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    Ashanti social political organization. It determines its clans affiliation. The mothers child bond incorporates a man into his mother’s clan. As every lineage(descent from ancestors) belongs to one of the seven clans. And ashanti Proverbs states that if youre mother dies you have no lineage kin left. Every Ashanti by birth a member of mothers lineage. The bond gives us an example of the importance of women in ashanti society. But by formal authority in ashanti society is held by men. The highest authority

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    unions between the blacks and whites were banned throughout the many states in the 19th and 20th centuries. Sexual activity between these races‚ however‚ was not uncommon‚ and the children produced from these unions were classified based their black lineage via the “one drop rule” (Walker). With little civil resistance

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    Details of traditional Igbo government and social structure varied from place to place throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ but its characteristic nature remained the same. The basic unit of Igbo life was the village group‚ and the most universal institution was the role of the family head. This was usually the oldest man of the oldest surviving generation. His role primarily involved settling family disputes‚ and because he controlled the channel of communication with the all-important

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    expected the Messiah to fulfill every promise mentioned in the Old Testament and more. (Luke 3:15) The Jews expected Jesus to fulfill His theme of Jesus as Messiah. Jesus proves He is the Messiah by His actions showing how true of a Messiah He is‚ His lineage and coming from the line of David‚ and the way in which He defeats opposing powers and justifies their need for a king. Jesus’ actions are portrayed throughout the book of Matthew. Jesus establishes justice and peace. Jesus was a perfect example

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    The American Civil Rights Movement Outline Introduction Thesis: The Civil Rights Movement was the beginning of true justice for African Americans in the United States‚ but it may not have been possible without strong opposition‚ specific outcomes of legal cases‚ and great leaders. Strong opposition • People felt very strongly‚ which made everyone involved - It was a big enough deal to fight for • Made it a hit or miss situation - All or nothing

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    Anthropological Foundation of Education  Culture‚ Characteristics‚ Categories and Approaches  Kinship‚ Decent‚ and Marriage ______________________________________________________________________ Culture is the patterns of learned and shared behavior and beliefs of a particular social‚ ethnic‚ or age group. The goal of a cultural anthropologist is to learn about another culture by collecting data about how the world economy and political practices effect the new culture that is being studied

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    The Gotra System

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    Introduction: The term ‘Gotra’ has been procured from Rigveda which means ‘Group or Community’. The term also adverts to ‘Family’ and ‘Lineage Kin’. In Scientific terms‚ Gotra procures the origin of a community having similar features and behaviours. In Sanskrit ‘Go’ means Cow and ‘Gotra’ means Cow Pen where as in Hindu Society the term ‘Gotra’ symbolises clan and it broadly implies the descendants in a ceaseless male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines ‘Gotra’ for grammatical purposes

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    married patricians in late medieval Venice. Displaying married people’s enduring loyalty to family and lineage of origin‚ expressed symbolically by choice of curial sites which shows the deep trust and generosity between a husband and wife; like the will of Valerio and Vittoria Zeno. Such strong bonds between spouses have the potential to subvert older loyalties‚ notably those to the natal family and lineage. Chojnacki is convincing and assertive within his writing. This chapter’s theme reminded me

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    The-Royal-Maratha-Warriors Friday‚ November 28‚ 2008 The Royal Maratha Warriors Royal Clans of Maratha Community Shri Chintamani‚ Theur Flag of the Maratha EmpireImage:The original photo of god Khandoba temple devhara of Jejuri.jpg :god Khandoba The Marāthās is a collective term referring to an Indo-Aryan group of Hindu‚ Marathi-speaking castes of Kshatriya‚ warriors‚ commoner and peasants‚ hailing mostly from the Indian state of Maharashtra. They created the Maratha Empire which covered

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    directly illustrate the belief that a person is described in terms of his or her family and lineage. "An African Cosmogony" and the Yoruba creation myth specifically emphasize this attention to lineage. The former‚ after creation is complete‚ refers to the creator as the "First Ancestor" from which "came forth all the wonders that we see and hold and use" (Leach). The latter symbolically describes the lineage through a palm nut‚ sent down to earth by the creator‚ which grows into a tree with sixteen

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