If I could travel through time‚ I would go to places where I could help people in need. I’d especially like to travel to China in the early 1330s to prevent the bubonic plague that originated here. This plague causes fever‚ painful buboes and spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. Bubonic plague mainly affects rats‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people‚ so the plague often breaks out in run-down‚ dirty areas‚ which provide ideal environments for fleas to grow. Once people
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Use the following categories to analyze the ways in which African American created a distinctive culture in slavery:Family‚ Music‚ Oral traditions and Religions. Thesis:In the 1800’s‚ enslavement didn’t constrict African Americans but more so helped them to develop & construct their culture. As in every ethnicity family was crucial to african americans & not even separation could tear them apart. Talong with that‚ the different ethnicities & languages of the u.s. assisted in making creole‚ pidgin
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thousands of Hispanics at an international soccer match in Los Angeles who booed and threw garbage at the American team; or the decline in educational and environmental standards in areas dominated by Hispanics; or the Hmong people from Laos who bring shamans and witch doctors into hospital rooms; or the customs of voodoo and animal sacrifice and forced marriage and female genital mutilation that have been imported into this country (America) by recent immigrants; or the pushing aside of Christianity in
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As the shaman was one of the mediators to connect the present human and spirit‚ Shamanistic faith had become a religious and cultural basis which have influence on the Koreans in seeking for secular prosperity such as fortune‚ health‚ and wealth. Many Koreans
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Who are the Taino? The Taino (pronounced Tah-EE-no) were the first "American" Indigenous Peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus and other Europeans in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. The Taino are also the first Indigenous Peoples to be referred to as "Indians" (Indios) in the Western Hemisphere. The traditional territories of the Taino extended throughout the Greater Antilles‚ the Bahamas‚ and even the Southern tip of Florida. The word "Taino" means "good people" in their ancient language
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Native Americans and European Compare/Contrast Essay Europeans lived a much more modern way of life than the primitive lifestyle of Native Americans. Europeans referred to themselves as "civilized" and regarded Native Americans as "savage‚" "heathen‚" or "barbarian." Their interaction provoked by multiple differences led to misunderstanding and sometimes conflict. These two cultures‚ having been isolated from one another‚ exhibited an extensive variation in their ideals. Europeans and Native
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created the universe. After Taoism‚ Confucianism became very popular‚ although disagreed with Taoism. In Nubia‚ polytheism existed. Also‚ the polytheistic beliefs were heavily influences by Ancient Egypt. The Olmecs practiced Shamanism‚ centered around Shaman. Polytheism exists in this religion because ten gods have been identified in this religion. All three cultures had different items to trade. China traded salt‚ iron‚ fish‚ cattle‚ and silk. Nubia traded gold‚ ivory‚ ebony‚ ostrich feathers‚ and
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victory over the Baekje Kingdom and his festivities that followed after‚ which included activities such as weaving‚ martial arts‚ archery‚ and great feasts‚ gave rise to this holiday. Some have also thought that Chuseok may have come from ancient shaman celebrations of the harvest moon. Its literal meaning is “in the middle of fall.” Food and drink were given to honor and respect ancestors and deities. Even to this day‚ acts of familial worship‚ which has been practiced for thousands of years‚ is
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knowledge‚ they will make wondrous teachers. “The passing of knowledge has been a tradition and natural instinct since the beginning of time. From simple acts of a mother animal teaching her young to survive in the wild to a professor‚ mentor‚ or shaman passing their knowledge‚ wisdom‚ and abilities onto a younger generation of individuals.” These things include secrets of the universe‚ the great arts‚ mathematics‚ etc. All the way down to simple information about herbs and basic healing. The
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Yanomamo Kinship Yanomamo people are from Central Brazil and they are the oldest example of the pre-Columbian forest footmen. They live in the Amazon rain forest and they are considering the last to have come in contact with the modern world. ( Chagnon‚ Napoleon. Yanomamö‚ Fifth Edition. Harcourt Brace College Publishers: Fort Worth 1997) They have no writing system and they have different type of dialects which they use. By having no writing system they have to use verbal commutation to
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