Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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Jonathan Gonzalez Penny Claudio ENGL 1010 8 October 2014 When thinking about how much change America and other countries have in the world over the past decades‚ and wonder how cultural diversity has been such a huge part of it. Looking back at how it all started with the differences of people acting by the way of eachother different tone of skin color or how wealthy the person can be‚ or even the location a family lives can affect all of cutural diversity. Also‚ how different countries
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another country‚ you probably could feel like a stranger. It is a different place with a variety of characteristics that you probably are not used to. Not only for the language or for geographical features‚ but you also find cultural dissimilarities. If I have to choose three cultural variances from Venezuela and US‚ I will select housing development/city‚ sports and behavior. Firstly‚ Venezuela and US have a dissimilar meaning about housing development‚ urbanization or city must be. According to the
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Syncretism generally refers to the process of reconciling or melding of differing views or beliefs or uses. This can happen intentionally‚ or by a natural‚ unconscious process. More or less discrete cultures that come into contact with one another‚ either through geographical proximity‚ migration‚ conquest‚ trade and exploration‚ or in other ways‚ will start to syncretize aspects of each culture. A melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one
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When we think of a Legacy Leader we think of someone that leaves a lasting impression on a person‚ family‚ group‚ organization‚ country‚ or even the world. It could be someone as simple as a head of a family such as John D. Rockefeller‚ impactful on a nation like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ or have a worldwide impact such as Gandhi or Adolf Hitler. One thing that a Legacy Leader must have is that the influence he or she exemplifies does not die with that person‚ that it carries on past them‚ past
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"identity" portion of the recording. The similarities of cultural ignorance in the Ancient Rome and America is almost scary; we do not even know about how other countries function or even where they are even when we have the knowledge readily available to us.The Roman’s lack of knowledge was a factor in their demise as a nation by simply underestimating a "barbaric" tribe; they‚ too‚ thought they were in the center of the world just like America. This reason may not directly lead to the demise of our
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One More Time 1. The discussion at hand is whether or not legacy students should have a better chance of getting accepted into a school. 2. Yes‚ considering a Cromwell legacy is four times more likely to gain acceptance than the applicants without any connections or special talents‚ this is a significant number. 3. Cromwell assumes that legacies are more likely to do well because they have a family connection. They also assume the legacy students are less likely to transfer to another school. The
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Running head: LEGACY STATEMENT Celestine Stith LEGACY STATEMENT Grand Canyon University EDU 576-0-101 Introduction to Graduate Studies February 13‚ 2013 INSTRUCTOR: Professor Susan Meredith Celestine Stith EDU 576-0-101 February 13‚ 2013 Professor Susan Meredith LEGACY STATEMENT The philosophy of learning‚ leading and serving is a systematic approach to providing an educational experience that is developmental and individualized. To teach is to learn‚ to lead
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My essay is describing the life of J.R.R Tolkien and what he did before and during the time he was an author. He was born in Bloemfontein‚ South Africa on January 3‚ 1892. J.R.R Tolkien stayed in South Africa with his brother and parents. But the weather was very harsh on his mother so she decided she would move to England with him and his brother and their dad would come later. But later J.R.R. Tolkien’s dad died because of a brain hemorrhage so he never ended up meeting up with J.R.R. Tolkien
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Andrew Jackson’s legacy was affected by the positive and negative effects of the Spoils System and the Nullification Crisis. The spoils system‚ rewarded political party workers with government jobs to prevent corruption‚ negatively affected Jackson’s legacy. Even thought the spoils system was supposed to lower corruption‚ it did the exact opposite. The reason behind it was that Jackson gave jobs to illiterates‚ incompetents‚ and people that has no clue on what to do it office‚ instead of giving
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