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    Greek influence on western culture When people refer to western culture‚ we mean a large range of heritages including social norms‚ traditional customs‚ religions beliefs‚ political system‚ art fine‚ literature and technologies. Now western culture has its own particular framework which has been developing till now‚ and traditional western culture is said to be affected by three main factors: Ancient Greek‚ Roman Empire‚ and Christianity. However‚ the Greek civilization contributed greatly to the

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    Western Europe is an important component when dealing with the history of Orientation and Mobility. Since Western Europe contains many different countries‚ just France‚ Italy‚ and Greece will be discussed in detail as well as the overall‚ general information of Western Europe. Western Europe’s culture plays a role in the history of Orientation and Mobility and the following information will play a role in my future career as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Western Europe’s top religion

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    The History of Western Civilization has proven to be one of the most imperative demonstrations of leadership‚ power‚ women‚ morality and immorality discussed in the many primary sources read throughout this semester. However‚ in this particular piece‚ we will look into depth and analyze how “Power” played such an important role in the ancient world. To help accurately discuss the textual analysis‚ quotes will be used from the text‚ Sources for the History of Western Civilization‚ edited by Michael

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    WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi

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    ‘ Analyse Shane with specific reference to the films visual style and western themes. ’ By analysing ‘Shane ’ (1953) in conjunction with its visual style and western themes‚ it will clearly show what aspects of western culture are apparent in the film. By looking at the visual style‚ this will show how the mise-en-scene informs the audience that ‘Shane ’ is placed in the western genre. Firstly I will analyse the western themes that are visible in ‘Shane ’. The whole narrative of ‘Shane ’ is

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    western culture adopted by india fair or not? Favour (Good) * culture is nt any hard n fast rule‚‚changes r law of nature‚‚so if indian want to adopt sm good things of western ‚‚so its totally acceptable.. * western culture has various practices n knowledge which r very important to update our knowledge with this fast changing world * adopting the good practices of any culture is always fruitful * .sending parents to old age home is not a western thing...its by nature..if it is

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    What were the contributions to Western civilization from the ancient Greeks? The Greek civilization contributed greatly to the development of modern Western culture. Three of the most important contribution that are the foundations of our society are Language‚ Philosophy‚ and Government. The people of ancient Greece developed a sophisticated language with an extraordinarily rich vocabulary. It has existed for nearly 3‚500 years‚ the longest of any language derived from early Indo-European.

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    made many influential contributions to western civilization. These contributions are the most achievable throughout ancient Greece; including philosophy‚ art‚ math and science. Also democracy was a major part and is what we use today to elect our representatives. With respect to philosophy‚ there were some of greatest Greek thinkers back then; including Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle. In medicine‚ Hippocrates had a major influence on the development of western medicine. His student‚ Plato documented

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    in comparison to the classical music from masters like Beethoven‚ Bach‚ or Strauss. These critics often see contemporary music having no artistic value as these music genres are often considered to be outside the traditional and accepted cultural canon of artistic works. Such works are also considered to be “meaningless” as contemporary music are seen to be more of works of commercialism rather than art‚ and hence culturally “meaningless”. Nevertheless‚ one might successfully argue that such criticisms

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    The Jim Corbett National Park is a heaven for the adventure seeker and wildlife adventure lovers. Corbett National Park is India’s first national park which comprises 520.8 km2. area of hills‚ riverine belts‚ marshy depressions‚ grass lands and large lake. The elevation ranges from 1‚300 feet to 4‚000 feet. Winter nights in Corbett national park are cold but the days are bright and sunny. It rains from July to September. Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of sal‚ haldu‚ pipal‚ rohini

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