between the Arian Ostrogoths and the Roman population, Theoderic stressed the importance of racial harmony, though intermarriage was outlawed.
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- However, he stressed that for this to be a possibility man must unify regardless of race, religion, culture or gender.