...journey of discovery began on the island of Papua, New Guinea. There, in 1974, a local named Yali asked Diamond a deceptively simple question: "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo (material goods), but we black people had little cargo (material goods) of our own?" Diamond realized that Yali's question penetrated the heart of a great mystery of human history -- the roots of global inequality. Why were Europeans the ones with all the cargo? Why had they taken over so much of the world, instead of the native people of New Guinea? How did Europeans end up with what Diamond terms the Agents of Conquest: Guns, Germs and Steel? It was these agents of conquest that allowed 168 Spanish conquistadors to defeat an Imperial Inca army of 80,000 in 1532, and set a pattern of European conquest which would continue up to the present day. Diamond knew that the answer had little to do with ingenuity or individual skill. From his own experience in the jungles of New Guinea, he had observed that native hunter-gatherers...
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...The Maya, Aztec, and Inca were three civilizations that lived in Latin America during the middle ages. It is hard to overlook the fact that they had remarkable similarities, but also some differences.(castletown) Their class structures were similar, and they all valued religion. However, when it came to the roles and expectations of men and women, there are differences between the three races. Each civilization has similarities and differences socially, culturally, economically, politically, militarism, and diplomatically(castletown). In the Mayan civilization, kings, priests, and hereditary nobility were at the top of the social pyramid. Merchants were also relatively high status. However, the majority of people were peasants or slaves. The...
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...Periodo 6 El maya, inca y azteca son algunas de las más grandes civilizaciones de la historia. Aunque los tres de ellos tienen muchas similitudes, tienen muchas diferencias también. A diferencia de las culturas europeas, se sabe poco sobre las antiguas culturas de las Américas. Sin embargo, lo que sí se sabe es fascinante. Estas culturas tenían ciudades complejas, pirámides grandes, cultivos cosechados, negociados con los vecinos, los ejércitos formados, y mucho más. A pesar de que estas culturas precolombinas eran brillantes y contribuyeron en gran medida a las culturas y civilizaciones modernas, eran muy diferentes. En primer lugar, los mayas se remonta a alrededor de 2600 aC, mientras que las civilizaciones inca y azteca son mucho más jóvenes, remonta a 1200 dC y 1325 dC. La civilización maya incluye hoy en día México, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belice y Honduras. La civilización inca se encuentra en las montañas de los Andes en lo que hoy es Perú. Los aztecas vivían en lo que hoy es la Ciudad de México. La Azteca, Maya e Inca todas cultivadas pero tenía diferentes técnicas. Los Aztecas construyeron jardines flotantes, mientras que los mayas quemaban bosques para plantar jardines y el Inca cultivó zonas en terrazas. Las culturas mayas y aztecas tenían un extenso sistema de escritura, pero los incas nunca hicieron uno. Los mayas influenciados matemáticas de hoy y los mayas y aztecas contribuido mucho a la escritura moderna y calendarios. Por otro lado, los incas contribuido mucho...
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...• Inti Raymi (Cusco): La Fiesta del Sol, que ocurre cada 24 de junio. Es uno de los mayores concursos de América del Sur, se celebra el solsticio de invierno y hace honor al dios del sol Inca con una recompensa de coloridos desfiles andinos, música y danza. Se hace cargo de Cusco y transforma las ruinas de Sacsayhuamán dominando la ciudad en un escenario majestuoso. • Virgen del Carmen (Paucartambo): El pequeño pueblo colonial, remoto Andina de Paucartambo es de unas 4 horas de Cusco, pero es sede de uno de los festivales más salvajes del Perú. Sus 3 días de baile, juerga, bebiendo y extravagantes, trajes de miedo empacan en miles que acampan por toda la ciudad (no hay casi nada de estancia) y luego terminan (temporalmente) en el cementerio. • Virgen de la Candelaria (Puno): Puno, tal vez el epicentro del folklore peruano, impregna sus fiestas con una vitalidad única. Candelaria (o Virgen de la Candelaria), que se extiende más de 2 semanas, es una de las mayores fiestas religiosas populares en América del Sur, con una explosión de música, danza, y algunos de los más fantásticos trajes y máscaras visto en cualquier lugar. Inti Raymi : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vcuH7br-qw (show the dancing Part) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srj-DT1h8Po (show the part where the person is speaking because there is traduction) virgin del Carmen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJRTDaUwJ3w (get the best parts ) Virgen de la Candelaria...
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...However, during the course of your journey ideologies gradually change. Guevara, displaced and exploited Chilean Communist Peruvian Indians and found the remains of the Inca culture, the film shows that grow from the innocent but questioning the future Ernesto "Che", a leading Latin American peoples. Although formed only a small part of the daily de Guevara, Granado Salles and believe it was witnessing the injustices in the leper colony of San Pablo Guevara made his biggest leap of faith. That way, patients were separated literally and symbolically of doctors, nurses and nuns by the treacherous Amazon River. During the celebration of his birthday on the side of doctors, Guevara decide you'd rather spend your time with patients who had become so fond of and despite his severe asthma and protests about the dangers Granado-jumping and nothing to the other side. His journey metaphorically river marks a significant change in identity, the point at which you realize that what people need is not his scientific knowledge as a physician, but his desire for social change. Other particularly poignant moments come when Guevara and Granado refuse to wear rubber gloves to treat people with leprosy because it means a hierarchical division among themselves; At one point in the film, we see both Ernesto and Alberto meeting homeless communist couple is presented as a poor and struggling family. This scene is known as the "turning point" for Ernesto said "It was one p.m. colder...
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...La evolución del factor religioso en el Perú Basado en el Quinto Ensayo de José Carlos Mariátegui 08/09/2014 Eliana Condori Guzmán Alexandra Hernández Quispe Materia: Comunicación Asesor(a): Yanett Álvarez Fierro Centro de Estudios: Enrique Meiggs Grado de Estudios: Quinto de Secundaria ÍNDICE LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL FACTOR RELIGIOSO EN EL PERÚ INTRODUCCIÓN 02 I. LA REIGIÓN EN LA ÉPOCA INCAICA 03 II. LA RELIGIÓN EN EL TAWANTINSUYO 04 III. LA RELIGIÓN PRE – HISPÁNICA 05 IV. LA INTRODUCCIÓN A LA RELIGIÓN CATÓLICA 06 V. UNA NUEVA RELIGIÓN ANDINA 08 VI. DECAIMIENTO DE LA IGLESIA CATÓLICA 10 VII. DIVERSIDAD DE RELIGIONES 11 CONCLUSIONES 12 BIBLIOGRAFÍA 13 ANEXO 14 INTRODUCCIÓN La religión ha constituido un papel importante y fundamental a lo largo de la historia de las diferentes culturas. Ésta se ha visto arraigado en las estructuras sociales y políticas de los diferentes imperios. Pero, como se sabe, también ha sido elemento de constantes disputas y guerras a lo largo de la historia. Es necesario entender que cada cultura es diferente en sus costumbres, creencias, realidad y sobre todo en su visión y actuar sobre el mundo. Partiendo de ello, se asume que la religión, como medio de expresión cultural, no es diferente. En el Perú, la religión se ha visto determinada...
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...South Carolina Social Studies Academic Standards Mick Zais, Ph.D. State Superintendent of Education South Carolina Department of Education Columbia, South Carolina State Board Approved Document – August 18, 2011 Contents Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................................... iii Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1 Social Studies Standards Page Format .............................................................................................5 Grade-Level Standards for Social Studies Grades K–3 Kindergarten. Foundations of Social Studies: Children as Citizens ...............................................7 Grade 1. Foundations of Social Studies: Families........................................................................12 Grade 2. Foundations of Social Studies: Communities ................................................................17 Grade 3. South Carolina Studies ..................................................................................................22 Grades 4–5 Grade 4. United States Studies to 1865 ........................................................................................29 Grade 5. United States Studies: 1865 to the Present ....................................................................36 Grades 6–8 Grade 6. Early Cultures to 1600...
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...del Vilcanota. Es la capital del Departamento del Cuzco y además, está declarado en la constitución peruana como la capital histórica del país. La ciudad de Cuzco según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática es la séptima ciudad más poblada del Perú y albergaba en el año 2012 una población de 405.842 habitantes. Antiguamente fue la capital del Imperio inca y una de las ciudades más importantes del Virreinato del Perú. Declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1983 por la Unesco, suele ser denominada, debido a la gran cantidad de monumentos que posee, como la "Roma de América". BANDERA MONEDA Fundación y época incaica Dos leyendas incaicas atribuyen su fundación a su primer jefe de estado, un personaje legendario llamado Manco Cápac, junto a su hermana y consorte Mama Ocllo. En ambas se afirma que el lugar fue revelado por el dios sol (Inti) a los fundadores después de una peregrinación iniciada al sur del Valle Sagrado de los Incas. Por datos arqueológicos y antropológicos se ha ido estudiando el verdadero proceso de la ocupación del Cuzco. El consenso apunta a que, debido al colapso del reino de Tiahuanaco se produjo la migración de su pueblo. Este grupo de cerca de 500 hombres se habría establecido paulatinamente en el valle del río Huatanay, proceso que culminaría con la fundación...
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...Geography and the Development and Diffusion of Human Societies Patricia A. Millard Western Governors University Geography and the Development and Diffusion of Human Societies The Andes Mountains and the Inca Empire The Andean Civilization known as the Inca Empire existed from the years 1471-1532 in the South American Andes mountain range (Soomo, 2013). A major geographical feature contributing to the growth of the Inca Empire was the mountainous nature of the area surrounding the location of the original tribe. This tribe was located on a plateau about 11,000 feet high, close to what would become the capital city of Cuzco (Hughes, 2002). Local communities had already begun the process of terracing the mountainsides for the purpose of agriculture, but the new Inca Empire expanded and perfected the practice allowing for rapid development. The capital city of Cuzco was laid out in a pattern resembling a puma, with intricate patterns of roads and water channels built of stone (Hughes, 2002). Terraces surrounding the city were built into the mountainside with the same attention to detail, allowing the community to grow food in an inhospitable environment. Archeological evidence has shown that the primary crops were maize and potatoes, with around 200 varieties of potatoes being cultivated at different elevations (A. Smith, 2011). The ability to grow food at these elevations by adapting and changing the geographical challenges they were presented with, allowed the Incas to...
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...American Empires There are many civilizations existed in the early American world, but the biggest and greatest were the Aztec and Inca civilizations. The Aztecs and Incas had many similarities in their religion and also both civilizations conquered by the Spanish ended in the 1500’s, but the difference were the agriculture and the geography of the areas that they settled in. The religion were very similar in Aztec and Inca. They both believed in essentially the same gods and they also believed in human sacrifice, but the Incans did not think it is necessary to have human sacrifice more than a few times a year. Inca’s religion could say was more peaceful religion where the Aztec was more violent. The reason for human sacrifice was they believed...
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...Society: The Inca people were separated into different social roles. The “Inca” were actually the highest members of society (the king to the nobles); anyone lower was not considered “Inca”. After the fall of the Inca Empire people started to refer to all the citizens of the Inca Empire as the Incas. * The king was called “Sapa Inca”, and he was at the top of the social hierarchy. A third of the total resources the people produced went to the king and the rest of the government. * Below the king was the high priest, or the “Villac Umu”, and spoke to Inti directly. * The royal family, or the direct relatives to the king. * The nobility- people directly related to the direct relatives of the royal family. There were also nobles who became nobles by becoming extremely educated and trained to do so, but were still considered to be lower than your generic run-of-the-mill nobility. * Public administrators consisted of tax collectors, record keepers, and leaders of the conquered tribes, the Curacas * There were the common folk, artisans and farmers, who were the lowest on the social pyramid of the Incas. There were also groups called, “Allyu”, which everybody was apart of, and was the basic unit of society. GEOGRAPHY They were installed in South America, Cuzco was the capital in the southern Peru. They built an empire that stretched from Ecuador (in the north) to Chile (in the south) and it was the largest empire ever seen in the Americas. The people...
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...Themes and Traditions of Geography Jennifer Friedrichsen Geography 100 4/20/2012 Dr. Siri Nimal Wickramaratne Themes and Traditions of Geography “Geography is the science that studies the relationships among natural systems, geographic areas, society, culture activities, and the independence of all of these over space.” (Christopherson, 2010, p. 4) Over time there have been two attempts that have influenced the basic understanding of geographic information, which allows us to gain additional and improved knowledge as well as appreciation for environmental changes and the different cultures around the world. These attempts are The Four Traditions of Geography and The Five Themes of Geography. Four Traditions of Pattison The four traditions consist of the spatial tradition, area tradition, man-land tradition and earth science tradition. Spatial Tradition is an “academic tradition in modern Geography that investigates geographic phenomena from a strictly spatial perspective” (Pidwirny, 2006). Spatial Tradition focuses on the mapping, positioning, direction, and distance, the characteristics of the form and movement related to these aspects or the distribution of phenomena. Area Studies Tradition is “an academic tradition in modern Geography that investigates an area on the Earth from a geographic perspective at either the local, regional, or global scale” (Pidwirny, 2006). This is the descriptions of different areas or regions. The nature of these...
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...kkkkk ? and ?Late Ferry?. Through poetic devices, Gray enriches our understanding of the concept of journeys and expands our knowledge. However, by contrasting ?Late Ferry... Save Paper Inner Journey- Alibrandi, My Place, The Road Not Taken development towards a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. The growth we derive from such journeys can present us with an avenue for self... Save Paper Statement Of Purpose I could engage with persons from diverse backgrounds and cultures to expand my understanding of the world I live in. I have a desire to go beyond the boundaries... Testing extent has studying the concept of physical journeys expanded your understanding of yourself, of individual, and of the world? Peter Skrzyneckis Immigrant... The Power Of Journeys along the way, and the experiences we possess. Journeys have the ultimate power to change our thinking, our ideas and concepts, inevitably changing us individually... Save Paper Inner Journeys extent has studying the concept of inner journeys expanded your understanding of yourself individuals and of the world? Inner journeys are about the process in... Journeys Lead The Traveller To Knowledge other end of the scale, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert also maintains the concept of Journeys lead the traveller to knowledge, but in a more clever and humorous way... Save Paper Journey Speech story of Edwards view on himself from a different perspective as a hero...
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...Possible Questions National Geographic Society 1. Fahey remarks about magazine piles “ that has come to haunt people today don’t want clutter. Comment? 2. How can Fahey promote cross functional and cross divisional collaboration by bringing radical changes in business model from paper to digital. 3. What should be the best strategy for fahey to integrate the media and magazine by transforming the culture, behavior and value of a legacy organization. 4. In 1994 Fahey was CEO of ‘Life Time’ ironically facing same challenges with earlier generation of media and technology. Fifteen years later same person is seen as elite general manager at work in a completely different organization. Has his thinking and management style changed? 5. Whom should the e commerce boss report to? How to transform a 123-year-old cultural icon and prepare it for the digital world? Slowly, Key concepts include: 1. Practitioners need to understand the power of the history of their own organizations in order to effect change. 2. Making transformational changes at the National Geographic Society involved pulling management levers to alter a deeply ingrained culture, develop new organizational capabilities, and design a compensation structure aligned with new values. 3. A one-size-fits-all approach to management doesn't work. General managers encountering similar problems in different organizations may need different solutions to solve them. That has come back to...
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...Summary: The Bhutan country was an emerging market. They strived to instill innovative leaders who wanted to open up to foreign markets. The main industrial strive to increase its growing tourism business was in the form of Royal Bhutan Airlines. They experienced industry growth. This caused them to rethink their strategy of high value low volume. This was due to wanting to preserve the culture and geography of the small nation of under 700 thousand people. Royal Bhutan Airlines was contemplating how to increase size and lower costs by online booking, increased domestic travel, and alliance partnerships. Issues: The major issues that interfered with growth was corporate culture, tariffs, seasonal traffic, and logistical burdens. For starters, Royal Bhutan Airlines was a direct extension from the government since it was designed as a taxi service for Indian officials. They were set on preserving the pristine nature of the Bhutan culture, religious and geographically. Hence why they set small limits on tourists coming in and out of the country. Tariffs caused higher prices on people traveling to the country due to having to go through specific travel agents. Season trends were a large portion of the problem for Royal Bhutan Airlines. To solve this problem, consider buying smaller more economical planes that are only used during slower seasons. It would help with the load percentage. During peak seasons bring out the larger aircrafts. This would also reduce wear...
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