Scandinavian culture as it prospered between the 8th-11th centuries CE. Viking art‚ also known as Norse art or the art of Scandinavia included the British Isles and Iceland. It has design elements in common with Celtic‚ Germanic‚ Romanesque and Eastern European art. Besides being known as plunderers‚ the Vikings were also excellent tradesmen and known for being traders along their coasts. They traded timber‚ amber‚ furs‚ and slaves with Byzantine and Arab merchants in the Mediterranean and Middle
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UPHOLDING UPRIGHTNESS IN FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY AND IN THE NATION Uprightness…? Uprightness‚ according to the Merriam- Webster’s dictionary‚ is something that is marked by strong moral rectitude. A morally upright person is one who has a strong set of personal values. He has high moral principles and he cannot be pressured or persuaded to abandon them. To be morally upright in today’s world can be very challenging with so many immoral things happening around us. In films and television
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organizations. Our choice was the Eastern & Oriental Hotel‚ Penang. The reason we choose the organization is partly due to the rich heritage behind the hotel brand and our good experience during our industry training. With premier facilities the Eastern & Oriental hotel stands apart the crowded hospitality landscape in Penang. The following assessment is a details research behind the hospitality organization itself‚ the staff‚ the managerial team‚ and the Eastern & Oriental culture. In order to fulfill
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If you were born and raised in a Western country‚ no doubt American etiquette seems either perfectly normal or only slightly odd. A few standard practices of Western etiquette dictates a person should remember to say "please" and "thank you‚" to chew with their mouth closed‚ and to hold the door open for the person behind them. To an outsider‚ the
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gender roles‚ at times with the help of surgery (“LGBT: What is it?”‚ ¶ 4‚5‚6). Having been significantly discriminated against prior to the sexual revolution (aka the sexual liberation) which took place in the 1960s‚ in the 1970s and 1980s in the Western world‚ it was then when gays and lesbians were finally able to be who they are without shame and when society started accepting their image. What is more‚ in the 1990s bisexuals and transsexuals were also given respect. As for the Arab world‚ the
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The American Family Family Patterns The US has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional‚ comprising a father‚ mother and one ore more children‚ there are families headed by one parent‚ usually a woman. In a few families‚ like everywhere else‚ there are no children. Other families in the US have one adult who is a stepparent. Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the US‚ people have the right to privacy and Americans do not
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Traditional Family Modern Family New Family Models The Modern Nuclear Family THE MODERN NUCLEAR FAMILY The "nuclear"‚ "isolated"‚ or "restricted" family is not a recent phenomenon‚ but has existed in many cultures throughout human history. Indeed‚ the extended family of several generations is found mostly in relatively advanced‚ stable‚ and affluent‚ but not yet industrialized societies. Very primitive and very sophisticated societies seem to prefer the nuclear family model
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Religious Influence in The Western Civilization Religion plays a big influential factor in the development of the western civilization. A major impact to this development is how Christianity transformed the Roman Empire. The church started in Jerusalem with the twelve apostles mainly doing missionary work‚ and Christians like Paul were witnessing to God-fearers‚ people who admired Jewish monotheism but thought the Jewish law was too demanding. Paul explained that they could worship the same
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This five-page paper discusses the nature of the family in the developing world and examines whether the family is more important‚ less important‚ or neutral in the movement from technologically simple or agrarian societies to industrial societies. The Role of the Family Family systems‚ like biological organisms‚ evolve with time and circumstance. It seems readily evident from an examination of the nature and role of the family in the developing world that form may indeed follow function
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western history of costume english 1100–1200 in European fashion (12th century) Costume during the twelfth century in Europe was simple and differed only in details from the clothing of the preceding centuries. Men wore knee-length tunics for most activities‚ and men of the upper classes wore long tunics‚ with hose and mantles or cloaks. Women wore long tunics or gowns. A close fit to the body‚ full skirts‚ and long flaring sleeves were characteristic of upper class fashion for both men and women
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