Word Origin & History. environment c.1600, state of being environed (see environs); sense of nature, conditions in which a person or thing lives first recorded 1827 (used by Carlyle to render Ger. Umgebung); specialized ecology sense first recorded 1956.
Chinampa (Nahuatl: chinÄmitl [tÊiËnaËmitÉ¬]) is a method of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.urther reading [edit]. 1  Blanton, Richard. 2  Calnek, Edward E., Settlement Pattern and Chinampa Agriculture, American Antiquity 1972, 37(104-15). 3  Chapin, Mac. 4  Cline, S.L., Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town. 5  Parsons, Jeffrey R. The Role of Chinampa Agriculture in the Food Supply of Aztec Tenochtitlan, in Cultural ...
Chinese medicinal herbs for measles. Measles (rubeola) is an infectious disease caused by multiplication of a singleâstrand ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus of the genus Morbillivirus in the upper respiratory tract and conjunctiva.It can lead to serious complications and death.hinese medicinal herbs for measles. Measles (rubeola) is an infectious disease caused by multiplication of a singleâstrand ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus of the genus Morbillivirus in the upper respiratory tract and conjunctiva.