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After nearly a thousand years of decline, Western Europe finally recover and create the golden age known as the European Renaissance. There were many causes to this, both proximate and long term. One long term cause of the collapse of the decline of the Christian Catholic Church. Another long term cause is the protection of trade routes by the Mongols. A proximate cause however is Byzantium near its collapse. One long term factor that was a major cause of the Renaissance was the decline of the…

rearing tradition. However, witnessing a world filled with distinct societies, it comes as no surprise that actions taken by one may appear strange to another. One dilemma displaying this natural occurrence is the different parenting practices between Western and Asian couples. It is without any doubt that mothers and/or fathers strive to give their children the finest development of knowledge in order to witness them blossom in a career. Currently, the stringent…

convincing individuals that they will never be good enough unless they conform to these standards dictated by the ruling class of western commercialization. It is no secret that Western media culture produces an inordinate amount of images of digitally altered, white women to keep consumers chasing after an impalpable vision of what it means to be beautiful. It is western culture saturating the market as well as our society’s standards of women that ultimately…

differences between Eastern and Western women across the globe. Her juxtaposition of the two highlights a larger conflict, one that is a massive problem in the Western world. When you think of the average Western woman, many picture a beautiful, skinny, burlesque-type figure in a tight dress. To be blunt, there are two general weight types viewed by the public: slim and obese. This generalization become a reality in part due to the media and its portrayal of Western life. Unfortunately,…

Karrayu people of Ethiopia, and their understanding of both western education and their own family values. This will not only allow for the Karrayu to make an informed, and objective decision regarding education, but it will also ensure better cross-cultural understanding among the Karryau, and Western society. Our team has learned much from the video about the Karrayu people, but there are still many gaps concerning their understanding of Western education and how that interacts with their…

meaning that the religion views the world through a point of view that is human-centered. Subsequently, White makes a case regarding the role of Christianity 's anthropocentrism in contributing to the development of science and technology with a Western lens. As a consequence, White makes the statement that ecological disaster began to occur as more technology gave humanity power over nature. Lastly, he asserts that Christianity acts in the opposite manner of environmentalism due to its…

traditions as it keeps them from becoming home sick. On the contrary, with a new destination comes more *****. The environment compared between eastern countries and western countries are very different. The type of food, clothing, technology, and customs are just some examples that can be used to disguise the two from each other. In western countries women tend to have more freedoms and rights compared to eastern countries. When females from eastern countries migrate and see the freedoms other…

The colonized parts of the world were dependent on the countries that colonized them. They no longer had the resources needed to develop (because the European countries had taken most of them) and become a modern developed country like those of the Western World. In addition, the African and Asian countries no longer had the political organization and structure the European countries had provided them. Due to this broken system, the underdeveloped countries were unable to effective rule their…

This suggests an underlying purpose to glorify the emperor. Therefore, the source is useful in discerning how the conquest was portrayed from the perspective of those from the Byzantine empire. The First Crusade was a military excursion made by Western European Christians, known as ‘Franks’ in the late eleventh century. The maintained aim of the Crusade was to recover sacred…

influenced the American culture by promoting individualistic democracy. “The frontier,” he asserted, "is the line of most rapid Americanization." He also expressed that expansion to the American West changed people’s view of their own culture. The western frontier, however, did not appear to be what it seemed like. Turner described in his frontier thesis that the West was a “land of the free”. This was not true for the Native Americans that inhabited the West. At the end of the civil war,…