All civilizations have attempted to change their body in order to fulfill their cultures ideas of beauty, religious, rites of passage, or social obligations. ... Ear piercing is the most widely practiced piercing among cultural groups in Africa, India, North and South America. ... It was popular in Ancient Mexico and in India. Today in India and in Pakistan too, women still continue to wear nose piercing. According to an article written by Paul King and Erica Skadsenon piercing, some women in India pierce their nose to encourage a state of submissiveness. ...

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Russia wanted passage across the Black Sea so they waged war against the Ottoman Empire to take it over. ... India became economically valuable to the Europeans. Since the British needed raw materials for their industrialized factories, they turned to India. The British considered India as "the brightest jewel in the crown." ...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...

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Henry wanted to find a water route to India. The passage to India over land was long, slow, and dangerous. ... In 1499, Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel from Portugal to India. Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. It wasn't until years later that anyone understood that the "Indians" he encountered weren't from India after all. ...

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In areas such as India where Hinduism reigned, slaves were almost equivalent to a citizen status, many being merchants, seafarers, clerics, bodyguards, and even bureaucrats. ... During this time, empires ruled as the discovery of gold and other precious materials as well as various new innovations occurred across Europe, Africa, India and other countries. ... Oftentimes captives experienced a majority of the year in the shipment process, the actual crossing of the Middle Passage taking 2-3 months, and accumulation of slaves on board taking a varying number of weeks (Gomez 2005, 74). ...

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