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    BCE, and the culture lasted all the way to 146 BCE. Ancient Greek culture has influenced the present day more than most people will ever understand, ranging from their form of government all the way to their architecture! In an article from the Confucius Institute it is stated that, “In 510 BC Cleisthenes introduced profound reforms which made democracy exist as a system of government for the first time in the world. In general reforms were to diminish the role of aristocracy, eliminate financial

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    Chapter Five: The Cultural Analysis of Outdoor Leisure in the Select Field Cities 1. Introduction In the last chapter, the development of outdoor leisure practices in the selected cities is in tamed with the transformations of Chinese government economic strategies. With increasing disposable money, overall increased spare time compared with Maoist era, health conscious as well as the negative consequences caused by modernization in terms of high pressure of working condition with high trade-off

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    The Syncretism of Buddhist and Daoist Religious Practices upon their Initial Interactions in China Looking throughout history, there are many instances in which cultures and ideologies mirror biological and scientific phenomena. Often ideas will propagate much like a species would in certain environments. Like Darwin’s finches, notions regarding religion, culture, or any other system of thought, struggle to survive through competition with other systems of ideas. Instead of having offspring that

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    Introduction In ancient times, China has been known as the “Celestial Empire”, it’s a land where the divine and mortal once coexisted. It’s also refers to the belief that the divine, themselves using various paths or ways which transmitted rich and abundant culture to the Chinese people. Chinese culture is thus known as “divinely inspired,” as it is the only culture in the world to have history of 5,000 years. Chinese’s culture left behind countless literary classics, historical documents, cultural

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    China has always been proud of its history. Being one of the most advance civilizations way before America was even discovered, a lot of the Chinese today still cling on to their glory days even if they are one of the world’s superpowers. A massive country with patriotic citizens and a great economy is what people know of China today. However, what most people do not know and the rest wanting to forget, is that China had its fair share of atrocities done to its very own people. One of these, of

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    Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the world with an estimated 500 million adherents located in all corners of the globe. Although Buddhism is practiced all around the world, the majority of Buddhists are centered in the Eastern, Southern and Central parts of Asia. It was founded in India in approximately 525 B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama. Although it was founded and first gained a foothold in India, Buddhism today is usually more associated with East Asian countries such as Korea and Japan

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    thanks to the French scientist “Gan Franso Shmelion” who broke the symbols of the ancient Egyptian language using Rosetta stone. He discovered a text in two language and three writings, that one of them was hieroglyph that was written inside the temple. During 3000 BC, Egyptian started to measure time through a calendar based on the three natural cycles (the lunar month, the solar day and the solar year). The Hyksos occupation of Egypt (1648-1540 BC) had more statistics calculation and inventions

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    Special Service Essay

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    Special service: 1.The number of people: 20; This tour group has started to sign up until it is fully booked. 2.Lead by photographic experts: The top photographic specialists in China serve as leaders and conduct photographic creation training for the tour group, providing professional guidance during the entire trip. 3.Tour in depth: Instead of cursory “tourist traveling”, this photo tour of Caidian, Wuhan goes deep into the most classic spots for photography to make deep photo creation. 4. Publication

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    Global Business Cultural Analysis South Korea By: Erik Mays Liberty University BUSI 604 Dr. Romanoski May 9, 2014 Abstract In this research paper I will be analyzing the cultural perspectives of doing business in South Korea. In doing so, I will be answering the four major questions as it relates to the major Elements and Dimensions of culture in South Korea. Also, since the dimensions of culture in any nation are many, it is necessary to analyze each category that makes up the Dimensions

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    Most women throughout history have made an impact or had a significant role in the society of their time. These women of ancient civilizations have led us to the roles of women in our society today. They have boosted the standing of women in society and have tried to be individuals. In some time periods, women were controlled completely by men and in others they were moderately controlled by men. This paper will focus on the roles of women in certain areas. The civilizations that I analyzed

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