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    a mystery to the men they were to marry‚ even if it was an arranged marriage between the fathers of the families. In Ancient Greece the fathers also arranged their daughter’s weddings to an ideal suitor. Another similarity that both eras have is polygamy for the men in their marriages. The men of Japan had many wives and their wives would live with her parents. In Ancient Greece the men also had many wives‚ but would travel from house to house to be with the different

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    Both primary documents‚ ‘The Letters and Journals of Samuel Marsden’ and ‘Christian Missionaries Oppose Removal‚ 1830’ help describe how race was viewed in early nineteenth century New Zealand and USA. From these documents readers are given a clearer understanding on how the great chain of being theory effected views on race as well as gathering inisght into the white lensed view of missionaries and the reasons behind why civilisation of natives was deemed so important in both New Zealand and USA

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    State: laws enacted to control intimate relations Culture: way of life‚ traditions‚ shared practices Race: group of people; socially constructed Ethnicity: group of people who share cultures and practices What is Race? Race as a biological construction “biological race”: view of race that are hereditary. Terms like Black‚ White‚ and Asian. Ancestors determine membership in genetically defined racial group Race as social construction “race” is a vast group of people loosely bounded by historically

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    (ww.aidsandafrica.com). These groups have different languages and social structures as well as differing cultural beliefs and practices. Some of these practices‚ such as wide inheritance‚ taking the wife of a diseased relative to be their own and polygamy conflict with HIV prevention. In most of these communities‚ men decide on issues of economic productivity such as land‚ capital‚ and technology. Since men have more education and economic power than women cultural beliefs also favor men allowing

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    Compare and Contrast Natural Law and Relativism as approaches to decision-making. Morality serves two universal human needs. It regulates both conflicts of interest between people and those within the individual born of different desires and drives that cannot be satisfied at the same time (Wong‚ D. 1993). Natural Law and Relativism are two opposing approaches to morality. In comparing and contrasting the two approaches I will also briefly outline the background and principles of each. Natural

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    diseases‚ educational issues‚When the goverment institutions cannot provide basic sevices ‚ civil society organizations engaged in. In modern Turkey women rights start with revolutions of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk outlawed polygamy and abolished Islamic courts in favour of secular institutions.After that in 2001 Turkish Civil Code changed.This change provides women equal rights with men in terms of marriage‚ divorce and property ownership.In addition ‚ Penal Code provides female

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    daily life and even though not married yet. For example‚ the ancient Egyptians had been practicing their sensual expression for centuries. Next‚ marriage seems to have been a voluntary affair and for the most part monogamous‚ mainly because polygamy was expensive‚ and this would lead to people having sex prior to being married. A common law that was observed by the Egyptians as to the modern society around the world now is that adultery is considered as a serious crime and it carries severe

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    marks) ANSWER (Group Tainos) The cacique was the head of the Tainos society. The cacique was a hereditary title which passed down from father to son. Generally speaking‚ the Tainos practised monogamy. However‚ the cacique was allowed to practise polygamy (this was to increase his chances of having a heir). However‚ if the cacique died without a son‚ the title passed to the eldest son of his eldest sister. The cacique had the responsibility to make laws‚ distribute lands‚ ordering of labour on

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    Dai Ethnic Minority Homeland  The Dai is one of the 56 official ethnic minorities in China‚ with a popu-lation of about 1.2 mil-lion‚ mainly live in Dai Autonomous Region and Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Region in Xishuangbanna‚ known as "The Land of Peacocks" in south part of Yunnan Province‚ south-west China. In the past‚  they were called ’Baiyue’‚ meaning a vast living area. Dai is the name the  nationality calls itself‚ which means freedom .    History  The history of contact between the Dai and Han peoples dates back to 109 B

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    There were times in history when breaking the law was justified: great leaders like Gandhi and Martin Luther King broke the law and changed the world for the better. Breaking the law is morally justifiable and acceptable when the law in itself is iniquitous and if that law violates human rights and conscience; Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow but we as human beings should be able to differentiate the right and the wrong and incase laws need to be violated for the right cause even

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