... , nearly 95 percent of marriages are arranged. Marriages which have been set by the parents have declined in popularity, but still occur frequently in Middle Eastern countries, like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Pakistan (Sumi, Kyoko). Many Indian families who have settled outside India still uphold this tradition. Often the ... child to marry this person even though they choose not to. Here in America, since arranged marriages are not as common as in the eastern countries, there are people (preferably men) who have been to jail for arranged marriages. Mostly older men take advantage of this ...

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... killing 168 people and wounded 500 others in what was the worst act of terrorism to that date on American soil. The terrorist however was not a middle eastern muslim man, he was a white, all-american boy named Timothy McVeigh, who could very well have been the boy next door. Profiling was already ... . But that is not true, terrorism is not committed by a race, it is committed by a terrorist, and a terrorist could be anybody, it could a middle eastern man, a white man or a black man. It would racist to insuniate that only one race could ever perforeme such an horrific act. Also, if we wh...

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... According to Said, Western culture has proven to be the most ethnocentric culture because of "anthropocentrism in alliance with Europocentrism." (Said, 98). Said was born and raised in the Middle East (Jerusalem) and received his degrees from Princeton and Harvard, making him a liminal figure in the academic realm. Although such experiences grant him authority on the topic of the ... ) history that mollifies the notion of western imperialism. Before the rise of modern European society, the Islamic Empire covered through conquest and conversion the entirety of North Africa, the Middle Ea...

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... when the Roman Empire split into its Eastern and Western Empires. While the Eastern Empire carried on, the Western Empire collapsed. Before its division and collapse, the Roman Empire had a very complicated trading network with the peoples of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This meant that the Romans had ... Western Empire quickly collapsed. In the West, great cities fell into ruins, roads became overgrown with vegetation, and trade with Asia, Africa, and the Middle East stopped. The Western Roman Empire basically came to an end about A.D. 476. For the next 1,000 years, life in Europ...

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... many responsibilities. Are we going to cause a shortage in the areas we get our petroleum from? How dependant do we really want to be on the Middle East? Are we keeping the pollution to a minimum? All of these are excellent examples of issues we must deal with day in and out concerning ... in the Middle East. It is unfortunate that The United States has to rely on the Middle East for such a big portion of our petroleum, due to all of the issues surrounding those countries. The war we are faced with is creating deep rooted problems for our nation as a whole and the Middle Eastern area. .....

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... generation to another ("Cross-Cultural Awareness", 2001). These are usually associated with groups of people who are tied together in a certain geographical area. Dr. Barrinder Singh, an expert on Middle Eastern culture stated, "Culture and experience shape who we are as people (personal communication, September 13, 2003)." Culture also affects how we interact with others. It also affects our expectations ... the Internet", 2001). The instructor is looked up to as someone of power or someone in a place of authority. Hierarchical cultures can be found in Asian, Latin American, and Middle ...

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... on. Christopher Columbus did not only decide to search for the New World in order to gain new territory for Spain. Columbus was looking for another shipping route to reach eastern Asia. He happened to run into the New World, being the Americas, and initially believed he was reaching Asia. When studying World History it must be taken into account why ... Columbus was looking for another route to eastern Asia and what the trade situation was throughout the rest of the world, including Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The most important aspect of World History is the examination ...

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... North Britain considered edge of the Roman World. 10. Spain: Resembled Roman Gaul. Iberian Celts Romanized. Iberia was not suffering from defending hostile borders. 11. Africa (Gibraltar to Eastern Tunisia): Great center of grain capital. Very rich and fertile lands. Moors: Indigenous people of Areas that were romanized. Roman Africa faced their hostile relatives outside boarder. 12. ... of Greece. Western and Central parts hellenized. Blessed by thriving sea ports and great agriculture. Sheltered by the mountain ranges in the east. 18. Syria: West bank, Jordan, Eastern Mediterranean sho...

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Asian Americans are simply immigrants from eastern countries such as China and Japan who have survived generations of prosecution and rejection. Many came to America to escape the harsh world of communism ... people think that all of the Asian Americans are from China or Japan. On the contrary, there is a great deal of Asian Americans from other countries in the eastern hemisphere. Asian Americans come from countries such as North and South Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Culture is very important to this group of people. Everything from the ... way they dress to the holidays they prac...

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... Asia and North Eastern Africa The Middle east has many very interesting features and aspects about it such as the way there economy is organized, the type of religion that they practice, the various geographical aspects of the land, and the way that society is in general. The economy of the Middle East is somewhat ... and are very unpredictable. The crops that are grown in this area are olives and grapes because they can survive the heavy rains and droughts. The Middle East also has land, which is desert such as the northern part of Sudan and the Egyptian desert, which are very dry and h...

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... Its history goes back about 50,000 years ago. In the past centuries, many empires and cultures have affected Afghanistan. Empires in the Middle East, Asia and the Mediterranean world have shaped Afghanistan in some way. About 50,000 years ago, during the Vedic Age, the first ... make tools out of iron. By 500 B.C., they developed a written language, called Sanskrit. Priests used Sanskrit to record their sacred texts. In the Middle East, around 500 B.C., the Persian Empire came to existence. Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered a wide sweep of territory from Asia Minor to India ... and sout...

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... rest of the world. I imagine that in one year I would spend in the Middle East, I possibly could change civilization with just the powers of education alone. While in the Middle East for one year, I could also address the people of the Middle East about the different health issues that many people don't know about. In doing ... so, this could save many lives of children that may be growing up in homes that are not sanitary. Many of the Middle Eastern countries have problems getting water due to the droughts they receive; however, many don't care about the condition of the water. Many peo...

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... numbers of people died during the Christian Crusades, there were many positive effects for both the East and the West. After the Crusades halted, various trade routes opened up between Eastern and Western cities. Also, the Muslims developed new military strategies and techniques during the fights with the Europeans, and they united themselves against one cause, producing a stronger religious ... nation (Encyclopdia Britannica, 1993). Numerous effects of the Christian Crusades in the Middle East had a positive outcome. The English word "sugar" comes from the Arabic "sukkar", and "scallion...

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... another." Said a Japanese Historian, "Either Korea or Japan must be destroyed in order to satisfy the Koreans and the Japanese." Of course, this was a very strong sentence, but, that's how Eastern Asians feel towards Korean and Japanese problems. For over 4000 years, Korea and Japan fought constantly. But never once did they work things together in anything. Historically, China and Japan ... Japanese still call Koreans by that name. Another problem with Korea and Japan is the fact that these two countries are too proud of themselves. Whenever there is a meeting with Eastern Asian Histor...

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... wealthy countries accept many refugees such as the United States and Australia. Australia accepts 30,000 to 99,999 refugees per year, which is a poor amount compared to other small Middle Eastern countries such as Iran and Pakistan, which accept 500,000 to 999,999 refugees a year. Australia is a popular country for refugees because it is safe and we are a multicultural country ... but it is always difficult to fit in no matter what country they move to. Most refugees live in Southwest Asia (mostly Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan), North Africa and the Middle East. 5.1 million in Africa s...

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Australia has very highly developed domestic communications networks, particularly in and between the major cities along the eastern seaboard. In addition, a number of established and new entrants are expanding the coverage and capacity of the domestic `backbone' network. Optic fibre is the predominant technology used within Australia, supporting ... and rural areas. They also serve as a backup facility for the fibre optic networks in the population centres. A comprehensive list of the domestic networks is provided in Appendix B. Australia's key eastern seaboard capitals of Sydney, Melbourne...

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... exciting and wonderful things that most people do not know. Most people do not even know Turkmenistan exists. Turkmenistan is a country located in the Middle East and somewhat in central Asia. They drive on the right side of the road. The nationalities consist of eighty-five percent Turkmen, five ... but eighty-nine percent of all people are Muslim, and most of those people are Sunni, nine percent of all people in Turkmenistan are eastern orthodox, and two percent of all people in Turkmenistan are non-religious. While on the soviet era all religions were attacked and pinned as ... betw...

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In the period following the fall of Rome until year 1400 there were three predominant areas of military power; Western Europe, Middle East, and the Asians. Their warfare differed because of values, motives, and styles. Western Europe valued chivalry. They believed in a code of honor or rules of war. They fought for ... around cites. Their style of warfare included armored phalanx, longbow, and conservative tactics. Western Europe also benefited from a healthy economy and advances in technology. In contrast to the West, The Middle Eastern Arabs didn't value human life or a code of honor. They...

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... became such a great religion, one must look back at the history of Islam; the point at which Islam first came into existence. Islam began circa 7th century A.D. when a member of a Middle Eastern nomadic tribe named Muhammad fled to his home city of Mecca, where he was harassed for his beliefs to Medina, later to return to Mecca with an army, to crush ... ...

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Christopher Columbus changed the world. He took the world of the late middle ages, and set it on it's path to becoming the world we live in today. This man might not have been the first person to set foot on American soil, ... Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas he had no idea that there was actually a continent. Christopher was merely trying to find an easier way to get from Spain to the Eastern Asian countries. When he reached land he believed that he had landed in Asia. Why did Christopher go to his dying bed thinking that he had reached Asia? Christopher believed ... ...

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... . The formal definition of a tattoo is a marking of the skin with punctures, which pigment is applied to. The word originates from the Tahitian word tattau [to mark]. In some ancient, eastern cultures, and third world countries a tattoo will consist of skin incisions into which irritants or toxins are rubbed to produce a permanent raised scar. Unfortunately I could not interview any subjects that ... prehistoric burial sites, the blue woad of the ancient Britons, kohl used in Asia to enhance the beauty of the eyes, the use of henna on the fingernails in the Middle East, and the war paint...

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