Unfortunately, after a short time the Bushmen began to feel new emotions like jealousy and anger. ... The entire tribe was portrayed as very happy and everybody shared their few possessions before the bottle fell from the sky. Soon after the bottle was in the community people were fighting and had gotten very greedy. ... The bottle created so many problems for Xi, when before it "fell" from the sky he was doing perfectly fine. ...

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As a result, he is unable to see that much of the technology that supposedly led to Europe's rise to power can be found in other parts of the world long before it shows up in Europe. In Blaut's analysis of White's work, he clearly sites evidence of the technological advances White suggests as European that can be found in other areas of the world long before they reach Europe (p. 34). ... For example, the dramatic population increase in Europe after the Dark Ages is more directly related to the population rebuilding itself through birth rates and increased settlement as a resu...

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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. ... The individual used to replace the loved one would inherit that loved one's identity; they would cease to be who they were before. ...

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The cultural application in this short story is not just from the time it is written, but even a century before that. ... After that, the narrator reminisces about her youth. ... After second grade the school was closed down. ...

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The night before they bury the body, the deceased's family members and close friends would gather in a room and sit around the body, pray, sign hymns, and comfort each other throughout the night. ... After this ceremony takes place, they are considered to have both more responsibilities and more privileges. ...

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Smiley, an impaired man, is standing in front of a church saying that we need to change our views of racism before it is too late. ... After everything is said and done, the characters realize that everyone isn't exactly as we think they might be. ...

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Colleges and universities encourage learning through projects and assignments, by stimulating the mind of the student, rightly believing that after years of basic education, this is the right time to expand his mind by letting him apply the knowledge gained so far, in the practical world. ... Often, the way that he lived before is not accepted as or considered as normal in the new place. ... The life of an international student is a tough one, but it can be made easy, simply by proper information and preparation before he embarks on his studies. ...

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When the first European item was traded with an Indian's, word of the never before seen item quickly spread throughout North America, and most Indian's wanted these "impressive new technologies", (Calloway). ... Due to the use of guns after trading with the newcomers, it was easier for the Indians to control other tribes. ... Colonists had to construct shelters like the Indians to sleep in before they could finish making their accustomed houses. ...

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Before that, women had minimal rights and were not allowed to have any say in Canadian politics even though this was the country which they called "home". ... It began the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and it lasted until Japan surrendered. ... Finally, after all this, the government looted all possessions of Japanese-Canadians and auctioned them off while telling the people imprisoned in the camps that they were only temporarily holding onto their valued possessions. ... This is an important defining moment in Canadian History because after this, people looking for a better lif...

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She gives an example of ancient Chinese samurai warriors whom before going off to battle would test the sharpness of their swords on innocent strangers in order to ensure that one swing of their sword that could decapitate a man. ... When referring to an Indian who denounced western civilization after a two week visit to Brazil she states, "my own impression is that we believe that outsiders can, in principle, deliver perfectly good indictments-only, it usually takes more than two weeks to make them damming. ... Again she emphasizes the importance of knowledge of the action questioned before p...

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After World War One the world faced a post war depression. ... Canada also experienced cultural development after the war as the 1920's began. ... People were able to start having fun after the war ended. ... They believed that, "an art must grow and flower in the land before the country will be a real home for its people- (Newman 175). ... Aboriginal people were still discriminated against, even after their support in World War I. ...

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He had to have known Song's true identity after all that time he spent with "her". ... The pain he must have felt after finding out that his "butterfly" was a man in disguise, and on top of that a spy for the Chinese government, must have been tremendously tragic and heartbreaking for him. ... Postcolonial China before the Revolution was made up of the China that reconstructed itself after World War II. ... Mao was the Chinese leader after the war and during his reign Western culture started leaking into the China. ... After watching the film a second time, however, there were subtle...

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Halloween means the night before All Hallows or All Saints Day, which was celebrated on May 13th. Later on, Gregory III changed the date of the holiday o November 1st in order for the Greek Orthodox Church to observe it on the first day after the Pentecost. ...

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Throughout the entire world there have been different influences coming to affect and altering the original aspects of my culture, especially by the arts. The beauty of life and its features, in my opinion, relies specifically in the integration of different civilizations. Now in the days with there...

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In the 1920s, almost overnight, the movie industry dramatically grew and plunged into the lives of almost everyone in the United States. Since, this occurrence came so sudden, not much information was available causing some to worry about its effects on children. What is this new popular culture a...

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Piggy is intelligent and loyal, and although some of the other characters see him as a coward, he is actually very courageous in the way he speaks out against Jack and his savagery: Look at what he says in "Castle Rock" just before his death; his death makes him into a kind of tragic hero. The Lord of the Flies" was published in 1954 - shortly after the end of the Second World War. ...

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This cult was called Chavín, after the best known ceremonial center, Chavín de Huántar. ... But the evolution of Peruvian pottery becomes somewhat confusing and complex after this first civilization of potters. ... The Gallinazo constructed double chamber vessels with whistle spouts and a type of decoration called negative decoration where they painted their simple designs on after the pieces were fired. ... For highly ornamented vessels they would add headdresses and arms after the vessel was assembled and before it was fired. ...

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After stating their first perception of Swaziland, the interviewers were revealed the location of the country. ... This perception remained unchanged before and after knowing where Swaziland is located. ... After seeing this video we know that it takes place in Africa but we do not know exactly what part of Africa it was filmed in. ... After years of exile he is persuaded to return home to overthrow the usurper and claim the kingdom as his own thus completing the ˜Circle of Life'" (Allers & minkoff, 1994). ...

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He grew up to become a rice farmer like the past generation but after migrating to a new country his identity changed. This was his identity before the global transformation of migration. He was only connected to the people who were in Vietnam but after traveling abroad he became aware that he had so many friends and relatives who lived in different countries. ... He was himself a result of globalization after being affected by the global transformation of migration. He saw his behaviors, thoughts and feelings changing rapidly after moving. ...

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After the ceremony the bride and groom exit the church while the guests shower them with rice and almond candies, "koufeta"", for good luck. ... If mourners choose to visit the grieving family before the service, tradition requires that they say, "May you have an abundant life"", or "May their memory be eternal"". ... A memorial service for the deceased is always held on the Sunday closest to the 40-day mark after death. ... The family mourns for a hundred days after the funeral. ...

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The issues are raised after the long statuses of these social structures are broken by the conquering of colonialist powers. ... It refers to the untapped culture before the overtaking by colonialist powers. ... The one and only bridged between the western and non-western culture for many years before the effects of globalization was language. ...

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After he sucks upon the erogenous necks of his innocent victims, they are forever his in body and mind as an unconscious collective. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of his willingness not to do what is most natural to him, drink blood; just as sex before marriage is forbidden inside of Mormon culture. ... The LDS church is not wrong to perceive sex before marriage an unclean act; even in today's society women and men who engage themselves in highly promiscuous acts are given names subject to what they have done and are remembered for having participated in something ...

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After praying, Hindus put on vebuthi (a greyish-white chalky substance; that is initially made from cow feces); which is applied on the forehead. ... As mentioned before, Hindus respect every living thing that has a soul. ...

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As Arshad Husain put it, "Globalization is the ongoing economic, technological, social, and political integration of the world that began after the Second World War" (Husain, 2010). ... Therefore, these pages are listed before others. ...

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"Cultural pattern is a set of combined characteristics and traits that are related to a particular group of people." Each country has its own cultural patterns, but some countries may have corresponding cultural patterns too. People today move frequently searching for jobs or an educational degree. ...

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