The Silk road was a major trade route that brought cultural diffusion throughout Asia and Europe. Merchants and traders would travel the dangerous route for miles and miles. The route had a big impact on many societies. Objects such as silk and silver were traded on this route. The silk road brought the east and west together. It started at China’s capital Xian and stretched to Antioch in Damascus (“The Silk Road Bridges” 1). It also lead to many parts around the Middle East. It was about 4‚000
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usually dominant‚ aggressive‚ and slightly below average in intelligence and reading ability. Bullying most often occurs where adult supervision is low or absent. That is what makes the internet a “hot spot” for bullying. Cyber bullying is wide spread internet bullying that takes place especially on social networks like facebook‚ twitter‚ and etc. “Recently‚ criminal charges were filed against nine high-school students in Massachusetts after a 15-year-old girl they had harassed hung herself” (Kresten)
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of the spread of the Internet on the uniformity of different cultures around the world Introduction With the development of Internet technology and enormous needs of networking around the world‚ the Internet is becoming dominant appliance in many sections such as business‚ communication and education. The spread of Internet in some degree has influenced uniformity of different cultures. However‚ cultures are not geography boundaries‚ they should not be considered as a result from spread of the
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The memoir A Rumor of War depicts the journey of Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo throughout his service in Vietnam. Lieutenant Caputo gives a descriptive realization of what he experienced firsthand through basic training and on the front line of combat. He is quoted in the Prologue saying‚ “We learned the old lessons about fear‚ cowardice‚ courage‚ suffering‚ cruelty‚ and comradeship.” (Caputo‚ xv) Three of the adjectives that extremely stood out through the first two parts of his memoir were the
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Pop culture is becoming an ever-growing ever-addicting way of life for our nation. I address it as a way of life because if you were to sit down and think about your day-to-day activities I could guess that some of those things include pop culture in some way. Personally‚ I am an admitted addict to everything celebrity and current. The majority of my life would have pop culture references in the mix. Now not only am I in this boat but most of America is. We see this based on how pop culture has now
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16‚ December‚2013 Media Types of Media Article retrieved from(http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/the-media/section3.rhtml) The different types of media include print media‚ electronic media and new age media. Print media includes newspapers‚ books and pamphlets. Electronic media includes television and radio while the new age media include the internet and mobile phones. Summary of types of media : The different
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The mass media Newspapers‚ radio‚ television‚ and the Internet—including e-mail and blogs—are usually less influential than the social environment‚ but they are still significant‚ especially in affirming attitudes and opinions that are already established. The news media focus the public’s attention on certain personalities and issues‚ leading many people to form opinions about them. Government officials accordingly have noted that communications to them from the public tend to “follow the headlines
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THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH IN A GLOBAL WORLD English‚ as a means of communication has become the world’s "global" language. English is all over the world. Everywhere you go nowadays people seem to be speaking certain level of English. It can be seen wherever you travel - on the airports and train stations‚ on the road signs and advertisement‚ in hotels and restaurant menus‚ and even in the small shops. It comes with the British or American music and films‚ it comes with the news‚ which in many countries
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Islam is practiced by 1.57 billion people worldwide. According to the 2011 Australian census‚ 470‚000 Australians listed Islam as their main religion. This is the fourth largest religious belief in Australia behind Christianity‚ Irreligion and Buddhism respectively. Similar to Christianity‚ Islam has many denominations (sects)‚ however the large majority of Muslims identify as followers of Sunni Islam. Sunnis are estimated to comprise over 90% of Muslims worldwide. A large majority of the remainder
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This quick‚ but outstanding pumpkin bread recipe is actually an unbelievable recipe that can be great for the Holiday seasons‚ particularly together with your whole family and friends. Enjoy the extraordinary flavors of cinnamon blended with all the sugary flavour of pumpkins with its tender loaf of bread. You will find cinnamon chips which would make this pumpkin bread more unique because it adds somewhat of a stirring‚ sort of homey flavor that would certainly make you remember of your Holidays
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