1450 part C Globalization Spices Sugar was HUGE in America • New Guinea • Arabs were first to take it – med • Europeans wanted it o All they had was honey and fruits • First international mass market product o Capital from Europe/production in America/ African slaves • Sugar Belt • Slave labor o Many Indians died o Many African were resistant to disease o Horrendous conditions o Many Africans in Brazil o Spread t Caribbean • There was Spanish‚ Friend‚ English‚ Dutch
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The Yorùbá religion encompasses religious beliefs and rituals of the Yoruba people. These practices were being utilized before the Yoruba community faced Islam‚ Christianity and other faith; it originated from Africa and into the New World. This influenced several Afro-American religions such as Lucumí in Cuba‚ Umbanda and Candomblé in Brazil; in addition to the uproot that took place of the homeland religions. Similar to many other religions that have some form of beliefs and practices‚ Yorùbá religious
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disasters: floods‚ earthquakes‚ famines‚ epidemics) Invasions: Mongols and Manchus Reverence of ancestors Axial Age: Six Schools Period of Warring States Divination (Yin-Yang; Feng-Shui) Confucianism Daoism Legalism Mohism School of Names Chinese Syncretism: Confucian by day‚ Daoist by night The Nature of the Cosmic Order Nature of the cosmos and the role of humans within it: wide-ranging debates Universe is divided into 2 primary forces: opposed but complementary Yin: Shadow‚ passive‚ docile‚ gentle
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Magic‚ Myth‚ & Witchcraft Class Notes up to Midterm 1-24-2013 Symbols and Ritual Symbolism Theoretorical perspective that shape the social science exploration of religion Core concepts today over Symbols Symbols The complexity of human communication is made possible through the ability of humans to create and use symbols They permit people to discuss abstract topics To explain the irrational or things we cannot see or physically interact
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Introduction Theme- Music Topic- Artist contributes positively to the development of teens through there lyrics. Theme and purpose: Music is like the ’3rd ’ parent that a teen has‚ it teaches and it is highly influencial‚ this research was done to prove that artists contributes positively to the development of teens through ther lyrics. Relaton to academic interest: The researcher is currently doing a sociology course‚ therefore it is important that the researcher learns about the role artists
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The Prosperity Gospel Introduced in the post civil rights era‚ The Prosperity Gospel was preached to the Black community as a scripture in which to live their lives. Mainly‚ this religious practice was based upon having faith in God without any sin in your life and in return God will deliver to you all things on Earth. As this gospel developed over time it became more evident that preachers sought to make out that when “God delivers to you all things on Earth” these things would be in the form of
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the most prevalent narrative is that of two African slave ships who sank in 1635 near the island of St. Vincent. The survivors who made it to the shore shared food and huts with the indigenous population of Arawak-Caribs. Due to the Arawakan-Carib syncretism with‚ Carib dominance‚ who invaded St. Vincent and exterminated all Arawak men‚ the descendants of the Africans were taught different languages. The boys were taught Carib and the girls Arawakan. This resulted in a mixed language communication among
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David and Solomon King David proved to be a wise and effective leader for Israel. However‚ it can be said that his son‚ Solomon‚ made several mistakes during his reign. Many of his problems originated from his Temple‚ a structure that was conceptualized by his father to be a deterrent against the paganism‚ which infested the land. Yet‚ it seemed as if several of Solomon ’s policies actually encouraged paganism rather than deter it. King David‚ a member of the tribe of Judah was chosen by
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Borrowed from China 9. What were the four important elements of Chinese civilization the Japanese borrowed and adapted? Buddhism‚ centralized imperial state‚ Confucian thought‚ and Chinese writing system 10. What is one example of adaptation or syncretism the Japanese made to the Chinese notion of the imperial rule? When Japan established an imperial state ruled by an empire‚ they didn’t use the “Mandate of Heaven” like China‚ but instead they used their own mythological tradition which one imperial
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Significant differences abound between the two principal schools of modern Buddhism‚ Mahayana and Theravada. Among the many distinctions that exist‚ a few could be considered especially integral to an understanding of how these mutually exclusive divisions contrast with each other. Before treating these specific dissimilarities‚ however‚ it must be established that the one‚ fundamental divergence between the sects‚ which could possibly be understood as resulting in the following earmarks that make
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