Normally, the Classic period in Mesoamerica is characterized as the stage in which the arts, science, urbanism, architecture, and social organization reached their peak. This period was also dominated by the influence of Teotihuacan throughout the region, and the competition between the different Mesoamerican states led to continuous warfare.
The most common name for the killer virus, the Spanish flu, implied, of course, that it originated in Spain. Perhaps this was because there were serious outbreaks in both Madrid and Seville that infected eight million people in May of 1918 alone, even almost taking out the king himself, Alfonso XIII.
It is called Schweinegrippe in Germany, Mexican Flu in the Netherlands, SOIV (Swine Origin Influenza Virus) or H1N1-SOIV in Canada, and la epidemia in Mexico. In Turkey it is called Domuz Gribi which means Pink ill. Other common names are Swine influenza, hog flu, pig flu, swine influenza virus (SIV), and H1N1.lu is just a shorten â¦ ed form of the word Influenza. The full name of the virus that causes what has been called the 2009 Swine Flu is Influenza Type A, Novel H1N1 Virus (A-H1N1/09). Other strains of flu circulate each year and are referred to as the seasonal flu.