In the book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William McNeill proposed a theory that explained the social relations of civilizations in the old world from 500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. His Fourfold Cultural Balance theory states there were four distinct zones (Europe, Middle East Africa, India, and China) of civilization development that were marked by a unique culture. ... The ultimate degredation of this theory occurred when the Europeans invented the cutter ship. ... This led to a European dominance of trade routes, and also allowed further independence of trade routes from th...

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The interaction of these different belief systems allows for one to question what is morally "right" and what is morally "wrong". ... If we define a "culture" in terms of a common set of values and place no limits on how small cultures can be, allows for us, in accordance with the cultural relativist theory, to make anything we want to be right by forming our own subculture with the appropriate value system. ... There is most likely a mix of right and wrong in all cultures and just because a particular belief system will judge something as right does not make it so. As far as the questio...

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For example, in Jordan a biology teacher implied that "the female reproductive system and the entrance to the vagina is where the family honor lies." ... This western concept has been know for years and as a result looked at as a familiar theory for the actions that took place in this case. ...

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Economic globalization, passing idea's from culture to culture can be more than the catalyst it is intended to be. The general concept has merit; wanting to share advancements with others and bring them up to a higher economic level is a noble idea, yet help is not always appreciated as we assume i...

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