Communication Between Cultures
In addition to the historical legacy of imperial rule, China’s contemporary world- view is strongly influenced by events that ha ...
to President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing in 1972. Following Mao’s death in 1976, more pragmatic leaders recognized ...
Contemporary Social Issues China’s rapid economic ascent has prompted significant change in Chinese society, and many of the cha ...
Japanese History The history of Japan is largely a product of geography. Proximity to its two closest Northeast Asian neighbors— ...
working and socializing with other Japanese, no established “correct” way of dealing with foreigners has evolved. The Japanese u ...
smaller than Montana, but over 70 percent of the country is mountainous. Ever since people began inhabiting the islands, the rug ...
Contemporary Social Issues The era of globalization has given rise to societal problems that are straining the fab- ric of conte ...
of adapting to the globalized world community and might well be considered a work in process.^86 Indian History Many aspects of ...
These early inhabitants, who left no written record, are commonly referred to as the Indus River Valley Civilization because the ...
most of the subcontinent. The Mughals established“the strongest dynasty in all of Indian history”and nominally held power until ...
growth have been felt disproportionately among the population, which remains pre- dominantly rural, poor, and not infrequently i ...
thousands of people and vehicles cross the border. As an example, San Ysidro, near San Diego, California, is the Western Hemisph ...
in Europe, each of these great societies made unique contributions to modern Mexican culture. Collectively, they constitute an i ...
the hacienda system.^129 This social organization endured until the summer of 1810, when Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, acriollo(cre ...
Contemporary Mexico, our last phase of Mexican history, remains a work in prog- ress. Huge oil and natural gas reserves, manufac ...
Historical Overview of Islamic Civilization The preceding sections in this chapter focused on how historical events influenced t ...
Indonesia, India, and Pakistan. Conversely, while the Middle East has a much smaller population, over 90 percent of Middle Easte ...
to take his place. This void was filled by a series of caliphs (Arabic for“successor”or “representative”),^153 a role assumed by ...
and religious practices have evolved.^159 Moreover, because the Shia have always been a minority, they have developed an interpr ...
Mongol invaders moving out of Central Asia through Afghanistan and Persia into the Middle East ushered in the final era of unifi ...
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