Two major elements in European culture a. Greco-Roman element b. Judeo-Christian element Division One Greek Culture and Roman Culture Ⅰ. Greek Culture Why should we study the Ancient Greeks? The Greek culture is an origin of western culture Greek culture has made to western society in the areas of art‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ architecture and politics‚ astronomy It shape today’s western culture with notions of democracy and personal freedom The most important reason to study
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civilizations‚ religion has acted as a foundational element from which to base their cultures around. The Shang Dynasty is no exception. The connection between culture and religion during the Shang dynasty was shown through how they valued their family and ancestors‚ through the rituals they performed‚ and lastly‚ their development of a writing system. Religion and culture were connected in the Shang Dynasty through how they valued their family and ancestors. Their religion‚ also called folk religion‚ was
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Geographic Factors of 2 Nations Geographic factors affect the development of a specific region or nation in a couple of ways: 1) Climate affects how habitable a region is‚ and as a result‚ very few nations may survive in harsh climates and few may thrive in less-than-ideal climatic conditions. If you notice‚ the power in the world lies in the Norther Hemisphere. This is not a coincidence‚ but a result of the poor land fertility‚ high water scarcity and high disease outspread in tropic areas present
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Introduction Geographic profiling is an investigative process rooted in Environmental Criminology (Brantingham & Brantingham 1981) and is a tool used by international police forces‚ whom use the crime scene locations of a linked series of offences to examine the likelihood of the geographical area the offender most likely works or lives in – known as their anchor point- (Rossmo‚ 2000a) in order to narrow down the area in which the police will focus their investigation to identify a suspect. This
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cycle‚ the shang and zhou Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of prosperity . the Shang and the Zhou dynasties shared an interest in education and domestic family structure. Both of the dynasty were similar in many ways like they both had one ruler and they both had a lot of wealth. The Zhou appointed governors and the Shang had local lords rule. Zhou and shang also had some differences like for example zhou took farm control over china after they beat shang. The Shang focused on
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National Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan
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Geographical features are the components of the Earth. There are two types of geographical features‚ namely natural geographical features and artificial geographical features. Natural geographical features include but are not limited to landforms and ecosystems. For example‚ terrain types‚ bodies of water‚ natural units (consisting of all plants‚ animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment) are natural geographical features
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National Geographic and CNN: A better look at the world. There is no other more diverse magazine or channel than National Geographic and CNN. For decades National Geographic has captured the world stories and its cultures bringing them to everyone who ever wondered about the world they live in. National Geographic is continuously demonstrating to the people of the world how diverse it really is. When reading or watching National Geographic‚ anyone can now open their mind and expose it
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The Geographic Grid Ptolemy‚ a Roman mathematician‚ created the geographic grid. This grid is a system of invisible lines that span the globe. The grid has been used for over 2‚000 years as a reference for finding the location of a fixed position on Earth. There are certain components that make up the grid. Meridians run vertically and come together at the north and south poles. The center meridian‚ the Prime Meridian‚ divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres. Parallels run horizontally
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Chinese Dynasties The Xia Dynasty‚ 2070-1600 BC‚ was an important dynasty for the Chinese civilization and their history. It brought an end to the Primitive Society and brought up a new trend‚ the slave society. Towards the end of the Xia Dynasty‚ social conflicts grew and they were forced to go to war. The people were tired of dealing with all of with all the things they were forced to do for their leader so they fled in large numbers and were soon ruled by the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty
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