South Asia

Marlenis Rey Asia 152: Final Paper Prompt # 5 Over the past three millennia, the South Asian subcontinent has seen the arrival of various immigrant groups, who have all shaped the political structures and cultural forms of the region in various ways. With this in mind, compare and contrast the belief systems of two or more philosophies or religions that have started in or traveled to South Asia, noting, where relevant, their connections to empire and culture (literature, theater, dance, music, art, and architecture) The history of South Asia countries have been shaped through centuries by the influence of different immigrant groups such as, Islam including (Sufism as a mystic variant of Islam), and Sikhism. India’s ability…

The major cultural elements that contributed to the human diversity of South Asia are the two main religions in the region. These religions are Hinduism and Buddhism. Both are similar but have differences that make up the diversity in South Asia. Hinduism is mainly in India; which includes worship of many gods related to varied historic experiences and is associated with a caste order. A caste order is a social class system based on supremacy of people. The top of the caste order are the…

occur. In the western side of the world we see people living in more developed countries such as the United States and Europe. As in the eastern side there are countries that are a lower developed countries for example South west Asia and south Asia. To have a comparison between two countries that I will be explaining about are Europe and South West Asia. Those two regions have a lot of differences in their physical geography, how many people live in the region, what type of culture background…

South Asia: Absurd Women Rights in Society Affect the Globalization Are we all equal in society? Are we treating everyone with dignity and respect? Then why women in South Asian society are still neglected and subjected to oppression predominantly by the men, and aren’t considered as equal as others? However, many of us believe in women rights, but do they really exist in our society? Women rights around the world are an important indicator to understand global well-being. However, in South…

Ancient Egypt and the settlements of Southeast Asia developed in very different environment. As a result of this there are many differences in the two societies. However, there are also a number of commonalities that the two civilizations shared. These civilizations serve as good examples of the differences and commonalities of civilizations. The civilization of Ancient Egypt developed along the Nile River in north east Africa. Due to the dry climate of the region the Egyptians’ access to fresh…

BACKGROUND Pigs have been essential to human’s life even before wild animals were domesticated. Ancestors of pigs comes from Asia and Europe 25 million years ago, however its domestication pigs began 6000 to 8000 BC. Pigs were highly produced in Asia especially China which is the highest pig producer even currently. Pigs arrived in South Africa in in 1600’s with the European settlers. South Africa’s indigenous breeds are the Windsnyer (Ramsay, 2002). Breeds which are also found and commercially…

Kashmir to have the choice of picking whether to join either India or Pakistan. Maharaja Hari Singh, the pioneer of Kashmir, was Hindu, while an extensive bit of his subjects were Muslim. When he chose not to join Pakistan and rather stayed in unbiased status this came about to a Muslim uprising upheld by Pakistan. Battling amongst Pakistan and India brought about there now being a line of control where limit settlements are found. To illuminate this issue I would choose certain perspectives…

Globalization has had a huge impact of labor in South Asia because of the American Companies there which are taking advantage of the people. The harms that workers had was never being able to have enough time in breaks. They worked extremely long hours and never had the chance to get bathroom breaks. Workers are getting paid less than the product is being sold for which leads to them not being able to take care of themselves or their family . My goal is to have a law where workers get the…

the village and helping out her parents with house hold chores like weaving, cattle herding and farming on her fields. Like any other teenage girl, she used to dream of going to the big city one day and see the tall building, dazzling lights and may be see one or two movie stars and their glamour that she so hears and sees in the movies. Brought up in a small and closely knit community, she knew nothing of the outside world and the dangers that lay hidden in the streets. Now she is alone in the…

Neveen Bashiti 3/19/2017 Regional Geography of the World Chapter 8A & 8B Summary The South Asian Realm South Asia may be the most diverse realm in the world. Mountains, deserts, and the Indian Ocean are some the features that mark this realm. Another feature of this realm is the great rivers, especially the Ganges that has for many years supported the clustered population in this realm. India was the birthplace of major religions that impacted this realm. Religions like Hinduism and Buddhism…