1. What is Jerry Bentley’s thesis? Large scale conversion only took place when powerful political‚ social or economic incentives encouraged it and even then it led universally to syncretism rather than outright adoption of a foreign cultural tradition. 2. According to Bentley’s book‚ what does the term conversion mean? Conversion is an extremely complicated process involving the involving the communication of beliefs and negotiation of values across cultural boundary lines‚ but a process that
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The Odyssey (opening verses) Homer‚ 8th century BC‚ translated by Robert Fagles Sing to me of the man‚ Muse1‚ the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course‚ once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.2 Many cities of men he saw and learned
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Banga Banga is a barangay of the philippine component city City Of Bayawan (Tulong) in the province Negros Oriental in Central Visayas which is part of the Visayas group of islands. Banga belongs to the barangays of Component City City Of Bayawan (Tulong) which are in the outlying area. The component city City Of Bayawan (Tulong) with a population of about 110‚250 and its 28 barangays belong to the partly urban areas in the Philippines. While some of the barangays developed modern urban structures
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PRENTICE HALL REFERENCE GUIDE FOR SEVENTH EDITION CLASS EN1320 Page i 1 Select Chapter for Checkout Response Symbols 2 Select Chapter for Checkout Copyright 2 Select Chapter for Checkout Preface 9 Select Chapter for Checkout Question and Correct Compare and Correct Try This 27 Select Chapter for Checkout Writing Processes 73 Select Chapter for Checkout Common Categories of Writing 39 Select Chapter for Checkout Revising Sentences for Accuracy‚ Clarity‚ and Variety
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The Philippines was governed by Spain through a viceroy from Mexico. The highest office was that of the Governor-General‚ the chief executive of the Spanish colonial government‚ appointed by the Spanish king. The town is managed by a gobernadorcillo. The barangay is the smallest political unit under a cabeza de barangay. The social hierarchy was in this order: at the top were the peninsulares or the Spaniards from Spain‚ next were the insulares‚ Spaniards born in the Philippines and also called
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“Winning isn’t everything it’s the only thing‚” If you always believe that winning is everything‚ winning will not come easly to a team that doesn’t act like a team. A true winning team does not believe that winning is everything. I dissagree with the quote (“Winning isn’t everything it’s the only thing‚” ) that is winning is everything because to win you must like what you’re doing‚ you must like ur teammates‚ and you must have a good attitude. “Winning isn’t everything it’s the only thing
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Name: Date: Graded Assignment Final Exam Part 2 I. Map On this world map‚ indicate the following features: Amazon Rainforest Panama Canal The Himalayas The Ring of Fire The Mississippi River The Gobi Desert (10 points) II. Graphic Organizer Fill in the table below about these five major world religions. Do not fill in the shaded boxes. (10 points) Religion Name at least one Holy Text How do you achieve enlightment? Describe their view about the afterlife. Hinduism
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Why was the March 1917 revolution successful? Victoria Ríos Esteve y Sofía Pasarin b) The factors of the 1905 Revolution and 1907’s are very similar. The 1905 Revolution would have succed if the Tsar would care less. He coped very well with the situation. The well-organized tsarist goverment caused that all the strikes‚ mutinies‚ the revellion of the peasants against the landownners‚ all that factors were worthless‚ that’s why‚ when similar factors ocurred in 1917 and the Tsar was not able to
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The use of forensic science improved investigating policing over the years because things like fingerprinting‚ radios‚ discovery of DNA evidence and CCTV was all introduced in the 1900s. Fingerprinting Fingerprinting is used to take fingerprints of people and can later be used to identify people by a distinctive mark or characteristic. Fingerprinting is useful as it helps to identify victims or criminals quickly and accurately. Fingerprinting is very useful in forensic science as fingerprints
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The main reason for the League’s failure was the attitude of the members. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. One reason for the failure of the League of Nations was the attitude of the members. The Britain only cared about protecting their empire and building their trade. The French were worried about another attack from Germany only. Britain and France saw the League as a great tool to practice their own wants‚ and their biased foreign policy‚ however‚ that was totally
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