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    From 1960s to 1970s‚ black female artists had campaigned against social and gender injustice caused by the white dominancy in the visual arts on their own power. According to Tesfagiorgis‚ their art during the women’s liberation movement clearly revealed Afrofemcetric characteristics and values. Also‚ she points out one of the leading figures was Faith Ringgold in the article Afrofemcentrism and Its Fruition in the Art of Elizabeth Catlett and Faith Ringgold. Personally‚ I agree with her perspective

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    American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an

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    The Ggreat Terror‚ or also known as the Great Purge‚ was one of the few Genocides which killed over a million people‚ including political parties. The political purge was primarily an effort by Stalin to eliminate any challenge from past and potential opposition groups. iIn 1934‚ Stalin used the murder of Sergey Kirov as a pretext to launch the purge years later‚.I in which millions perished. The NKVD detained 1‚546‚366 people‚ of whome 681‚692 were shot‚ with almost 1‚000 executions a day. {In the

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    occupied a week later by German troops (Belgium). It would be another 5 years until the Canadians‚ under the leadership of General H.D.G. Crerar‚ liberated the Dutch (Liberation of Holland). Until then‚ over 200‚000 Dutchmen and women will perish during the occupation in which over half of them are Jewish (Goddard 140-145). The Liberation of Netherlands was a defining moment in Canadas efforts in World War II because the operation built a strong relationship between the Netherlands and Canada‚ freed

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    the Quran itself. Because the Quran strictly banned the worship of idols‚ Muslim religious leaders forbade artists to portray God or human figures in religious art‚ giving Islamic art a distinctive style. 6.) In this collection of four-line stanzas‚ Khayyam meditates on fate and the fleeting nature of life. He means that you can’t take back something that you did. Not his piety or tears or wit can change what he has

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    The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505‚ 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the

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    The Cherokee culture has changed dramatically from their pre-European contact to present day. Over that time‚ they overcame many challenges and tragedies but resulted in a strong and prosperous community and had made them one of the most well-known and admired Native American tribes of today. Prior to European contact The Cherokee nation was a vast‚ covering most of the south-eastern region of what is now known as the United States from West Virginia‚ down the coast to North Carolina and South

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    rapidly so did the nation’s bravado. The Japanese people thought their mainland was impenetrable and that their people were of the highest honor. They had lowered the stature of all non-Japanese so much that rape‚ murder‚ and pillaging was practically celebrated.

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    The Many Cultures of America American culture includes both conventional and liberal features‚ controlled and religious effectiveness‚ political structures‚ risk taking and free expression‚ materialist and moral elements. In spite of certain dependable principles such as‚ individuality‚ equality‚ and faith in freedom and democracy‚ American culture has a variety of terminologies due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. The elasticity of U.S. culture and its highly symbolic nature

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    American Culture In this essay I will be discussing what “defines” American culture through the eyes of other. I will be using the definitions of the people I interviewed over the last few days. I will also be using the lesson material and the readings that were assigned to us. This essay will hopefully give a different perspective to your thoughts of American culture. There are millions of different takes on what American culture is to each person in this country‚ this will just be a small take

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