carry their religion with them to a new location). Geographers distinguish religions into two categories: Universalizing religion – a religion that attempts to appeal to all people‚ globally‚ not just those living in a particular location; precise hearths‚ based on the events in the life of an individual (the largest universalizing religions originated all in Asia); honor holy places associated with the founder’s life (ie: the holiest places in Islam are associated with the life of Prophet Muhammad)
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i. Movement (interaction between places) j. Regions ii. Formal/uniform iii. Functional/nodal iv. Perceptual/vernacular 1. Cultural landscape 2. Sequent occupance 3. Culture trait 4. Culture hearth 5. Syncretism 6. Density a. arithmetic‚ b. physiological c. agricultural 7. Diffusion d. relocation‚ e. expansion‚ 1. hierarchical‚ 2. contagious‚
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Cultural Geography: Religion Carroll and Smith I. Geography of Religion * What is Religion? * Major Religions & Divisions * Religious Landscapes * Religious Conflict and Interaction II. Religion * A set of beliefs * an explanation of the origins and purpose of humans and their role on earth * existence of a higher power‚ spirits or god * Which involves rituals‚ festivals‚ rites of passage and space (religious landscapes) III
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northern Indian in the 7th century Umayyad forces capture Sind in NW India (711)‚ later Sing passes to Abbasid control Mahmud of Ghanzi from Afghanistan plunders North India 17 times from 1001-1024 -His plunders hastens decline of Buddhism in its hearth -His successors place North India under Islamic rule and call in the Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526) Politics and Kingdoms of Southern India Southern kingdoms follow a different path Chola Kingdom (850-1267) -Gained wealth and dominance through
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Shelley’s "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis In "Ode to the West Wind‚" Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain transcendence‚ for he shows that his thoughts‚ like the "winged seeds" (7) are trapped. The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and rejuvenation in the human and natural world. Shelley views winter not just as last phase of vegetation but as the last phase of life in the individual‚ the imagination‚ civilization and religion. Being set in Autumn‚ Shelley observes the changing of
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are used for that practice. The Hindu religion is more passive in its prayer. There are no distinctions between the sacred and the secular so that all time becomes sacred. This is reflected in the centrality of family and that the shrine is but a hearth the family surrounds itself around. Buddhism is more active in it’s worship. A tablet such as this one would be used as an aid to meditation to achieve enlightenment. While the Hindu stele would most likely have been found in a home or marking a grave
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passes; tapering conic part is bosh‚ where a reducing gas – carbon monoxide is generated‚ the cylindrical part is hearth‚ that is used to accumulate liquid products of blast furnace method – cast iron and slag. And the top element is tuyere zone‚ where is the injection of combined blast into the furnace‚ and the lower element is blast-furnace bottom. There are tuyeres on the top of hearth – holes for supplying of heated to high temperature blast. Blast is compressed air‚ enriched with oxygen and
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Sun Belt: Southern states moved for jobs caused centriod to move south. Cultural Hearths: Locations on the earth’s surface where specific cultures first arose Syncretism: Borrow from both past and present Folk Culture: The artifacts and customs of daily life preserved by smaller groups partially or totally isolated from the mainstream
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Hestia one of the twelve Greek gods. Who was to daughter of Kronos and Rhea‚ which were also Greek gods. Kronos was afraid of his children because he thought they would over rule him and take over is kingdom. So to avoid this he swallowed his children. His first child was Hestia and he opened his big mouth and swallowed her in one gulp. Kronos and Rhea had five more children named Demeter‚ Goldshod Hera‚ Strong Haides‚ Loud Poseidon‚ and Wise Zeus. Kronos swallowed all of them but one‚ Zeus. Rhea
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Celibacy From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Celibacy (from Latin‚ cælibatus) is the state of being unmarried and/or sexually abstinent‚ usually for religious reasons.[1][2][3][4] Historically‚ it has simply been defined as the state of being unmarried.[5] A 1990 book that focuses on celibacy in Catholicism states that "the most commonly assumed definition of celibate is simply an unmarried or single person‚ and celibacy is perceived as synonymous with sexual abstinence
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