Greek culture is a culture that I know little to nothing about. In the Greek culture‚ family is very important. In their culture it is very important to have a good‚ trusting relationship with their doctor. Typically a male would see a male doctor and a woman would see a female doctor. In most cases‚ Greek families like to know of an illness of someone in the family before the ill family member finds out. The family members would like to decide if the diagnosis is worth telling the sick family member
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Exam 2 PART I 1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids‚ agroikoi‚ demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote‚ be elected into office‚ bear arms‚ and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers‚ which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public
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“music” we owe to the Greeks. Greek poets‚ architects‚ mathematicians‚ and philosophers‚ founded a culture that we still identify with today. These are the people that introduced the world to democracy‚ the beginning of recorded history‚ politics‚ and even our very own vocabulary. To some extent‚ we even owe the start of theatre and comedy to the Greeks. The Greeks taught us a lot of things‚ good or bad‚ these things are still being used centuries after the fall of Greece. They Greek people lived in
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now‚ I have experienced many differences between American culture and Italian culture. When I first arrived‚ I was so excited and everything was so new that I did not immediately notice these differences. Everything was a blur! We had orientations and tours during the first week and each instructor mentioned specific aspects of Italian culture that we needed to be aware of. But‚ since I had only been here for two days‚ I had not witnessed these differences. In “Culture Shock and the Cross-Cultural
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3RD pd world cultures | Similarities and differences between Greece and Rome. | Essay. | | Zack Skone | 4/18/2013 | This document is about the similarities and differences between Ancient Greece and Rome. | Comparisons and differences between the Ancient Greeks and Romans The Ancient Greeks and Romans both began their histories as city-states. While the coastline and the mountainous terrain of the Greek peninsula isolated the various Greek cities from one another‚ the
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Communication and the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and Western Culture Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural communication of Chinese culture and western culture‚ and it seriously affects the course of communication. So‚ it is necessary for us to find the in-depth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural communication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy
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different architecture between the Greek and Roman. One reason of this is because the Romans chose to build architecture from examples of the Greek style. An example of this is how the Romans decided to use columns that the Greeks actually previously created but the difference in it is that the Romans added an arch and also a dome. The Romans also design their theaters similar as that of the Greeks except the Romans used the amphitheater for sporting events. When the Romans created architecture they
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imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged to adapt myself to it but the learning process of this new culture has greatly excited me. At the beginning‚ I inevitably experienced a certain amount of cultural shock‚ given the vast difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. Cultural shock is a state of anxiety that results from cross-cultural misunderstanding. One incident that gave rise
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Black Culture Then and Now: What’s the Difference? Our society has changed drastically in the past year or two‚ especially black culture due to recent events that happened in our society. A death of a black teenage male‚ caused by a police officer‚ encouraged some in our society‚ mostly black people‚ to show their true colors and express their feelings. Many people rioted‚ looted‚ and protested. Those events resembled things that happened many years ago. So in some ways black culture is the same
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Greek vs. Roman Mythology Although Roman and Greek mythology are classified in the same category‚ the two are tremendously diverse. The god of war‚ the copious amount of mythoi‚ and the relations between the Greek and Roman gods are only a few of the many comparisons between the two. The Romans had adopted the gods and myths from the Greeks who had come about 1‚000 years before the Romans. Both cultures adopted these beliefs of powerful gods who controlled essentially every aspect of their day-to-day
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