Western Culture Cultural diversity is all around us. Each culture identifies with unique characters. And while much of behavior may be thought to be innate‚ there are also external factors that can impact an individual ’s behavior. What is thought to be culturally accepted behavior or norms in one area of the country may be offensive and unacceptable in others. There are many examples of this practice. For instance‚ the legal drinking age in the United States is 21‚ while in Austria; an individual
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Oedipus Throughout the course of time‚ the definition of the word "tragedy" has changed significantly from what the word originally meant when the Greeks were writing their famous plays. The word has gone from meaning "A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow‚ especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw‚ moral weakness‚ or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances‚" to the modern meaning of the word‚ "a lamentable‚ dreadful‚ or
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Greek sculptures always focus on having an accurate representation of the human form. In their culture the adult male body was perfect‚ compared to the body of a child‚ or woman. You can almost be certain that the males in these Greek sculptures had an athletic physique. The physically fit appearance was so important to them that even young children were sculpted with protruding muscles. Another tell-tale characteristic of Greek styling is the positioning of the legs‚ positioning more weight on one
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land
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Ana Decastro Western Civilization I Professor Sarah M. Lane The crusades were religious wars promoted by the Catholic Church to regain entrance in holy places in Jerusalem in the thirteenth century. Both‚ Muslims and Jews had similar opinions about the crusades differing from the Christians who approved of them. Pope Urban‚ organizer of the papal monarchy and the Roman Curia‚ was a faithful believer of the crusades. At his speech in Clermont in 1095‚ he warned Europeans to accept the crusades
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The Art of Living As everyone knows‚ ink is something that can never be undone. It is something permanent and is very difficult to cover up or remove. It can be in a form as simple as a pen caressing a piece of paper or as complex as a needle drenched in ink‚ piercing through skin to form a different kind of art‚ known as a tattoo. As times are changing‚ tattoos seem to be getting a lot more common in my generation compared to previous ones. As tattoos become more popular‚ so do the criticisms.
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No measurement of a physical quantity can be entirely accurate. It is important to know‚ therefore‚ just how much the measured value is likely to deviate from the unknown‚ true‚ value of the quantity. The art of estimating these deviations should probably be called uncertainty analysis‚ but for historical reasons is referred to as error analysis. This document contains brief discussions about how errors are reported‚ the kinds of errors that can occur‚ how to estimate random errors‚ and how to carry
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communicate and if it has improved or been detrimental to the art of communication. In the 21st century‚ the human race has more ways to communicate than ever before. This includes the use of the internet‚ the mobile phone‚ television and radio‚ as well as written and spoken communication. With all these methods‚ why do some argue that the art of communication has been lost? This essay will discuss how the internet has affected this art but it has not been lost but simply modified. Communication
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Salome Salome‚ the Daughter of Herodias (c. AD 14 – between 62 and 71)‚ is known from the New Testament (Mark 6:17-29 and Matthew 14:3-11). Her name means "peace". Christian traditions depict her as an icon of dangerous female seductiveness‚ notably in regard to the dance mentioned in the New Testament‚ which is thought to have had an erotic element to it‚ and in some later transformations it has further been iconized as the Dance of the Seven Veils. Herod’s lust for Salome is emphasized‚ which
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exact set of dates for the Scientific Revolution‚ but it peaked between the 16th to 17th centuries. Despite bitter opposition from both Catholic and Protestant religious authorities‚ the views of the astronomers and scientists didn’t change. Leading figures of the Scientific Revolution included Isaac Newton‚ Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei‚ Johannes Kepler‚ and many others. The Scientific Revolution is very important because it set the foundation for the modern view of the universe that we hold
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