Abstract The purpose of this research is to investigate the probable reasons that humans migrated from Asia to populate North America. ... It was the oldest Clovis burial ever found in North America. ... After scientists extract DNA from his bones they found that this boy originated from Asia. ... The same goes for all present day Native Americans. ... There still a big discussion among scientists around the globe trying to prove Clovis people were not the first here, there it is not a concrete evidence to disproved the Bering Land Bridge theory that was proposed first by archaeologists to e...

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Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. ... Poverty, religion, tradition, and conflict make the rate of child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa similar to that in South Asia In many tribal systems a man pays a bride price to the girl's family in order to marry her. ... South Asia has the highest prevalence of child marriage of any region in the world. ...

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Between 650 CE and the mid-1500s, slaves were common in Europe and Asia, spreading through trans-Saharan and Islamic-run trade routes. ... The eunuchs who often managed the concubines in the harems in which they lived were primarily from Europe, Asia, and the most preferable area, Africa. ... The opportunity to find slaves in the Americas was nixed when many of the Native Americans died from the foreign European pioneers' diseases. ... Slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas in a complicated process. The triangular trade route, called the transatlantic slave trade, connected t...

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Miami is known for its diversity. We share different nationalities, culture, and religion. I am currently majoring in international relations focusing in the Middle East. The Middle East is a hot topic and seems to always be in the media, but I believe the media has created a different interpretatio...

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While it is mostly practiced in muslim countries, some may be surprised that it's not isolated to such areas; rather, it has been reported in lower Africa and Asia as well, where the muslim religion is much harder to find among the local inhabitants. ... There are no figures to show how common female genital mutilation is in Asian countries, but the practice has been reported in Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. The practice has even been reported in industrialized nations such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and...

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Fossil records show that the forests of Southeast Asia have existed in more or less their present form for 70 to 100 million years. ... The four major geographic regions in which tropical rain forests are found are: South and Central America, Africa and Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia New Guinea, and Australia. ...

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The influence of the American culture can been seen in many different countries now whether it be through businesses such as McDonalds, movies, social media and other forms of widespread media in the world. ... This can also be a bad thing as it does conflict with cultures for example a recent Asian study realized the since the 1990 Asian women are starting to wear smaller and tighter clothing [Yun 07], this could be the direct result of globalization as the Asian women are able what to see what is considered sexy in the western culture. Usually Asian women are respectably dressed and which wa...

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One example of ethnic cleavage which can be traced directly to colonial foundations is that of the African/Asian (Indian) divide in Kenya and Uganda. Paul Vandenberg explains the racial privileges which the Asians enjoyed under British rule, leading to their concentration as a relatively successful ethnic group. As migrants flowed within the British empire, Asians who arrived in Kenya were given greater access to social, educational and capitalist opportunities by the colonials, as a result of higher 'racial' status (also Bennell 1982, p131). ... Similarities can be seen with the evo...

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Development in the West and North America has been steady and successful. ... There have not been the improvements in living standards which have become apparent in many Asian and Latin American countries. ... By looking at the other parts of the world however, the situation changes slightly, many countries, especially East Asia, has been experiencing rapid development' and some such as Singapore are soon to achieve the developed status. ...

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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... African, Asian, Arabic, Islamic and European, yet separate facilities existed for each community. ...

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Not only did the European sailors provide direct ocean routes to areas that had been in contact with Europe through more expensive and difficult overland routes such as West Africa and East Asia, but also the ships reached areas that had had no preceding sustained and reciprocal contact with the outside world. However, it was not just Americans who came into outside contact, the entire region of west central Africa did as well. Thus, in addition to easing and intensifying relations between various parts of the Old World, the European navigations opened up connections between two new world; the...

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AFRICA ART Since the beginning Africa Art has played in integral part in American history. ... They had also developed the distinctive Swahili culture, characterized by the almost universal practice of Islam, as well as by Arabic and Asian-influenced art and architectural styles. ... Africa Art continues to play an integral part in mainstream America. ...

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Introduction Many homes around the world have at least one cat living inside as a pet; in fact many homes have a few cats dwelling in them. People raise these animals for many reasons. Some want them for their companionship. Cats are soft, sweet, and lovable. People like playing with them when they ...

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There is also a cluster of Tier two watch list and Tier three countries and hence human trafficking in the east of the northern hemisphere, through the middle east for example in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Asian continent in Burma and Thailand and the European continent in the east, particularly in Russia. ... In contrast, there is virtually no human trafficking in the eastern northern hemisphere in the north American continent and in almost all of the southern hemisphere especially in the Australasian continent. ... It is estimated criminals make over $32 billion yearly from the trade and ...

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The ships then traveled to America, where slaves were exchanged for sugar, rum, salt, and other island products. ... Liberia Liberia is a West Africa nation originally founded by freed slaves from the American South between 1820 and 1865. ... Tolbert, was the grandson of freed American slaves. ... The Population Registration act classified the people asBantu (black Africans), coloured (people of mixed race), white (the descendants of the Boers), and Asian (Indian and Pakistani immigrants). ...

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This same controversy is not only seen in the United States, but in Europe, Asia and Africa as well. ... Women have a lower chance of climbing the ladder than a white male, and African American women have an even lower chance. ...

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