Asia. As we examine several cultures we see that queer culture has a historical context within marginalized communities. The Buginese people are an ethnic group of South Sulanesi‚ which is a providence in Indonesia. Their origins trace back to 2500 BCE as being ancestors to people with an Austronesian background. Gender‚ for this ethnic group‚ is seen as fluid. There are five genders within this ethnic group: male‚ female‚ calabai‚ calalai and Bissu. The Buginese people‚ like other ethnic groups‚
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Chauvet caves paintings date back to 30‚000 BCE and those found at Lascaux are from 15‚000 BCE. From these two caves‚ the two art works that interest me the most were the Fighting Rhino and Horses in the Chauvet cave and Shaft of the dead man in the Lascuax cave. These painting when glanced at seem to have been created similarly‚ but upon
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Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher‚ from The Politics‚ c. 340 BCE The words constitution and government have the same meaning‚ and the government‚ which is the supreme authority in states‚ must be in the hands of one‚ or of a few‚ or of the many. The true forms of government‚ therefore‚ are those in which the one‚ or the few‚ or the many‚ govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest‚ whether of the one or of the few‚ or of the many‚ are perversions
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that theater began as a religious experience in order to honor the gods. Drama developed out of choral dances for Dionysus‚ the Greek god of wine‚ fertility and revelry‚ in Athens in the mid-sixth century BCE‚ inaugurating the earliest vase-paintings of ancient Greek performance (Hart 1). In 534 BCE the first tragedy took place with comedy following suit around fifty years later. According to Aristotle‚ Thespis was the first person to appear onstage as someone other than himself‚ thus the term “Thespian”
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HAN CHINA & ROMAN EMPIRE • Both lasted approximately 400 years • Both had populations of about 50 million • Both emphasized territorial expansion • Agriculture was the base • Land = wealth • Gov’t revenue based on a % of the annual harvest • Both dominated by patriarchy & reverence for fathers • Both focused on veneration of ancestors (but more so the Han) • Han – family was the model of organization for the state • Early on‚ both empires focused on rituals and themes that would
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When anyone think of architecture of Egypt‚ they think of pyramid. Pyramid came a long way since Predynastic to New Kingdom. That wasn’t the only big thing. Egyptian were very religious‚ they believed in after life. They believed in order for the person to move to the afterlife‚ they must be mummified and buried along with their valuable. As a result funerary monument were very import to their culture. Additionally‚ they believed in gods and how they need to take good care of their gods. This is
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behavior. There have been many societies throughout history that have written law codes before 600 CE. An example of a law code is the law code of Hammurabi. Law codes from different societies and civilizations have similarities and differences from 8000 BCE to 600 CE. Similarities and differences can be found in law codes religious and non religious. Many civilizations created law codes for people to follow. Documents 1‚3‚4‚5‚ and 7 are all related because they all are law codes that even
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Europe and the world. The first Roman gladiatorial games were held in 246 BCE by Marcus and Decimus Brutus in honor of their father‚ Junius Brutus‚ as a munus or funeral gift for the dead (AbleMedia‚ 2005). The munus served the purpose of keeping alive the memory of an important individual after death. Munera were held sometime after the funeral and were often repeated at annual or five-year intervals (Dunkle‚ 2002). In 216 BCE‚ Marcus Ameilius Lepidus‚ late consul and augur‚ was honored by his sons
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One of the finest relief sculptures that had been created around 1500 BCE was the The Harvester’s Vase. The vase structure was created out of black steatite and it had an appearance comparatively to an ostrich egg. The low relief vase depicts a group of harvesters in profile view‚ singing and walking with harvesting tools on their shoulders. One particular harvester‚ that was singing and shaking an Egyptian percussion instrument‚ ribs are exaggerated to an extent where scholars have hypothesized
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Agriculture made us smarter; it let us fly across the world while watching a movie on TV. It let us have more freedom to do what we want‚ instead of roaming the endless earth to find food. This all started in 8000 BCE. Because there are no written records between 8000 BCE and 5000 BCE‚ when many of the first plants and animals where domesticated‚ we cannot be absolutely certain how and why some people took these new ways of producing food and other necessities in to their lives. The climate changes
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