Western Companies and Their Western Cultures SOC 101 Rachael Horn November 29‚ 2010 Western Companies and Their Western Cultures Wal-Mart is the largest corporation in the world‚ with stores in over 15 countries around the world. Wal-Mart’s success is due mostly to their ability to sell goods at low prices and their ability to create a friendly environment with their “ten-foot attitude”; meaning a salesperson who comes within 10 feet of a customer must look the person in the eye‚ greet
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Western Civilization: Beginnings to Present Although Western culture has been defined by both Christian and secular values across the course of time‚ the West’s primary goal is to achieve economic supremacy‚ using Christian and secular philosophies‚ as well as colonization and technological innovation as means to achieve this goal. Of the features that define western culture‚ the most unique is democracy. Originating in ancient Athens‚ democracy created a sense of pride in one’s government which
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have little more in common than a geographic entity. These people‚ coined “Arabs‚ came armed with Islam as a force of conquest. Caliphs lead a caliphate beginning in the holy lands and continued on Westward towards Morocco‚ South through Northern Africa and North towards Europe. Spain had a good deal of Muslim influence until Catholics later forced them out. However‚ Islam yielded the Arabs power for less than one hundred years The golden
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Ancient Greeks thought themselves as “one people.” Greek people had the same religion‚ language and culture. Young men and women from the Greek city states were sent compete in the Olympic Games. Ancient Greek was divided into several independent city states (Polis). Even though Greeks thought themselves as one people‚ politically they defended their independence from each other. Relation between Greeks and Phoenicians increased during ninth century B.C.E. Geeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabets
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Basic Electronics Semiconductor —I • Materials that permit flow of electrons are called conductors (e.g.‚ gold‚ silver‚ copper‚ etc.). • Materials that block flow of electrons are called insulators (e.g.‚ rubber‚ glass‚ Teflon‚ mica‚ etc.). • Materials whose conductivity falls between those of conductors and insulators are called semiconductors. • Semiconductors are “part-time” conductors whose conductivity can be controlled. germanium Semiconductors silicon
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Women’s Evolution and Arts in Western civilization The Paleolithic age was a period of gathering and hunting‚ and although both men and women were responsible for finding food. Women bored‚ and raised children therefore their primary duty was to stay close to the camps and be care givers to their families. Before the 21st century women waits for the approval of their husband before they could do anything. A women role‚ as it pertains to development was to support their husband in every decision he
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Throughout history‚ there have been many contributions to Western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ beliefs‚ religion‚ writings‚ math‚ drama‚ science‚ government‚ pottery‚ and Olympics‚ and philosophical teachings such as by Socrates or Plato. In this essay‚ it will be proven that the Greeks impacted western civilization immensely. In document 1‚ the anti-sophist teacher and philosopher‚ Socrates‚ suggests that
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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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where he was obtaining his truths. He appears to see the duties of the historian and citizen as‚ “to widen the spectrum of ideas‚ to take in new books‚ new approaches‚ new information‚ and new views of history.” Once reading “Columbus and Western Civilization‚” my view of Columbus hasn’t changed much because‚ honestly‚ growing up‚ I don’t remember much about Columbus and his journey. It is like I’m learning of his journey for the first time. From what I can remember‚ Columbus’ story was one of the
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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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