... geographic features of an area answer many questions about the types of economy, the background of their history and specific type of culture. Monsoons mostly affect the Country of India. From June till September, the summer monsoon blows from the southwest, in this direction it picks up moisture over the Indian ... dry winds raise temperatures to more than 100 degrees F. These monsoons specially affect the economic static of the country. Every year the people of India wait anxiously for the summer monsoon to bring desperately needed moisture to the parched and scorned farmlands. There...

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... first connection to complex art in Japan. The arts changed after each change in government or each loss in war. Colors also play a major influence in Japanese Culture. For Example, the color yellow was used as a pledge of courage. The color white means to mourn. The Japanese have many artists, which have helped structure ... as baseball. They also are known for their way of tea because it is considered an art. The attitudes of the Japanese are very important to their culture as well as their way of life. Their attitude towards time is no joke, if a person is late for some type of meeting...

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... China in the 6th century B.C. and since it had entered Japan in 552 A.D. Japan had fallen behind China; China was more advanced and developed in the arts, culture, economics, etc. Buddhism, which originated in India, soon found it's way to China, where it soon spread because of China's influence and dominance on other countries. Monks went through Korea to Japan spreading the ... documents had to be brought over from China. They had to be taught so that they could practice Buddhism. Also, as the missionaries transported the documents, they brought over Chinese culture and style. Eventua...

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... such as a lack of a sustainable infrastructure, the absence of jobs opportunities, a deficiency of education for children and young adults, also problems with the economy and political instability for example in India there are many corrupt politicians as a result can be enough to drive people out of their country. Finally for someone to leave their country it can be down to environmental ... the community there can be some costs as well. For example some aspects of cultural identity can be lost, this is mainly if a migrant decides to set up a family, the culture of the country of origi...

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... research to find out where our music originated. Our first reliable music records came from the Greeks and the Romans. Americans musical history is very short when compared to Japan, India, Africa, and China. We don't know much about our history until about 590-604 A.D. when people began to write music down, the first music that was written down was songs ... heavy metal music will make you feel differently than classical music will make you feel. Music varies greatly around the world, mostly because it has a lot to do with culture. Africa's culture is very different from ours, so is th...

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... . The book also showed how the Western cultures and Easter cultures viewed each other, and the contrasts between them. In Shogun, the author introduces us to Japanese history and Japanese culture. From the Japanese perspective, the Europeans were seen as inferior barbarians who were dirty, uneducated, and superstitious. The West thought of them selves as more advanced with their ships and ... and filth. At the same time, this book shows how Christianity took hold in Japan, and how some Japanese slowly became Christians and changed it to fit with the Japanese culture. The book Shogun talk...

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... perfect". The history of Zen, its different schools, Zen arts and Zen gardens had a great influence on the Western culture during the twentieth century and has now become the most popular and influential form of Buddhism. The foundation of Zen lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. Japanese Zen has its origins in China ... individuals. After their origins in Japan, Rinzai and Soto developed independently for about seven hundred years. From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries Buddhist monasteries played an important role in th...

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... perfect". The history of Zen, its different schools, Zen arts and Zen gardens had a great influence on the Western culture during the twentieth century and has now become the most popular and influential form of Buddhism. The foundation of Zen lies in India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born and attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. Japanese Zen has its origins in China ... individuals. After their origins in Japan, Rinzai and Soto developed independently for about seven hundred years. From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries Buddhist monasteries played an important role in th...

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... . We contribute one quarter of green house gases caused by pollution from waste, vehicles, etc. One child in America will pollute and waste more over a lifetime than 30 children in India. In contradiction to America and Japan's statistics, the average child per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa is 6. This country has one of the fastest growing populations in the world. These ... by credible scientists. It hard to believe that Indian husbands and their parents would injure and even murder their wives because of the inability to produce sons of which their culture requires. I believe in order to...

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... DoJo and declared, "Taking together all the merits I have acquired from the various schools of Jiu Jitsu and adding my own device and inventions, I have founded a new system for physical culture, mental training and winning contest. This I call Kodo Kan Judo." After graduating college Kano secured a position as a literature instructor (at Peer's school), an exclusive school for children of high born ... which he did not rise and the referee stopped the match. Shiro had won the greatest victory for the Kodokan. By 1912 Judo was practiced in the U.S. ,Britain, France, Canada , India, Chin...

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... back into war. The Ashikaga family brought a synthesis between the military society and the civilian society by moving the capital from Kamakura to Kyoto (Lee, 417). The Zen and Samurai culture both took root during this period and they were mutually beneficial to each other. The Zen ideas of meditation and self discipline appealed to the Samurai and the way they ... world outside their country became more accurate they were more interested in trade (Souyri, 148). For a long time Japan viewed the world in three parts; Japan, China including Korea and India. With the attempted invasion b...

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