The tiny south pacific nation of East Timor has had a long and tumultuous history. While it has been touted as the first independent country of the 21st century‚ the government originally declared its independence in November of 1975. East Timor had spent over 300 years under Portuguese rule and the colonial influences did much to shape Timorese culture and society. As a result East Timor developed very differently from its neighbours and had little in common with the former Dutch colony that
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The Basseri of Iran: A Pastoral Society Kristin K. Lilienthal ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Kimberly Long October‚ 8 2012 The Basseri of Iran The Basseri of Iran are tent dwelling and nomadic people. The Basseri live in the south of Iran‚ in the Fars Province. While the origin of the Basseri is unclear‚ it is believed that they are of Arab decent (Amanolahi‚ 2003). The Basseri have traditionally been pastoralist‚ herding both sheep and goats. This paper will explore
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UGANDAN CULTURE AND CHINESE CULTURE: THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES Uganda has more than 40 ethnic groups‚ each with unique foods‚ dance‚ music‚ language and religious beliefs and a population of less than 35million. China has 56 ethnic groups also with their own unique cultures and beliefs. To compare and contrast the Ugandan culture and Chinese culture‚ I will look at aspects common to all the ethnic groups in each of the respective countries. FOOD Let me start by looking at what Ugandans
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One cannot discuss production without comparing it to exchange and both these concepts cannot be discussed without linking them to kinship and the concept “domestic mode of production”. Humanity is dependent on modes of production‚ distribution and consumption in everyday life. Wolf (1982) states that “Marx adopted the term production for this complex set of mutually dependent relations among nature‚ work‚ social labor and social organization” (Wolf‚ E. 1982:74). Production is therefore the process
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THE FUNCTIONS OF A COSMOLOGICAL CENTER: KNOSSOS IN PALATIAL CRETE What accounts for the apparent cultural dominance of Knossos in Crete and its influence elsewhere in the Aegean‚ even among people who are not Minoan? The influence’of this one site on its neighbors‚ particularly in the New Palace period‚ is a well-documented phenomenon of Minoan civilization which appears repeatedly in the material record of Aegean archaeology. It takes many forms which may however be grouped into three general
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March 16‚ 2010 Chapters 5 and 6. Substance Strategies Tribes Chiefdom States Band societies: (hunter/gathers) Small groups (40) Nomadic (mobile) Loose territory Circulation of kin/groups Advantages: Variety Resource Consumption exchange Egalitarian (equal) gender roles craft special p.o.p sustainability guns germs and steel… movie March 18‚ 2010 tribes: sociocultural system No centralized Authority diffused
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Samori Touré ( 1830 – 1900 ) African military leader. A Muslim‚ he began to amass a personal following in the mid-1850s‚ establishing a military base on the Upper Niger. By 1870 his authority was acknowledged throughout the Kanaka region of the River Milo‚ in what is now eastern Guinea. By 1880 he ruled a vast Dyula empire‚ from the Upper Volta in the east to the Fouta Djallon in the west‚ over which he attempted to create a single Islamic administrative system. His imperial ambitions clashed
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society Society or human society is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status‚ roles and social networks. By extension‚ society denotes the people of a region or country‚ sometimes even the world‚ taken as a whole.[1] Used in the sense of an association‚ a society is a body of individuals outlined by the bounds of functional interdependence‚ possibly comprising characteristics such as national or cultural identity‚ social solidarity‚ language or
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GUIDED READING AND RESEARCH I. AFRICA IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 1. The two modern day nations that constitute the Senegambia region today are the republics of Senegal and Gambia. The land of the region is a terrain‚ commonly low‚ rolling plains that become foothills in southeast. It’s in Western Africa where it borders the North Atlantic Ocean‚ between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania. The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal. The climate is tropical so it is hot and humid. The topography
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Chapter 20 Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade I. Introduction A. Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua – symbol of slavery 1. Muslim trader > African slavery > African slave trade > Missionary B. Impact of outsiders on Africa 1. Islam first‚ then African developed at own pace‚ West had big impact C. Influence of Europe 1. Path of Africa becomes linked to European world economy 2. Diaspora – mass exodus of people leaving homeland 3. Slave trade dominated interactions
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