ASIAN CULTURE

Definitions:

Religion:

A religion is a set of beliefs and practices generally held by a human community, involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. ...

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a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power.

Source: oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html

a system of beliefs relating to supernatural or superhuman beings or forces that transcend the everyday material world.

Source: www.anthro.wayne.edu/ant2100/GlossaryCultAnt.htm

Culture:

-a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
-the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
-acculturation: all the knowledge and values shared by a society
-(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
-polish: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the --exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
-the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
-the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"

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Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate"), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...
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a set of learned beliefs, values and behaviors the way of life shared by the members of a society.

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The accumulated habits, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people that define for them their general behavior and way of life; the total set of learned activities of a people.

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is perhaps the most central theoretical concept in anthropology, and it is important in many of the other social sciences as well. The nature and role of culture are matters of controversy, but a quite general characterization will suffice here. ...

Source: plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/

the sum of ways of living built up by a group of human beings, which is transmitted from one generation to another.

Source: www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/glossary/C.htm

Values, ideas, and other symbolic meaningful systems that are transmitted and created by a group of people.

Source: www.edgateway.net/pub/docs/pel/glossary.htm

The collective body of understanding, belief and behavior among a given group of people; depends on the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge from one generation to another.
Source: www.apsu.edu/wet/OLD_PROJECT_WET_WEBSITE/whatis.html

The reflection and prefiguration of the possibilities of organization of everyday life in a given historical moment; a complex of aesthetics, feelings and mores through which a collectivity reacts on the life that is objectively determined by its economy. ...

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A pattern of values, beliefs and behaviors shared by people with similar ethnic backgrounds, languages, religions, family values and/or life views, which provides them with their identities and a framework for understanding experience.
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the sum total of the ways of life of a people; includes norms, learned behavior patterns, attitudes, and artifacts; also involves traditions, habits or customs; how people behave, feel and interact; the means by which they order and interpret the world; ways of perceiving, relating and ...

Source: www.tesol.org/assoc/k12standards/it/10.html

A set of shared norms and values which establish a sense of identity for those who share them. Typically applied at the level of nation and/or race.
Source: www.stile.coventry.ac.uk/cbs/staff/beech/BOTM/Glossary.htm

A specific set of social, educational, religious and professional behaviors, practices and values that individuals learn and adhere to while participating in or out of groups they usually interact with.
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Civilization:

-a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly ...
-the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
-culture: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
-refinement: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

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The term civilization (British English: civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society. ...
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a degree of human social organization marked by the continual acquisition of new truth from the unknown and right from the chaotic, which in the form of knowledge and ability become the property of all men. ...
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Large coin hoards indicate the profits of raids and trade with the British Isles, Mediterranean, Byzantium, and Muslim Asia. Export of furs, slaves, arms (to eastern Europe), and mercenary services to rulers (eg, bodyguards of Ethelred, Canute, Slavic princes, Byzantine emperors). ...
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A culture that has developed systems of specialization, a written language, arts, sciences, religion, and government.
Source: www.mdk12.org/mspp/vsc/social_studies/bygrade/glossary.shtml

An economic engine built on ideas.
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Generally understood as a more advanced form of organized life; civilizations usually have more complex forms of social, political, military, and religious life. Writing and the use of metals are also features of many civilizations.
Source: www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/grade3/glossary.html

Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses; and existence of nonfarming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing groups. (p. 9)
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humans living together in an organized way.
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a complex society that has government, social classes and cities.
Source: www.anthro.wayne.edu/ant2100/GlossaryCultAnt.htm

A society that has made advances in the arts, science and technology, law or government.
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an urbanized society with a large very complex social
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Term used to denote a society who has reached a level of development that includes producing excess food, building cities, establishing a government, and keeping written records.
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A society in an advanced state of development characterized by permanent settlement, agriculture, scientific and medical advances, and sophisticated forms of government and economy.
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A highly developed culture, usually with organized religions and laws
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Asia:

the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the ...

the nations of the Asian continent collectively
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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

from the Akkadian root asu meaning "sunrise."
Source: www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/tignorterms.php

The first Asian transcontinental railroad was the Trans-Siberian railway (with connecting lines in Europe), completed in 1905. It is the world's longest rail line at 9,289km (5,787 miles) long.
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