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    World of Warcraft

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    races. The horde is the evil side and the allience is the good side. Your character can be male or female. After these decisions‚ you must select your class. Your class can be a warrior‚ a paladin‚ a druid‚ a mage‚ a warlock‚ a rogue‚ a priest‚ a shaman‚ a monk or a hunter. All have their own special abilities and different game play styles. I chose a female hunter. She has a pet and uses a bow or a gun. She was level one. I leveled up by completing quests and killing monsters. She is level eighty

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    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 main power structure for a relatively short amount of time‚ peaking in the 8th century and declining shortly thereafter. With the

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    Mesoamerican religion‚ consider human sacrifice as a part of the ritual beside animal sacrifice and self-sacrifice. These sacrifices are believed to protect the mankind life. To illustrate‚ when the solar eclipse‚ a natural phenomenon‚ happen‚ the shaman will perform the ritual sacrifice with the belief that these tribute products are appeasing the angry Gods and bring the light back. This is actually a sign of lack of knowledge; however‚ it is considered as a common element of the Mesoamerican religion

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    power. A mountain can hold a deity and a rock a spirit‚ much like animism. It is to their belief that ghosts come out at night and spirits roam the jungle. To get in touch with the supernatural‚ such as the jaguar spirit or other transformations‚ the shaman (a priest who uses magic for certain purposes) would use hallucinogenic plants found in the jungle with a doobie. Mayans believed that some certain of their ancestors were reborn as gods. According to the Spanish‚ Mayans could date

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    Exotic Dancer

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    dancingIn a non-erotic sense‚ the word "exotic" applies to the fact that something is out of the ordinary or perceived by spectators as unusual. It can also apply to those dancers who master a rare or largely lost art form‚ including whirling dervishes‚ shaman dancers and religious dancers. Middle Eastern dance is often referred to as exotic dance in this way‚ though its use of hip/pelvic movement and isolation often results in its conflation with exotic dance in the erotic sense. Other forms of exotic

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    The Navajo Nation Hope Thatcher Intro. Cultural Anthropology Dr. Janis McFaul February‚ 6 2012 The Navajo nation is the largest native tribe in the United States. They are a society built on harmony with Mother Earth. They believe that everything has a purpose whether it be good or evil. They rely on the land for nourishment and medicine. They are a proud tribe and have close family unity. The Navajo are a peaceful tribe

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    p Defining Abnormality Paper This paper will be about the challenges in defining and classifying normal and abnormal behavior. There are several challenges that arisen when defining and classifying normal and abnormal behavior. The challenges that will be elaborated will be situational context‚ culture‚ and mind and body. Efforts to understand‚ clarify and control challenging behaviors can be found back to more than a few years. Influences can range from age and gender to culture and situational

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    Paleolithic life

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    1. Paleolithic rock art: People left their hunting records‚ drawings of their culture and experiences on cave walls with bright colours‚ some of which have been preserved up to today. Also‚ paleolithic people made small statues or carvings out of stone‚ of figures such as Venus figures. In addition‚ although it may seem like art to modern world‚ they used stone tools to hunt and gather. 1. Venus figurines : In places all over the world‚ from Europe to Russia‚ figurines of women have been found

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    Madison Beecher Mr. Ritchey Literature and Composition 21 February 2013 Harkness Questions: The Power of Myth Chapters 1-3 1. Myth reveals spiritual truth about the world. Why read myths? You need myths to find your truth. You have elaborate myths to compare to everyday experiences and to other myths. “Myths give a meaning to life (Campbell‚ 5). Mythology is a collection of stories based on one’s knowledge and stories of experience. Myths are clues to life meaning. They are clues to “spiritual

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    APWH Chapter 6 Study Guide

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    Chapter 6 Study Guide: Commonalities and Variations: Americas and Africa - Less well-known civilization that thrived are the “Maya” and “Tiwanaku” from Mesoamerica‚ and “Meroë‚” “Axum‚” and “Niger River Valley‚” from Africa. - This Chapter explores their history “Continental Comparisons” - The 3 supercontinent where the Agricultural Revolution first took place were Eurasia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas - 80% of the world population was in Eurasia; 11% was in Africa; 5-7% was in the Americas

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