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    Though they had some different qualities‚ Classical China and India were very similar. The complexities of both India and China’s social hierarchy systems were very different. However their religious views and ideas were similar‚ and they both began to decline but were able to recover and maintain stability. Both China and India used social hierarchy systems‚ but they were used differently. India used a very strict system called Varna‚ or the caste system. People only associated with people in

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    feel as though I have a few different cultural identities that I value and identify with. Everyone has a culture that that they are a part of and most often there is more than one culture to which we belong. The experience we gain from associating with these different cultures help shape us into the individuals that we are. Every aspect of our present has been greatly influenced by our past experiences and environment we were associated with. The two main cultural identities that I feel I identify with

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    Compare and contrast the Roman Empire from The Han Dynasty of China In history‚ there existed strong empires that were very powerful and lasted for many centuries. These empires were able to conquer‚ defeat and rule over many other empires. They had strong and organized armies that could not be taken down which ensured their long survival in such an era in the world where only the strongest survived. Their stability on the other hand brought about advanced in discoveries and many areas such as education

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    Culture Surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge in the Bay Area The Bay Area has many significant buildings‚ structures‚ and monuments which make the city what it is today but none can compare to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened May 27‚ 1937 which marked its start as becoming one of the most internationally recognized symbols in San Francisco and the United States as a whole. The American Society of Civil engineering acknowledged the Golden Gate Bridge as one of the Wonders

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    Cultural Mosaic“ There are many different types of ethnicities throughout the world‚ all of which have their own system of living‚ praying‚ and joining with one another. We as humans refer to this as culture‚ culture sums up everything that we do as citizens or do differently as persons in one word. This word is used all over the globe to give people what they deserve‚ their own way of living. The United States of America is a very diverse place which is made up of many cultures or ways of living

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    exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography. The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal‚ sponsored by Prince Henry‚ where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered and colonized

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    Cultural Intelligence 2012 Work Group C Organizational Behavior 11/2/2012 ------------------------------------------------- Success in the today’s increasingly integrated economy requires the ability to adapt to different cultures. The specific set of skills needed to succeed in unfamiliar cultures make up an individual’s Cultural Intelligence (CQ). The aim of this paper is to illustrate the concept of CQ through the analysis and evaluation of the case of the merger between Kraft and Cadbury

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    Cultural Heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society passed down from generation to generation‚ according to Wikipedia. This is something that my family really focuses on because it can really define you as a person. Three particular aspects that I would defiantly pass on to my children are Religious beliefs‚ artistic abilities‚ and Holiday traditions. Everyone has negative aspects that he or she may not want to pass on to their children like Old stories

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    Kristina Yerisov Cultural Competency HDFS 475 April 12‚ 2013 Cultural Competency There is a considerable amount of diversity in families all over the world‚ but there is also continuity. Core values‚ beliefs‚ rituals‚ and unique characteristics describes groups of people within a culture who live in a specific country‚ share religious values‚ have similar heritage‚ or are just grouped together for other reasons. It is important to understand that culture is more than just a “thing‚” it

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    The articles written by Linda McDowell and James Duncan discussed what cultural geography really is and its transformation through time. Linda McDowell’s article was entitled “The Transformation of Cultural Geography” while James Duncan’s article was entitled “The Superorganic in American Cultural Geography.” I find the article of Maxwell more interesting and well-explained than Duncan’s article. The scope of McDowell’s article is more extensive while Duncan’s article is focused on his main argument

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