In 1500, Europe was third in population in the world, behind China and India. Proportionately, Europe progressed at a higher rate than either China or India during the period 1650-1850. ... Europeans enjoyed better clothing, more varied food, more furniture and more household utensils than did their counterparts in China and India. ... Europe was apparently in a better position to take advantage of the knowledge that began to rapidly accumulate as a result of the renaissance (much of it from Asian and Islamic cultures). Western science organized a better attack on the secrets of nature, and us...

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Pagan customs shared by both African and Caribbean culture defined everything different from European norms at the time. Although similar, the culture of Caribbean inhabitants described by Christopher Columbus was better accepted than the black Africans' culture. ... When Columbus first started his voyage, the idea was to travel to India. However, instead of reaching India, he found himself on the unknown grounds of the Caribbean islands describing them as "the most fertile, and temperate and flat and good in the whole world "1. ... However, black Africans were highly judged because they...

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There are ancient practices such as tantra, tao sexology, and (namely) Kama sutra, which tends to be the most practiced and well known of the three in western culture. ... In India, the Tantric tradition, overseen by the god Shiva and his partner Kali/Parvati, continued for hundreds (possibly thousands) of years before being incorporated into Buddhism. ... Sacred sex harnesses the power of sexuality for the purposes of accelerating personal transformation and enhancing spiritual growth and has been practiced throughout recorded history: in India, Tibet and China; and throughout the M...

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This assertion I very much contest since Asia has one of the most diverse cultures in the world. ... The earliest known civilizations arose in the great river valleys of southwest Asia, northwest India, and northern China. Despite the differences, these cultures had some similar characteristics. ... An increased agricultural yield and the work of the artisans provided trade goods that could be exchanged with people from other cultures. ... It was westward to this agricultural society "but also south-eastwards through Iran to India "that several millennia later successive waves of...

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The first account of dancing known to man came from the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, India, the Americas, Africa, and Australia. True dance forms first appeared in India at around 6000 B.C. ... Starting in A.D. 1300 and lasting for over 300 years, culture and the arts began to spread throughout Europe. ... Not only did she introduce cosmetics, ice cream, artichokes, and lettuce to France, but she also became known for her extravagant entertainments which enhanced her political power; her court became known as the center of European culture. ...

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For Gypsies, this kind of oppression had existed ever since their migration from India to Europe more than a thousand years ago. ... In Islamic world, Gypsies were considered as Christian because of their different religion believes and culture; but their dark skin and foreign-looking faces made them "Islam" in Christian society. ...

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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. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... Those who were able to learn and open their minds through reading textbooks and learning new skills, had to distance themselves from their own identity and culture, this meant that a lot of young people were alienated from their own c...

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This is the result from the belief that as stable and successful societies must be based on shared values and a common culture, immigration should be firmly restricted or minority groups should be encouraged to conform into the culture of the "host" society. ... In some cases, a combination of mounting nationalist pressure and declining domestic economic performance persuaded colonial powers to depart relatively peacefully as occurred in India and Malaysia. ...

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As Europeans started identifying themselves more on the basis of their culture and traditions a new set of ideas and emerged out. ... In the 20th century these imperial colonies themselves experiences various nationalistic movements to establish their own rule in their nations and to gain independence from the European rule as in India, Nigeria and other colonized nations. ... It is inevitable that the sense of nationalism of different states or cultures would clash. ... It emphasis on a historical ethnic culture based on folklore as a nationalistic concept. ...

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ReOrient Paper Andre Gunder Frank's Book ReOrient is a study of the development of world trade and economic conditions across the continents from 1400 through 1800. ReOrient offers a unique historical look at economic development, one that is not generally presented in the mainstream education...

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