... " the peasant's inability to accumulate or retain wealth made any kind of innovative technological investment in their land appear to be impractical and useless. Thus, the centuries-old simple agricultural technology persisted (page 92). This domination of traditional social organization in India did not last forever. In the 1930's, land consolidation was introduced so that each farmer had a continuous piece ... social organization of traditional caste society to be abolished, and a new form of status within the various groups has been formed. Another case study which examines the affect...

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... it, some similarities still remain. Modern medicine is not dependent on folklore and superstition; however, some instances can be found even today. Innovative medical procedures, treatments, and cures for numerous illnesses have been discovered as a result of constant advancements in technology. Although, medicine today may seem ... death. Compared to today, the ideas and practices of the past seem rather impractical. However, some superstitions and remedies still linger throughout modern society. For example, common knowledge claims that chicken soup is a cure for the common cold. Alth...

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... modern world is honestly the best historic era to live in, with constant advancements in technology, science, biology and medicine. This era is the most efficient and consistently advancing eras ever. But with that said we still have our fair share of problems that continue to plague us. With the fear of war always looming over our heads. As our advancements in technology ... Sunni interpretation that is responsible for the communal conflict and casualties throughout India and Kashmir today. All of which go either forgotten or apologized for in the modern world despite their prevalent e...

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... the 1800's of plantations and people being forced to work the land. Although technology has replaced much of this physical labor, has slavery really ceased to exist? Many people do not realize it but indeed we do have modern-day slavery. This problem that is often over looked in today's society. It ... two-thirds of the world's captive labors - 15 to 20 million people- are debt slaves in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. This type of modern day slavery is happening right under our noses and nothing it seems is been done to stop it. While the age range varies from as young as ... se...

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... the land. The British changed the way they were living which changed their culture and customs. Culture may have been negatively affected in and India, however, the British also introducer modern technology that helped these colonies. Population in India increased rapidly as the British "introduced medical improvements and new farming methods. " (Ellis, Esler 770) The farming methods helped with the increase of ... ...

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... of social classes still exists. However, we are more generally grouped into four social classes: the upper class, the working class, the middle class, and the lower class. In the modern civilization social classes are based on wealth occupation rather than traditional ranking as during the Neolithic period. The most significant change introduced during the Neolithic period was the shift from ... , though agriculture still exists, there are a very low percentage of farmers in the work force. Today our ways of living have very much evolved from the Neolithic period. Due to technology, the ...

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... outside, and, certainly, elimination of any disorders, revolts etc. inside the state. At the present stage the importance of the military power has changed. With occurrence of the nuclear weapon, modern ballistic rockets, which are capable to reach any point of the world in a few minutes, and having the large destructive force, the concept of power superiority has lost its sense ... . Besides with the development of science, technology and improvement of weapons became more expensive. Another race for the superiority could result in the economic exhaustion of the states. Even having nucl...

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... fuel. It will not be wrong to say that today the earth 'runs' on petroleum. Like Hercules of yore, it carries the world on its back. Yet the lifeblood of modern economy, is drying up. By 2,200 a.d all the recoverable petroleum will be used up. Two hundred years might seem like a long time, but its economic consequences are already being felt ... impact on the petroleum industry. Petroleum conservation is intricately linked with the technological improvements. In India, one of the major reason of large petroleum consumption is the use of obsolete technology. One of the major challenge be...

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