A patriarchal family‚ with the man as the head of the household‚ is the traditional structure of the Vietnamese family. Confucianists framed their cultural norm in terms of the duties and obligations of a family to father‚ a child to parent‚ a wife to husband‚ and a younger brother to an older brother. They believed that the welfare and the solidity of the family were far more important than individual interests of any one member of a family. The individual was less independent than a member of a
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history and the Gupta Hindu Kingdom changed drastically by arts‚ religions‚ regionalism‚ and the caste system. The Gupta Rule also called the Classical Age refers to the time where much of the Indian subcontinent was reunited under the Gupta Empire. From the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD the Gupta Hindu Kingdom region of classical India started as a highly political‚ regionalized caste system to a religious Hindu based culture‚ and a more science thinking culture. Classical India did not develop
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psychologically rooted in the past‚ but in the 1920s America seemed to breakaway from these attachments and usher in the birth of modern America This dramatic break between America’s past and future was shaped by the evolution of technology‚ sports‚ entertainment‚ and women’s roles. Many of the trends that converged to make the twenties distinct had been building for years. The 1920s were a period of technological change that transformed the fundamental structure of the economy‚ altered the nature
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discovery and subsequent European colonization of the Americas and the African slave trade. Both being remarkable and profound on three regions: Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The communication expanded the economies of all three regions while damaging the social structures of Africa and forging new social structures in the Americas. By 1492‚ Europe was on the verge of an economic explosion while Africa and America were relatively quiet in the global economy. Long before European contact
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growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was funded by the Venetians
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The Role of Christianity in Europe Christianity has always been playing an important role in people’s lives. In the past‚ it was the unifying power between nations; today‚ it has a great concern in secular issues; and what the future will bring ? We can only guess. Christianity is the largest religion practiced in the world‚ with an estimated number of believers ranges between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion‚ split into around 34‚000 separate denominations. Chiristianity is a monotheistic religion
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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 from external invasions
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The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the 1700s. It is defined as the process of change from an agrarian‚ handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. This means a shift from the home to the factory‚ from the country to the city‚ from human or animal power to engines powered by fossil fuels (coal and‚ later‚ oil). The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. The industrial
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between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas in the Atlantic Ocean between 1492 and 1750. When Spain sent Columbus to get spices from India‚ he landed in the Americas and mistakenly called the people there Indians. New Worlds were being discovered between those three masses and the population was escalating due to the slave trade and booming economy‚ and the industrial production advanced from man-made to machine-made. Western Europe is the sum of an abundance of positive outcomes from their
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Prompt: Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations in the period from 1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific examples from at least TWO different world regions. The first migrations to the Americans were by cattle. The North had more slaves than the South. The South had a successful slave revolt. Trains in Russia caused the serfs to run faster. Teepees were mobile homes for Indians. Bantus migrated to California for the movie industry. Main technology that remained the
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