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Western Culture Essays and Term Papers
ColonialismHow did colonialism change the everyday lives of Africa's indigenous populations?
The lives of indigenous people were completely turned around with the rise of imperialism. Although England did offer people an education, introduced technology, and brought medicines to Africa, many people would ...
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Personal Power and Ambition In Japan EthnographiesAnthropology, which is concerned with the study of human differences as well as - to a lesser extent - the samenesses, was born soon after the Age of Discovery had opened up societies that had at least until that historical moment remained uninfluenced by the technological innovations of the ...
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Arguments Against The Relativists TheoryThe year was 1943. Hundreds of Jewish people were being marched into
the gas chambers in accordance with Adolf Hitler's orders. In the two
years that followed, millions of Jews were killed and only a fraction
survived the painful ordeals at the Nazi German prison camps. However, all
of the ...
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Morocco,is a country in the northwestern corner of Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, separates from Spain by only about 8 miles (13 kilometers). Fertile plains ...
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Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, became the undisputed ruler of Western Europe, “By the sword and the cross.” (Compton’s 346) As Western Europe was deteriorating was crowned the privilege of being joint king of the Franks in 768 A.D. People of Western Europe, excluding the church followers, ...
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Limits of WesternizationDuring the eighteenth century, the Pacific saw an immense economic transformation turning the hemisphere into an area of production trade and cultural contact. With the Europeans’ intensification of industrial expansion, many of the isolated indigenous people among the Pacific World encountered ...
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SpainThe country of lies on the continent of Europe. It is located forty
degrees north and four degrees west. The capital of , Madrid, is located in
the central region known as the Centro-Meseta. The country of is made up
of four regions: El norte, El este, El sur, and Centro-Meseta. 's large
area of ...
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GermaniaTacitus's is a thoroughly itemized ethnographic text detailing the geography, climate and social structure of Germany and its people. Unlike his Histories and Annales Tacitus doesn't offer a story line to be followed, but instead, he nudges forth an unspoken comparison to be made between two ...
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Attributes That Have Influenced Western Civilization
There have been major influences from ancient civilizations that have helped the development of our Western Civilization today. Two major civilizations that have maybe contributed the most to our civilization are ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Some of their contributions ...
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The Roots Of Judaism And Christianity(i) Judaism:
The Jews are a people who trace their descent from the biblical Israelites
and who are united by the religion called Judaism. They are not a race; Jewish
identity is a mixture of ethnic, national, and religious elements. An individual
may become part of the Jewish people by ...
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Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. His terms lasted from the year 1801 to the year 1809. Jefferson was an American revolutionary leader as well as an influential political philosopher. Jefferson was among a group of the most brilliant Americans that resulted from the ...
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Early Resistance To British NaSince the French Revolution, the idea of self-determination has spread all around the world, unifying peoples inside nations, starting new revolutions, erasing empires, freeing colonies and scaring modern states. There are few models explaining the emergence of nationalism and the definitions of ...
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Oda Nobunagaplayed a major role in the unification of Japan after the Warring States period (Sengoku jidai). He was actually the first of the three great "unifiers" of Japan. The other two were Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu who followed in Nobunaga's footsteps. At the time of his advent to ...
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Cultural Inheritances In PolynThe poetical work of Albert Wendt, Apirana Taylor,
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Hone Tuwhare, Keri Hulme,
Gloria Rawlinson, J. C. Sturm, and Roma Potiki all have
voices that are informed by and reflect their Polynesian
cultural inheritances in various ways. The main ways in
which these inheritances ...
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Life History Cultural AnalysisMany people have a typical stereo type of Italians engraved in their brain. They think they are loud people who have large families and are all connected to the Mafia. Surprisingly, the stereo type couldn’t be any further away from the truth. Italian’s values and cultures are different than what ...
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The Greco-Roman World of the New TestamentThe Greco-Roman World of the New Testament
James S. Jeffers' The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era - Exploring the Background of Early Christianity offers a thorough analysis of the ancient Roman era. He takes the reader through the religious background to the Christian era, what life ...
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Expanding West- Key NotesI. The Great American Desert
a. Used to describe the Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains.
i. The term desert describes treeless and uninhabited land, not necessarily arid.
II. Frontier
a. A term referring to areas near or beyond a border.
i. In these terms, the American Frontier, land ...
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Migration System TheoryAnalyses of "Why Does Immigration Occur?" by Douglas Massey and "Communities Across Borders" by Paul Kennedy
The social phenomena of the increasing number of immigrants migrating from Third World countries to developed ones has long been explained by various social, political, and economic ...
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Switzerland's Politics and EconomyExecutive Summary
With its high per capita income and its prosperous and liberal trade-based economy, Switzerland presents much opportunity for foreign import and export businesses. The country's close links to the economies of Western Europe and the United States provides private business ...
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