concubine of the emperor. Women’s femininity protected by men. Women had more rights than women of Song. S becomes more Patriarchal than before‚ Women had to practice foot binding. The subordination of women was justified by Confucianism. SWomen’s rights increased(Mon
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Christian’s response to Pope Urban II’s speech to reclaim the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem‚ in order to regain economical and autocratic power. However‚ it was the rising tension between the Christians and Muslims that caused the Crusades to escalate and impact the middle east in the way that it did. On November 27th 1095 Pope Urban II gave one of the most influential speeches of his time‚ ordering Christian men to join a fight against the muslims making them believe “God wills it!”. Urban states in his speech
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Geopolitics The study of the relationship among politics and geography‚ demography‚ and economics especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation. The study of geographic influences on power relationships in international politics. Geopolitical theorists have sought to demonstrate the importance in the determination of foreign policies of considerations such as the acquisition of natural boundaries‚ access to important sea routes‚ and the control of strategically important land areas.
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Introduction: Southwest Asia or Middle East‚ geographic and cultural region located in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa. The geopolitical term Middle East‚ first coined in 1902 by United States naval officer Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ originally referred to the Asian region south of the Black Sea between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and India to the east. The first civilizations of the Middle East‚ which grew in the valleys of the Nile‚ Tigris‚ and Euphrates rivers‚ are among the oldest
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The Tang and Song Dynasties of China were marked by tumultuous conflict in which two philosophies competed for dominance. The native ideology‚ Confucianism‚ attempted to flush out the foreign‚ burgeoning belief system called Buddhism. Confucianism was founded by the Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius around 500 BCE (Ebrey). After Confucius’s death‚ the ideology spread all across China and began to play an important role in forming Chinese character‚ behavior‚ and way of living. Its primary
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Phil 2000 Dr. Justin Lewis March 11‚ 2011 Far East Religions In the study of comparative religion‚ the East Asian religions form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes‚ Chen Tao‚ Chondogyo‚ Confucianism‚ Jeungism‚ Shinto‚ Taoism‚ and elements of Mahayana Buddhism. These traditions or religious philosophies focus on the East Asian concept of Tao. The place of East Asian religions among major religious groups is comparable to the Abrahamic religions and Indian religions. Early
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Film review: East is East The film “East is East” is a British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din‚ directed by Damien O’Donnell and released in 1999. The story is set in a British household with a pious Muslim father and an English mother in Salford in 1971. George Khan‚ the father‚ forces his family to follow the Pakistani lifestyle‚ but his seven children‚ who were born in Britain‚ see themselves as British and reject the traditions. This results in many tensions and conflicts
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East is East We’ve been looking at East is East; it’s a film about a Muslim family (although the mother is English) living in Manchester. The Khan family are an untypical of a Muslim family because Ella‚ the mother‚ I white and an atheist. George the father tries to arrange marriages for his three sons but they rebel against his strict Muslim upbringing preferring Ella’s non-religious way of life. George is the boss in their relationship; he makes all their decisions. He controls the family
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development and maintenance of our relationships (Gudykunst & Shapiro‚ 1996). For these relationships to be successful we need strong communication skills. Effective Communication requires both verbal and nonverbal skills to assist the other person in understanding what we are trying to convey (Hargie & Dickson‚ 2003). At times however‚ communication can breakdown for variety of reasons. Effective communication is complicated there are many elements that impact the communication process (DeVito
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