East/West Characterising Toilet attendant: “this in nothing yet.” “I don’t know if it’s a threat or a boast. This is what they call Berliner Schnaeize –snont. Its attitude; it in your face.” Anna: “I liked the sweeping rouge of words from ‘heartfelt’ to ‘heartsick’. And I liked the order‚ the directness that I imagined in the people.” On the former GDR “….its bewildered people.” “The demonstrators‚ in shock‚ obediently pulled their cards from their wallets. Then they seized the buildings
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ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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“Human houses should not be like boxes‚ blazing in the sun‚ nor should we outrage the Machine by trying to make dwelling places too complementary to Machinery. Any building for humane purposes should be an elemental‚ sympathetic feature of the ground‚ complementary to its nature-environment‚ belonging by kinship to the terrain.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Brilliant‚ inspirational‚ influential‚ innovative; these are a just a few adjectives that illustrate a very significant man with many traits. A pioneer
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Individual Contribution Our project began with brainstorming sessions on how to approach the task at hand. On this first level‚ we were discussing about so many information that we felt it was time that we pulled those ideas together and start working on the project. Each of us did our share in the project and later a meet up was initiated to discuss and compiled our information. Each individual in a team has their own strengths and weaknesses. When learning teams are properly structured and
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western settlement had had an extraordinary impact on U.S. social‚ political‚ and economic development "Buffalo" Bill Cody : a successful show that popularized Wild West shows‚ it consisted of a former Pony Express rider and Indian fighter‚ and the hero of popular dime novels for children. This show romanticized the West and the life of the cowboy. :"Buffalo Bill;" Killed over 4000 buffalo in 18 months while employed by the Kansas Pacific. The Great Plains : Runs from Northern Texas all
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5.07A Wild West Brainstorming: When I hear the word “cowboy” I think of.. 1. a tall slender man 2. boots 3. wrangler jeans 4. rural and southern accents 5. hats 6. fishing 7. respectful 8. flannel 9. guns 10. mudding 11. hunting 12. has manners‚ ex. Yes ma’am‚ Yes sir. 13. whiskey 14. leather 15. cows 16. poker 17. tobacco Outlaw: Black Bart Known as the master outlaw of his time. He had become the master at stealing from stagecoaches. He believed
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Contributions of Charlemagne During all the history have been a lot of great emperor‚ kings‚ and all the realty stuff which in the past they have a lot of importance because they have to govern the people and also give an example and in a way teach them how to live and be the head of the country. Charlemagne that means Charles the great was the king of the Franks and he expanded his empire greatly. He was a Christian governor and he makes a lot of things to the church and for its country. In the
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Assess the usefulness of feminist contributions to our understanding of society today. (33 marks) Feminism is a conflict theory which views society as male dominated and it seeks to describe‚ explain and change the position of women in society. Feminism is therefore a theory of women’s subordination and also a political movement. There are different types of feminism‚ which I will be evaluating in this essay; Liberal‚ Radical‚ Marxist‚ Black and Postmodernist feminist. Feminists criticise mainstream
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Contributions of Ancient Greece Many of the roots of Western society can be traced back to ancient Greece. The longest areas of contribution are architecture‚ medicine‚ and philosophy. The philosophical area of ancient Greece is one of the most important; it foundededucational laws and many other things. Also architecture was a major part of what ancient Greece left behind considering they constructed huge buildings that still stand today. Greece was known as one of the founders of modern medicine
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East and West Rabindranath Tagore I It is not always a profound interest in man that carries travellers nowadays to distant lands. More often it is the facility for rapid movement. For lack of time and for the sake of convenience we generalise and crush our human facts into the packages within the steel trunks that hold our travellers’ reports. Our knowledge of our own countrymen and our feelings about them have slowly and unconsciously grown out of innumerable facts which are full of contradictions
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