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Introduction: Today 's infrastructure enables an easy access to people and places all around the world along with products, services and technologies that can move easily across national borders. Companies today have increased opportunities to enter foreign markets and it is common that they operate in international environments (Albaum and Duerr, 2008). This environment is also called ‘globalization’ that has become an interesting topic in the academic world. The meaning of globalization…

The author of; Where Olive, Lemon and Laurel Trees Grow (2010), Slobodan Dan Paich, discusses the Mediterranean, giving evidence that there are other views to be looked at other than the nationalistic view as is normally presented. Paich lets the reader know at the very beginning of the article that there is no specific hypothesis which he is attempting to prove or disprove. Instead he would like to bring forth evidence of many cultural similarities and the diversity of culture throughout…

Orientalism is a term which indicates how the West perceives the East as the ‘other’. Edward Said published his controversial book Orientalism in 1978, which talks about how Orientalism forms an inferior Orient, in terms of knowledge and domination. Edward Said opens his introduction by mentioning the Western’s misconception about the East arguing that “The Orient was almost a European invention” (Said 1). The Orient played a significant role in the creation of the European culture and it…

language of the area which he spoke at. Ronald Reagan uses diction, ethos and a understanding tone, one which he feels what the people want and therefore addresses the German political officials on the issues about the wall and how there should not be a “East” or “West” berlin Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in the small town of Tampico, Illinois, to parents John Reagan and Nelle Wilson Reagan. Like…

Orientalism, is a book by Edward Said in which was very influential and controversial in postcolonial studies. Said redefined the term “Orientalism.” He defined it as a constellation of untrue assumptions expressing how the western attitudes toward the East were romanticized. Said starts off his book with the fact that the Orient played a key role in the “construction” of European and American culture, “the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the west) as its contrasting image, idea,…

bloc to escape to the west through West Berlin. Its downfall in November of 1989 was huge news to the world as with its importance it affected the whole world. It was not just uniting a single country again but it also opened the border between the East and West of Europe and the world. It was an end to the Cold War tensions between the two ideologies of the USSR with communism and the USA with capitalism, which meant a drastic change in policies of many countries. The two presidents who brought…

Wall. The wall is not only the physical division between West Berlin and East Berlin from 1961 to 1989, but also the symbolic boundary between Democracy and Communism during the Cold War. Within a short period of time after World War II, West Germany’s life condition and economy grew rapidly with the help of Capitalism. The positive turnover of West Berlin society created a huge contrast between the two halves of Germany. In East Berlin, people lived with a constant fear of war, the economy of…

reason why we are here according to Paul. They walked the strait called “Bab el Mandeb”the gate of the grief. It is from Africa to Arabia and made 2500 generations. Paul uses fossil evidence and genography to walk North from Africa into the Middle East. He will walk from Asia to China, to Siberia. Then from Russia he will cross in a ship to Alaska and finally to Tierra Del Fuego. It is 21,000 miles,…

for women in our part of the world to have a voice, struck the feminist movement allowing women from all over the world to take a stand and let their voices be heard. Women in the Middle east are considered Second Class citizens, any woman who summons the courage to break the barriers of femininity in the middle east usual wind up dead. Not until recently that Malala a young schoolGirl almost killed for wanting girls in her part of the world to go to school gained courage and made girl education…

The Importance of History in the Present Day The past is history, the future 's a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why they call it the present. This quote is a perfect way to summarize what I plan to explain in this paper: the past is history. We study it and try to learn from it. Every part of our past is of some use to us and has impacted the lives we live today. As I discuss the emergence of Islam, The Rule of Saint Benedict, and illuminated manuscripts I will explain just how…