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    Japan

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    Etheart ANTH 3550 Japan Tuesday‚ February 12‚ 2013 Japanese Cultural Nationalism Altering Immigrant Perception Change by Force Status minorities in Japan are those who are not educated‚ do not come from educated families‚ or have unfavorable occupations. The value and worth of a status minority in Japanese culture is rated amongst their familial/ancestral connections to rates of production and which then determines individual godliness and worth amongst a society. Ethnic minorities in Japan are Burakuin

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    The Warrior Ethos Book Report CPL ABERNATHY ATG TRAINING The book The Warrior Ethos‚ by Steven Pressfield depicts the warrior’s mentality from ancient times to the present through a variety of different aspects and stories. In The Warrior Ethos‚ Pressfield states that men are not born with the certain qualities that make a good warrior‚ but instead are inculcated through years of training and indoctrination‚ stating at an early age. He goes on to show how different societies have been able

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    Who were the Terracotta Warriors? “The Terracotta Warriors are considered an 8th wonder of the world.” They were created over 2000 years ago to protect Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife. Some people believe that the warriors were for protection‚ others believed that they were a curse and new research has caused argument that they were for military training. “The Terracotta Army was traditionally believed to have been the guardians of the first emperor of a unified China‚ but research has claimed that

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    The last samurai

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    Macro Fall 2009 Test 1 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Sophia is planning her activities for a hot summer day. She would like to go to the local swimming pool and see the latest blockbuster movie‚ but because she can only get tickets to the movie for the same time that the pool is open she can only choose one activity. This illustrates the basic principle that a. people respond to incentives. b. rational people think

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    Feudalism started in both Japan and Europe at the same time‚ but does that mean that samurai and knights are the same? Feudalism is when the knight/samurai provide service for the lord‚ and in exchange‚ the lord provides land for the knight/samurai. Samurai and Knights: were the similarity greater than the differences? Samurai and knights were more similar than different in 3 broad areas; social position‚ training and armor‚ and honor and death. The first reason why I think the similarities

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    of miles away in Japan‚ some samurai stood in intricately designed armour with crossbows and swords ran or rode on horses and fought so they would have defended their master’s land. The bright and bold colours of the horse’s skin and the Samurai’s armour danced like fire as they clashed with other Samurai. Europe’s knights and Japan’s samurai were different because they had different views on religion‚ training and combat‚ and societal structure.

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    if you want to protect yourself and not rely on a man then you should become a samurai but if you want protection and respect then marry a knight. During the Middle Ages in Feudal Japan and in Europe samurai and knights were two of the bravest warriors. It is important to compare these two because you can see who is more respectful or more powerful. Samurai were sent to defeat barbarians in Northern Honshu. Samurai worked for landowners and offered them protection and loyalty in exchange for land

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    History of Japan

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    History of Japan Ancient mythology holds that Japan’s history is tied to the sun goddess‚ called Amterasu. Legend has it that Amaterasu sent one of her descendants to unify people on the island of Kyushu. At the core of this unification was Shintoism a religion that is native to Japan. In the 6th century Buddhism‚ was introduced to Japan by the virtue of China and Korea. In the early 7th century Prince Regent Shotku‚ an adherent of Buddhism and a highly regarded figure to this day in Japan‚ carried

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    The warrior

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    Consider hitting a baseball with a bat. Which scenario is true? The baseball exerts a greater force on the bat than the bat exerts on the baseball. The bat exerts a greater force on the baseball than the baseball exerts on the bat. The force that the baseball exerts on the bat and the force that the bat exerts on the baseball are the same magnitude. Consider question 1. Which has the greater acceleration: the bat or the ball? Two identical small cars (car A & car B) have a head-on collision

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    Samuraiwarriors that fought to show respect and honor to their ancestors and community. Samurai was placed in the middle of the social pyramid this means that the samurais did not have too little or too much power. Samurai are very important in history because‚ they would take on Seppuku which is a ritual suicide and these warriors swords had a special significance. To begin with‚ the ritual suicide that the Samurai would perform is significant because‚ assuming that the Samurai were to lose in

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