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    Religious and Ethnic Group: Buddhism/Asian Buddhism is a religious group as depicted from the world’s history that began in the 6th century BCE‚ in today’s Northern India. Buddhism was founded by a wealthy man of Indian dysentery called Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha Gautama’s main concern was to teach people how to realize great spiritual development. These teachings focus on areas like tradition/customs‚ beliefs‚ ethics‚ meditation and philosophy and making people more enlightened; Buddha means

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    in as the prime minister on 22 May 2004‚ along with the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet. After the Indian National Congress won the 2009 general elections‚ On 22 May 2009‚ Manmohan Singh was sworn in for his second tenure as the Prime Minister at the Asoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. [edit] Childhood and education Manmohan Singh was born to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on 26 September 1932‚ in Gah‚ Punjab (now in Chakwal District‚ Pakistan)‚ British India‚ into a Sikh family. He lost his mother when

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    Contributions of ancient egypt Many of ancient Egypt’s contribution to society not only advanced them as a civilization but left an impressionable impact on the accomplishments of the modern day. Nestled within the fertile valley of the Nile‚ Egypt was protected on all sides from invasion and at the same time uninfluenced by many outside cultures. Although its overall isolation by the expanse of the surrounding desert to the west and the red sea to the east‚ this thriving culture’s achievements went

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    surrounding the Apostle Paul of Tarsus. Much‚ however‚ is known of the time after his conversion to Christ and what he did to contribute to Christianity in this period‚ and it is this that leaves a greater legacy than the simple facts of his life. The contributions that he made towards the cause of Christ and the spreading and formation of Christianity are what he is perennially remembered for. Paul is remembered as a missionary and church planter. He undertook three extensive missionary journeys‚ estimated

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    Siddhartha Gautama’s Life Spiritual religion is one of main aspects of human civilization. Buddhism is one of four religions that have most followers besides Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Hinduism. Siddhartha Gautama‚ called Buddha‚ was the founder and awakened leader of Buddhism. His life has a great influence on this religion belief. Siddhartha’s Birth Siddhartha Gautama was born as the royal prince at Lumini (a place in Nepal now). His father was the king of a clan named Shakyas named Shuddhodana

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    (self-nonexistence). Self-immolations are used at time to protect the existence of the religion or to protect vital Buddhism principal. On May 1948‚ a monk named Kuo-shun‚ who lived in a solitary hut near Harbin‚ decided to protest against the treatment of Buddhism by the Chinese Communists by self-inflammation. Similar incident happened for monks who perform self-immolation to protest the persecution of the Buddhism religion and acts of violence during the Vietnam War. Both Buddhists monks and women perform self-immolation

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    O’Dell Holliday Humanities Vol. 1 Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone

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    Dharma is one of the main concepts in both Buddhism and Hinduism and even though they are the same word‚ there are many differences between the two. In Hinduism‚ they believe dharma to mean righteousness‚ justice‚ faith‚ duty‚ and a religious and social obligation (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 274)‚ while in Buddhism‚ dharma is said to be morality and truth (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 377). Both religions say that when dharma declines‚ this is when the Buddha is born for Buddhists and when lord Krishna comes to save the

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    outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective towards the full realization of the MDGs". 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women‚ United Nations Headquarters NY‚ March 2010. AWID. Getting at the Roots: Re-integrating human rights and gender equality in the post2015 development agenda. Association for Women’s Rights in Development‚ October 2012. Chant‚ S. Re-thinking the "feminization of poverty" in relation to aggregate

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    Elliott Carter is among the most celebrated American composers of the 20th century. Until his death in 2012‚ Carter was a renowned ace in composing contemporary classical music. His success during his career spanning eight decades can well be manifested by the numerous accolades he gained including the most coveted Pulitzer Prize. Elliot Cook Carter‚ Jr. was born in New York City in 1908 and died in 2012. His interest in music began while he was in high school. Carter’s music career was instigated

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