In this paper, you will discuss various elements of a pre-approved cultural study. Some examples are listed below, but always confirm with your professor first.
AfricaAsiaAmericasEuropeMiddle East Oceania*More Specific Topics Ancient EgyptDravidian Culture (India)AztecClassical GreeceOttoman EmpireAborigines (Australia)Colonial AmericaNok CultureZhou Dynasty (China)MayaHellenistic GreecePersian EmpireAustronesian People18th-century HaitiMali EmpireHan Dynasty (China)IncaRoman RepublicHittitesLapita People19th-century PolandBenin EmpireSong Dynasty (China)OlmecRoman EmpireAncient IsraelTongan Empire20th-century Costa RicaMossi KingdomMaurya Empire (India)PuebloEtruscansPhoeniciansMoai CultureMedieval Ages FranceGhana EmpireGupta Period (India)AdenaCeltsBabyloniansMelanesian CultureRenaissance ItalyKingdom of SineHeian Period (Japan)HohokamMagyarsFatimid DynastyMicronesian CultureAlabama (1950–1980)Kingdom of NriMuromachi Period (Japan)ArawakVikingsAbbasid DynastyPohnpei People1950s AmericaZuluEdo Period (Japan)CamdebaMerovingian DynastyUmayyad DynastyChamorro CultureThe Modern Cherokee NationSonghai EmpireThree Kingdoms Period (Korea)IroquoisCarolingian DynastySumeriansPapuan People Ashanti EmpireKingdom of Nam-VietInuitTudor EnglandAssyriansKingdom of Hawaii Aksumite EmpireKhmer Period (Cambodia)TainoByzantine EmpireAkkadiansMaori Culture (New Zealand) Kingdom of ZimbabweMon Dvaravati Period (Thailand)ToltecVisigothsMedes *Using these ideas, you can also come up with your own, but they must be approved by professor.
Please provide the following information about your culture:
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Introduction with a thesis statement
Provide a brief history of your culture
Explain how your chosen culture is represented in the United States
Is your culture individualistic or collectivistic? Provide at least one example
What are some of the artistic (art, music, architecture, dance) contributions of your culture?
What are some values of your culture? Provide at least three examples
Discuss your culture’s religion(s)? Include name and basic belief system of at least one of the major faiths
What are some of the sex and gender role differences in your culture? Provide at least three examples
Discuss what we would need to know to acculturate into your culture (if it is a culture from the past, what would we need to do in order to fit in during that timeframe). Provide at least one concrete suggestion