... interstate wars to non-interstate wars. This conflict map will discuss one of these non-interstate wars, the case of Sri Lanka. Like many other nations, Sri Lanka has a heterogeneous culture, with two separate and distinct ethno-linguistic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, five communities (Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and Malays) and four great religions: Buddhism, ... the Sinhalese kings were forced to move their capital southwards, from Anuradhapura to Polonnaruwa and finally to Kandy (Sprang, 1993: 6-9). The Tamils are linked to the Dravidian civilisation...

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... the country with a written history reaching back to 540 B.C. The sinhalese with the influence of the Buddhist teaching developed their own unique culture and civilization. The ancient ruins, artifacts and stone writing support the official written history of the Maha Wansa. However sinister forces are ... two millenniums and a half. The story begins with the Neolithic culture represented by the megalithic monuments found in the island, and runs through the fusion of this culture with an immigrant Indo-Aryan civilization from North India. This mingling with an Indo -Aryan people and the a...

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... Northern Ireland and the struggle between the Christians and Muslims in Bosnia are examples. Ethnicity, religion, and language, the major components of culture, sometimes work together to strengthen certain groups of people. The majority in Greece is Orthodox Christian and they speak the Greek language; ... blew up a Red Cross ship chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross, off the Jaffna peninsula. ­ On August 7, 1995, an LTTE militant from India carried out a suicide-bombing, using a cart filled with plastic explosives, in Colombo, killing 22 people. ­ On September 22...

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