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    definition of culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. There are diverse cultures all around the world from a The great American Life to the Greek Gods. Greece culture is called Greek‚ there alternative names are Hellenic and Romeic. The Greek culture is very different from the American Culture‚ the Greek culture is rich and diverse‚ reflecting Greece’s location at the point of the west and the east meet‚ the American culture is diverse to

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    Individual Project Unit 1 Title: Compare/Contrast Greek and Roman Cultures Assignment: Part 1: Fill in the below table with both similarities and differences of the Greek and Roman cultures. Indicate if you are describing a similarity or a difference. If you are describing a similarity then place your research information under both the Greek and Roman culture. If you are describing a difference list the difference between the two cultures under each culture. Please fill in all 10 lines

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    Multicultural Compare/Contrast Every culture around the world differs in some way or another. There are three cultural differences that specifically differ from that of southern American culture. These three concepts are respecting ones elders from “Or Else‚ the Lightning God” by Catherine Lim‚ respect for the dead in “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe‚ and racial equality from “The Day They Burned The Books” by Jean Rhys. “Or Else‚ the Lightning God” by Catherine Lim is a short story about the

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    The United States as a country has a dominant culture that is composed of widely accepted values and norms from all different scopes of the world. These values and norms are observed and respected by the masses. Within the main culture of the United States there are also groups known as subcultures. A subculture is a culture within a broader mainstream culture‚ with its own separate values‚ practices‚ and beliefs. In sociology‚ the concept of subculture explains the behavior of some social groups

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    Mesopotamian culture had different levels of living depending upon ones social ranks. Kings of course lived in palaces. In the cities homes were built out from the center of settlement‚ which was the temple with its ziggurat. The wealthiest and highest on social ladder lived close to the center. The homes of the affluent were built of sun-dried bricks while those of people of lesser means would have been constructed from reeds. It is to be noticed that their houses were still called homes and not

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    Individual Project Unit 1 Title: Compare/Contrast Greek and Roman Cultures Assignment: Part 1: Fill in the below table with both similarities and differences of the Greek and Roman cultures. Indicate if you are describing a similarity or a difference. If you are describing a similarity then place your research information under both the Greek and Roman culture. If you are describing a difference list the difference between the two cultures under each culture. Please fill in all 10 lines

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    Survival of a Folk Culture: The Old Order Amish by Carol Ann Gillespie Texas State University: San Marcos San Marcos‚ Texas A folk culture is a small‚ self-reliant community that is technologically simple and traditional in nature. The term "folk culture" also refers to the artifacts of this community ’s material culture (such as tools‚ clothing‚ and houses) as well as the nonmaterial culture (traditions and institutions). This essay describes how one folk culture -- the Old Order

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    The Amish‚ who are also called "The Plain People" or Old Order Amish‚ originated in Switzerland in approximately 1525. They originated from a movement called the Anabaptist movement. Jacom Amman was the leader. This happened during the reformation in the16th Century Europe. They believed in holding on to traditions and keeping themselves separated from the world. He was stricter about this than other Anabaptists of that time. The Anabaptists were against the union of church and state and also

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    lot of differences. However‚ Mexico and the United States do carry out many differences. They do in fact have similarities but they are unique from one another. Especially‚ when it come to their military culture. They do however‚ help one another out. The United States and Mexico’s military culture include similarities and differences within their training‚ uniform‚ strategy‚ weapons‚ technology‚ and military branches. Military training varies between Mexico and the United States. The United States

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    Question: Compare and contrast Jewish culture and other Mesopotamian cultures? Why do you think that Judaism (with the fewer followers than Christianity or Islam) is still widely studied and discussed today? Answer: The primary significance of the Ancient Judaic civilization was that it developed a monotheistic culture‚ they only worshipped one God. The other Mesopotamian cultures were polytheistic‚ all aspects of their civilizations were geared towards appeasing multiple gods that required sacrifices

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