Essays on Western Civilizations

This paper will look at some of the important aspects of various cultures in Western Civilization. Much of the political and cultural changes that were occurring during the rise of the nations and Empires that the Western Civilization is known for, was a result of shifting hierarchies and changes in status (Cole et. al, 2014). The key aspects of Western Civilizations before 1000 BCE are the Babylonian Hammurabi Code. These were a set of laws that that spoke of justice. The Codes were based on an eyes for an eye type of justice. Between 3,500 and 3,000 ...

Greece has a prolong history, which can be stretched back to thousands of years B.C. Greek Civilization is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world. The cultures and civilizations all over the world change in the course of time. The political, social, economic factors contribute a lot in disappearance of the old values and the emergence of new values in the society. Every culture and civilization has its unique characteristics. Greek civilization too has witnessed several transitions.The present paper aims to analyze those features of Greek civilization between the period of Monolithic Age and the Greece in ...

1. Describe the culture of Canada and compare it with India. What are some of the main similarities and differences? Where do you think people from India culture would have problems integrating into Canadian culture? (Use cultural dimensions discussed in class as the basis for your comparison) Canada is a relatively young country, having been discovered by Europeans in the 15th century but only becoming a confederate in 1914. Throughout its history, Canada has been invaded and populated by the French and the British, and has retained very liberal immigration policies, encouraging a mix of European (Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Swedish, ...

Karen Moore is the HR director of a multinational company, QuestSource. The company has an office in Shanghai, and her Chinese counterpart is Tsang Yao, a pleasant, even-mannered man. While initially, Moore is pleased with the hiring and performance reports from China—believing that Tsang is doing a good job—she is later infuriated to learn that most of the hired employees are Tsang’s relatives. She takes this matter to her supervisor and the chief operating officer of the company, Daniel Young, who admonishes her for showing a lack of awareness regarding Chinese work culture. This paper analyses Moore’s reaction to ...

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in England

History has always shown that man had continuously struggled to foster development for the improvement of life and progress. This struggle had managed to trigger changes and events that led to the Industrial Revolution or the Age of Industrialization. The revolution had established Europe as a dominant industrial region and bolstered its economy, allowing its population to grow and prosper. In England, industrialization brought significant social changes that had transformed England to the mighty European hegemony it was known for and a society fit for further industrialization. Industrialization physically transformed England’s lands and waterways to become fit for commercialization and ...

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Punic Wars Punic wars are the term coined by the historians about the war fought by Rome and the Carthage in 264-146 BC. The result of the Punic Wars is the dominance of the Romans to the large area of the Western Mediterranean basin (Backman, 182). Punic wars have been referenced to the Carthage ancestries since the word Punic comes Latin term “Punicus” which is associated with the Carthaginian Empire. The main reason for the emergence of the Punic wars is the Roman Expansion. which created the conflict between them and the Carthaginian Empire. In the first War, ...

Religious Studies

The Roman Catholic Church gained power and authority in the 6th century with a watchful management that lasted all through the 9th century . However, the invasion of the Barbarian has tore apart the Roman Empire, and also split through entire Europe. These circumstances have boosted the church to attain its greater attitude. Moreover, the whole Western Europe as well as preservation of values of Western Civilization is obliged to its existence to the rise of the Church. However, if it were not meant for the alliance of the churches with the royalty of the barbarian that pave the way to ...

How Religion Was Affected with Slaves before the Civil War

Introduction At the beginning of American slavery, before the Civil War, either Christianity was forced upon the African slaves or it was denied completely. The white man's religion gave purpose to American domestic religious missionaries in their intent to Christianize the earliest of slaves predominantly in the southern states. Numbers of the white slave masters believed allowing slaves any type of religion gave them, unwanted ideas about autonomy and thus, made them troublesome, lazy, and therefore, the slave masters would beat any slave professing their Christian beliefs. Holding secret gatherings to practice their religion – Christian or the ...

Comparative analysis-Jenkins and Aikman

This essay relates view points of Phillip Jenkins ‘The New face of Christianity’ and David. Aikman, “Jesus in Beijing” in discussing the influence of missionary Christian theology from two different cultural contexts. Jenkins’ themes include, “Poor and rich, old and new, good and evil, persecution and vindication, women and men, north and south.” (Jenkins, 2006). Aikman( 2003) takes a more socio-political approach in interpreting the benefits of Christianity to China.

Missionary Christian theology when observed within its political context seeks always to Christianize and liberate people of Eastern cultures. Often they are perceived as pagan within their native religion. Jenkins ...