Civilizations are a group of humans living together in an organized way and have made advances in arts‚ science and technology‚ law or government. China is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations; it is the only ancient civilization that has continued to this very day. The lifestyles that the ancient Chinese had is extremely different then the lifestyle that the Modern Western Civilization which includes North America and Europe currently has because of the different way that people
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Non-Western Paper The two artworks I have chose are the Goddess Uma and Armored Guardian King Trampling Demon. The reason why I chose these sculptures are because I thought the Goddess Uma was interesting in beauty because she has four arms‚ has very long and skinny legs‚ and just the way the top of the body was formed. I chose the Armored Guardian King Tramping Demon because the colors intrigued me and he looked strong and was wondering at first what was he was standing on‚ his costume was well
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Non-western Performance – Summative assignment – 1‚500 words – 28th May Write a reflective essay on the basis of your experience in this module‚ moving from the theoretical and historical part to the performative segment. What did you learn? How did the knowledge you gained of African‚ Chinese and Indian performance traditions help and inform your summative ensemble performance? What kind of problems did you encounter in your intercultural ensemble work? How did you solve them? Were you happy
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decisions without becoming bias. However‚ there still may exist differences and similarities between western and non-western philosophies. Hinduism is known as the oldest religion in the world. Many philosophies of the non-western regions are very similar to those of Hinduism‚ such as Buddhism. Spirituality‚ samkhya‚ and reincarnation are just a few of the aspects that differ Hinduism and western civilizations. Buddhism focuses on karma and rebirth‚ as does Hinduism. Rather than focusing on materialistic
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Feudalism was a form of government in Japan and Western Europe at one time. Feudalism is a decentralized form of government. It was a major system for Japan for 700 years from the 12th century. In Western Europe‚ it was a major system from the 9th century to the 10th century. The two feudal systems were similar because they both went into a feudal period for protection. The difference is that the Japanese went into the feudal period for protection from internal invasions and Europe wanted to be protected
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the German perspective‚ World War 1 was fought on two fronts; the Western Front and Eastern Front. The fronts were significantly different when it came to warfare‚ namely the tactics employed to deal with the French and British in the West‚ and the Russians in the East. What was supposed to be a quick victory became a complete failure in military movement and intelligence‚ and an underestimation of military mobilization. On the Western Front‚ Germans ran up against the British and French for over 400
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characterized by the type of pottery that they used and the shape of their houses. The eastern culture used the banded pottery and constructed the square huts. They also utilized the resources of chert. The reason is the location of the chert. The western culture used the zig zag pottery and constructed round huts. They were all hunters and gatherers utilizing the time seasons and game for that time. White tail deer was hunted in the fall season. The rabbit had the largest season which started
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Han Dynasty and The Western Roman Empire are two of the greatest empires that have ever lived but that all comes to an end when disasters start occurring left and right. However‚ the methods of achieving greatness varied immensely their actions had helped them in the long run but soon failed miserably. Both empires had problems with social in takes. The Han Dynasty had problems with taxations‚ peasants grew angry over the raise of taxes and revolved against china so they used the military to stop
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Professor Niria Leyva-Guitierrez ARTH 1101EE December 8‚ 2009 Hope Dionysos The chosen work is a statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure. This is a Roman copy of the original 4th century B.C. Greek statue. The statue is entitled “Hope Dionysos” after its former owner‚ Thomas Philip Hope. It was a Gift of The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation. The original statue was made of bronze and it is not certain if the woman was included. It is believed that it may have been added to the Roman
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Chapter 1 Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1: Learning Objectives 1. Analyze the process for making personal financial decisions 2. Develop personal financial goals 3. Assess personal and economic factors that influence personal financial planning 4. Determine the personal and financial opportunity costs associated with personal financial decisions
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