European Adventure Traveling to Europe can be fun and exciting. With its many cultures and background, the traveler will find countries rich in history, architecture, art, and intellectual minds of the past. ... According to Darwin Porter one of the authors for Fromms 2000 guide to Europe, "The Continent is still in a dynamic, creative mood artistic and culture ferment are still very much part of the present." ... One can contact the "28 Nation European Travel Planner" for free brochures on traveling to Europe and planning guides. ... Just a little research will have the European traveler e...

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The men were sent to Europe as a slave. ... Native American culture suffered heavily because of their isolation from the rest of the world. ... For that reason, some Native Americans learned to coexist with Europeans, setting up trade networks and adopting European technologies. ... Religions and cultures of some indigenous tribes were completely disappeared. ... But Native Americans continue to survive and flourish by maintaining their distinct cultures. ...

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This speculates the loyalties of Jews at the time and proves that the Jews in medieval Christian Europe must have followed and believed what is said in this text. One might ask why Jews in medieval Christian Europe chose persecution, misery or even death, over conversion. ... The Jewish culture was so important that it had to remain protected and coveted. ... As we examine closer the lessons learned in this reading and the teachings of Rashi one can clearly see that the Jews of medieval Christian Europe hold the Jewish faith to be the most important aspect of their lives. This includes J...

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It is very difficult to analyze another culture without some knowledge of that culture first. ... But there are still social differences between different people within this culture. ... Instead of calling all foreigners "Gaijin," some Japanese people call them "Amerikajin" (American), which angers foreigners who are from Europe or other countries. ... Finally, comparing Japanese culture to American culture is a very daunting task. ... Japan, Its History and Culture. ...

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In what ways did the Black Death revolutionize the social and economic structure of Europe? ... Europe was in dire need of restructuring, replenishing, and restoring. Europe's Economic and Social Decline The economy was probably hit the hardest of all the aspects of Europe. ... The social and economic structure of Europe was drastically and irretrievably changed. ... Had these changes not occurred, we might be living with a quite different culture. ...

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Before Europeans came to America, the Native Americans Develop a diverse set of cultures that were dictated by their local environment. ... Cherokee voices opens takes a look at one specific tribe, the Cherokees and the book discusses how the arrival of the Europeans would affect their culture and way of life. ... "(pg.5) Even after all of this they were still able to manipulate trade enough to still have their culture survive the coming of Europeans. The culture the Cherokee like many Native American tribes developed before Europeans arrival. ... Even after the Europeans settled, chan...

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The Iroquois culture and the corresponding timeline can be crudely divided into two periods: life before contact with European settlers, and life after contact. ... This division is also made because life for the Iroquois changed drastically after European contact. ... It was not an alliance between the cultures. ... The relationship between the Iroquois culture and the European settlers is an excellent example of what can go wrong when two substantially different cultures interact. It goes beyond the fact that European diseases had catastrophic effects on the Iroquois, and yet it can all...

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Despite this setback, Europe came to be the one to conquer the new world and turned Europe's situation around. ... Europe was the one to conquer the world because its warlike culture led them to develop technologies that allowed them to conquer. The main reason why the Roman Empire fell was because the traditional Roman culture started to break down. ... This power vacuum creates competition among the tribes and develops a warlike culture as well. ... The warlike culture and new, improved technologies all were a factor to their conquest. ...

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His mothers friend was European, and she still had a strong accent because she had just moved here from Europe a few years ago. ... The European woman instantly became red and started yelling at my boyfriend mother saying how ignorant, selfish, and stupid us Americans were. ... Sure, we do things differently than they do in Europe, but that does not give her a right to say that we are selfish, ignorant, and stupid. ... Looking back at this experience, I can say that I will never judge any culture. Since I now personally know how it feels like to be put down and mocked at because of ones cultu...

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Through out the middle ages, Europe was not the only place where trading and societies thrived. ... The Gobi Desert kept China isolated from other cultures. ... Beginning in about 100 B.C., a network of overland trade routes formed to carry goods between Asia and Europe. ... To this day, China still is the heart of Asian culture. ... I think the trading with both societies has a significant impact on the European society, and the two cultures influences are still in our society today. ...

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The Woodland Tradition is considered to be the most indigenous culture of Indian times. Both the Adena and Hopewell cultures are roots from the Woodland Tradition. The Adena culture dwelled mainly in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. ... The European party was unable to penetrate the Cherokee front. ... The Europeans were gleaning the lands of all its game. ...

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Across the Atlantic, fifteen countries (soon to be twenty-five) and their cultures, bound together by the charter of the European Union, hold their faith in something almost completely antithetical and more socialistic in nature. ... While it may be in American culture to work more, it may not be doing as much for their productivity as one might think. ... It is the ideal place to locate for the European market given its unique position as the western-most country in the European Union. ... Even with American labor costs much lower then Europe's, The Euro is stronger than the dollar, whic...

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For the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico the oral tradition of storytelling is an intricate part of their culture. ... In the Pueblo culture all plants, animals, and people emerged at the same place at the same time. ... Both cultures also have the same purpose in mind, which is to demonstrate age-old-truths to their youths. ... Thus, similar stories have developed across both cultures to demonstrate the same lesson. While cautionary tales are prevalent in both European and Native American cultures, so are trickster tales. ...

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Before Christianity became a force in Europe, many cultures worshiped numerous "gods" and deities. ... Christianity flourished in Europe. ... The only positive aspect that came from the Crusades was that it allowed trade with Europe and the Middle East. ... Vikings subsequently invaded and terrorized people in towns and villages for over 250 years around Europe A.D. ... Europe was just coming out of the dark ages. ...

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A large amount of Europeans, especially Italian and Greek, immigrated to Australia and made there their new home in the early 20th century due to the European devastation in World War 2. ... Besides that, European immigrants started to run coffee business and established Italian-style cafes. ... " Since Australia is a multi-cultural country because of the European immigration, there is no doubt that European coffee lovers still keep this traditional habit even though they moved to a new country. ... The obsession is thanks to the introduction of coffee from Europe. ... CONCLUSION The Eur...

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Dependence, is what Europe created, forcing in one way or another that new land to look to Europe for it's economical answer. ... When the Spanish / Europe concord the America's, they created colonies of mono culture , making them depended on one product , be it gold, sugar cane, silver , etc. 3 Once they are no longer under Spanish rule , they being to struggle economically and compete with one another to be the number one trader with countries in Europe, later on until the present time, with it's nearby neighbor , the United States . ... This is an aspect were we ...

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The culture of a place is an integral part of its society whether that place is a remote Indian village in Sri Lanka or a highly industrialized city in Western Europe. ... The culture of America fascinates me because, at first glance, it seems so different. ... Almost every Taiwanese has the same culture background as mine, so it is easy to understand the way they think. In contrast, although the United States is a country with originally European roots, it is a heterogeneous society of many ethnicities---Europeans, Africans, and Latinos. ... This is very different from my culture. ...

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The novel portrays the impact of European colonization on the indigenous Ibo culture. ... Achebe's most acclaimed literary work, Things Fall Apart, yields a tremendous amount of information regarding African culture before and during Africa's European colonization. ... The first European appears in the village about two-thirds into the novel. ... This is the second sign that the Europeans presence is not a positive one. ... Its absence in the text is symbolic of its absence in the culture. ...

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Differences in European ways of life were influenced by culture and tradition, economic development, and political systems. ... After World War II, Europe became the center of the cold war, which divided Communist-controlled Eastern Europe from non-Communist Western Europe. ... Most of Europe's Christians are Roman Catholics. ... Soccer is the national sport in Europe. ... The economies vary great due to culture. ...

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In lieu of this happening, the Indo-European race rose into power. ... The Indo-Europeans were white men like those of the Semites. ... The Hittites were the most significant migrants of those of the Indo-Europeans. ... The Indo-Europeans contributed a lot to today's society. ... The domestication of horses was a huge contribution, who is to say if other cultures would have done what the Indo-Europeans did. ...

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"American Culture" What is culture? ... There are many other ways to define culture, but the one stated above mainly sums up what culture really is. ... Boudreaux Believes that American culture is mainly world culture. ... For example, He explains that his Family uses foreign objects and products in their everyday living , Using things such as soap milled in France, a Sony clock-radio, Braun electric razor, compact disc (which was invented by Dutch company Phillips), coffee grown in Europe, Japanese-made CD player and some other items as well. ... American Culture is something ...

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It is divided into 55 countries which have their own language and their own culture. ... Even though many things changed when the Europeans came, the culture lives on. ... Europeans went into the area and tried to colonize it. ... Europeans helped spread Christianity. ... Europeans also helped civilize Africa. ...

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African art had strong geometric shapes and solid lines, this fascinated many artists in Europe who were becoming tired with traditional European arts. ... African art has opened the door for many other forms of art from many other cultures. ... The art of African cultures have been blended seamlessly into many western forms of art. ... Art today is really a blend of all cultures put together in a stew. Even African art has been somewhat inspired by other cultures. ...

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Orwell was intelligently descriptive even then in telling this story of being a European in an Asian culture. One example of how he described life as a European, was in Moulmein and everywhere he went the "yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance" (48). He lived in a time where the anti-Europeans just "seemed to have anything to do except stand on the street corners and jeer at Europeans"(48). ... When he wrote it he was a simple European police officer in an Asian community. ... Orwell was descriptive even then in telling...

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As the popularity of the European goods arose in the indigenous community, the Indians' dependency of the European suppliers also increasingly rose. ... Like the Indians, Europeans were also affected by a different culture. ... Indigenous crops affected the Europeans greatly. ... Housing had a European-style. ... In conclusion, the Indians' influences aided the Europeans' more that the Europeans' aided the Indians'....

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