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    all react similarly to the bombing of Hiroshima.  The influence of Japanese culture has an astounding impact on the reactions of Hersey’s characters.     Japan is a country of many cultures. Japan’s most renowned is the art of the samurai and currently, urbanization. Due to the American occupation in the pacific, Japanese moved from a cultural masterpiece, to an eastern constitutional monarchy. Which is generally effected by a western influence.     The effect of Japanese culture on Dr. Sasaki is

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    values derived from ancient civilizations, individuals, and city-states; both negative and positive attributes of these relics can be proven to have assisted in molding our government into a unique and prized entity. Never would one imagine that western civilization is actually inclined by theories of truth and the human beings perception of it. Few would have thought that a primitive concept could be linked to the setbacks of other societies and their forms of socialization, as well as to the success

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    country but I did wrong by my people. I clung to power through force and suppression which led to my ultimate downfall. Much like Iraq my country of Rambutan was a result of war and western influence. People of conflicting beliefs were thrown together under one state and given a constitution to abide by. Western powers believed that a democracy and constructed constitution would solve the deep seated rivalry between the Durians and the Ackee’s and a nation would transcend a religious identity.

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    How did Greek theater develop? What influence has Greek theater had on Western theater? The Greek theater was developed due to celebrations of Dionysus god as the Greeks performed worship this god, decided to make them as theatrical performances. Greek theater influenced western theater, where the audience, actors and stage, have been adapted to new types of topics about theater as well as the plays of comedies

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    vRoman Art and Fashion History In the Modern times, Roman fashion has been popularly induced in the western culture, from toga parties to theme based play’s and films, making appearances the media all through history. Roman Fashion and art itself was a highly influence by Greece. Stylistic eclecticism was the forte of roman art, which can still be seen in the works of art of the ancient times. Fashion Rome having been a country with low temperature has widely used fabrics like wool and linen in

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    As history continues, many religions have had an over powering effect on western civilization. When the 5th century arose, the religion, Islam, had an extremely important impact on the civilization. Muhammad, an Arabic prophet founded Islam and began to introduce it the people of his time. Diplomacy, violence, warfare, public laws, and Arabic tradition played a crucial role in the building of the Islamic religion. These important aspects helped shape and build the Islam religion that is now one of

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    Alexander the Great Thesis Alexander the Great had a big influence on Western civilization because he helped spread hellenistic culture and expanded trade routes ● Alexander born in Pella in 356 BCE ● Philip II dies 336 BCE ● Died in 323 BCE ● Biggest empire at the time ● Son of Zeus, believed when he was a baby. Related to Hercules ● Tutored by Aristotle for around 3 or 4 years ● When he was 16, he lead his own army to victory against this Tribe ● King Philip

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    culture that has had many different influences throughout history. In the 16 th century they were the largest Orthodox nation, they were then influenced by Western Europe and adopted many aspects of that culture. Then through the 20 th century they were influenced by communism. Due to they’re relatively late modernization they have maintained many aspects of traditional Russian culture, such as Russian art, where’s they have adopted modern aspects such as western dress. Russia was originally influenced

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    film to be relative modern. The film main female character Jina worked at Burger King (American establishment) and is a college student. I think she is the first female character that we’ve seen in college and educated. There was also a lot of Western influence in this film. When Chilsu and Jina went to the movie, they went to see an American film. When they went to the club, there was American music playing in the background. Jina takes a contemporary

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    Homer and the ancient Greeks are considered to be the founders of modern western civilization. Scott Belsky while writing about Homer’s influence on contemporary western culture brings in the perspective of Michael Clark. Rather than looking at the many points of Homer’s works that point towards the modern ideals of democracy and other parts that are typically considered to be influenced by Ancient Greek societies Clark talks about Capitalism and his definition of the Odyssean man, “whose realization

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