Earthenware

also refers to this modality in the Quran approximately 1400 years ago (Priso 18). China has cupping techniques mentioned as far back as 3000 years ago within their medical treatises (Priso 18). A variety of materials used were glass, bamboo, or earthenware (H. Cao, X. Li, J. Liu 1). The issues that cupping can be treated for are pain, hypertension, stroke rehabilitation, hypertension, herpes zoster, muscle fatigue, fevers, and many other ailments. Techniques There are many different…

The Mesopotamian and Indus Valley civilizations were two of the most successful early river settlements. The Mesopotamian civilization began around 3500 B.C.E., while the Indus Valley civilization began around 3300 B.C.E. While Mesopotamian and Indus Valley architecture, technology and economical structures all developed separately, they shared numerous similarities. However, the distinct contrasts between these civilizations differentiated them enough to be considered separate societies.…

recovery of sore and aching muscles. Cupping therapy in general utilizes a cup to create a vacuum over a painful area, acupuncture point, or reflex zone (Lauche, Langhorst, Dobos & Cramer, 2013). These cups are typically made of bamboo, glass, or earthenware.…

Within the history of art, there has been many comparisons with different type of artwork from different histories, but they all each had their similarity, yet differences because of the time era that they were in and what they were created for. Each artworks throughout the history all had a meaning behind them and sometime the meaning of each piece of art overlap with one another. The Minoan Snake Goddess and the Greek Aphrodite of Knidos have many features in common, but they also have other…

What to do with a Corpse: An Analyses of Cultural Funerary Practices and Their Applications in Amazonian, Borneo and Western Societies It is a universal constant that all people die. However, the question of what to do with the body of the deceased is less directly answered. Funerary rituals are shaped by culture, and this “death culture” varies greatly in terms of practice, significance, and meaning, to those who exercise them. This idea of unique variation can be prominently seen in the death…

"Easy for them, all right, they feed on another’s goods and go scot-free" (p.7) This quote shows Telemachus ' rage over his mother 's suitors taking advantage of the Gods requirement for xenia. In The Odyssey, Homer uses an epic poem to convey lessons about ancient Greek culture. One of the main themes in this epic is the importance of xenia, or hospitality. In this essay, I want address good and bad examples of xenia, and show its great importance in the plot. During Odysseus ' great journey,…

Corning is an American producer of glass, earthenware production, and related materials, basically for mechanical and experimental applications. The organization was known as Corning Glass Works until 1989, when it changed its name to Corning Incorporated. In 1998, Corning stripped itself of its customer lines of CorningWare and Corelle tableware and Pyrex cookware offering them to World Kitchen, yet at the same time holds an enthusiasm of around 8%. Starting 2014, Corning had five noteworthy…

Western culture is widespread throughout the modern world and has incorporated itself into many cultures. However, during the process of integrating the western culture into other cultures, there have been many cultural collisions. One cultural collision is represented in the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. In this book, the Western culture clashes with the Igbo culture in Nigeria. Nwoye, the son of the main character in the book, is set up in a way to represent the Western culture…

I am Obierika, the leader of Umuofia and a member of the Ibo tribe. Before the white Christian men invaded our land, our Ibo people had a balance of harmony and peace, while able to appoint decisions with the aid of the Oracle and ourselves. The integration of our way of life into the Ibo people seemed to play well in the continuation of our tribe, and it was fully stable before the disruption. With the arrival of the white men, our balance was thrown off kilter, and our way of life…

Bazaar The Bazaar, which were numerious, were mostly formed of long, straight, and tolerably wide avenues. The largest and best bazaar had an air of meanness about it that was not common on the largest bazaar of Turkey. It was long, wide, and lofty and well filled with dealers and wares of all sorts. Several of these bazaars were vaulted over with bricks work; but the great number were merely covered with flat beams which supports a roof of straw, dried leaves or brances of the tree and grass.…