community and rituals‚ and still does today. Quanzhen or Complete Perfection was founded in the twelfth century CE. This sect focused on monastic life with specific rules regarding diet. In modern China‚ these two sects are most prevalent and the Longmen lineage of Quanzhen being the most common in China. These are the only prevalent sects due to harsh treatment of Daoists in the early twentieth century under the Republic of China and Mao Zedong. The first attacks against Daoism came with the Jesuit missionaries
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which all Tiv people descended. The Tiv people believe that they all come from a single patrilineage‚ as they reckon patrilineal descent from their earliest ancestor (Fardon‚ 4; 1984). Both their social and political organization is founded on the lineage system (Fardon‚ 2; 1984). As subsistent farmers‚ the Tiv perceive their patrilineal genealogy as the foundation of their land-tenure structure. As such‚ the social organization of the Tiv culture is founded on kinship that is structured
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As legend has it‚ the Japanese Imperial family is directly descended from Jimmu‚ the great-grandson of Ninigi‚ who was the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu. This lineage is unbroken from the first emperors at Nara in the early 700’s CE to modern day. The first emperors functioned as a blend of shaman and politician‚ gaining their power through their spiritual ability to make crops grow. The imperial system was the
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Family and Family Diversity The anthropologist George Murdock ’s definition of the family over fifty years ago was‚ "The family is a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic cooperation‚ and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children‚ own or adopted‚ of the sexually cohabiting adults." The functions of family were considered to be: sexual‚ reproduction‚ socialization‚ and economic
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These early developing years of the Nazi party had turned the meaning of the Swastika into a symbol of “Aryan identity” and German national pride. This representation of the future Aryan race that Hitler was trying to create did not include the Jews‚ as well as several other minority groups‚ that he deemed unworthy or “unclean” to be a part of German society. This twisted version of the Swastika‚ created by Hitler himself‚ “became associated with the idea of a racially ‘pure’ state. By the time
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CHEONGSAM The cheongsam is a body-hugging (modified in Shanghai) one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍) Wade-Giles ch’i-p’ao‚ and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is most often associated with today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai and was made fashionable by socialites and upperclass women. HISTORY When the Manchu ruled China during
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(Sicroff). Since Native americans were early converts to Christianity‚ they were classified at the bottom of the social hierarchy. People who were mestizos‚ part Spanish and part Native Americans‚ did not receive full rights despite having Spanish lineage. They managed to rise higher on the social ladder but could never reach the top. Currently‚ Mexico has yet been
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bipedal locomotion has always been considered a defining characteristic of the human species‚ and it is one of the most important features that paleoanthropologists look for when trying to determine whether an ancient species was part of the human lineage. Recent paleoanthropological work has demonstrated that bipedalism might have occurred much earlier than previously thought‚ with the recovery of fossil evidence‚ dated up to 7 Ma‚ that suggests potential bipedal locomotion in various species of putative
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I wrote this paper summer of 2009 for an english research essay. To me‚ it served much as a personal analysis of my background. Take a look if you will: "...Religion is always a hot‚ controversial topic. Often times I receive strongly opposing views or negative comments about Shamanism‚ which makes me uncomfortable. I have come to realize that the customs‚ traditions and knowledge bestowed upon the newer generations are slowly dissipating. “Americanized” Hmong are forgetting their cultural roots
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Family Research Project The purpose of this project is to research your family lineage. The history of the African American family structure was fragmented due to slavery‚ lack of documentation‚ and instability within the African American social structure. Knowing the lineage and heritage of your family often explains many traits that you carry today. Your Name: Markivous J. Brown Date of Birth: March 17 1996 Place of Birth: West Palm Beach‚ Florida Father’s Name: Christopher A. Brown Mother’s
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