Cultural Diffusion
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Cultural Diffusion
Throughout history cultural diffusion has occurred all around the world, and even in today’s society. We have all been diffused in one way or another be it by eating another cultures food such a Chinese food in the United States or by the intermarriage of two cultures. Cultural Diffusion is the process in which cultural qualities are being transferred from one society to another through, conflicts, movements, trade, and or other types of relations.
There are three different types of cultural diffusion, direct diffusion, forced diffusion, and indirect diffusion. Direct diffusion is when two cultures are close to each other ending in intermarriage, trade, and warfare. Forced diffusion, is one culture conquering another culture and forces them to acquire there customs. Indirect diffusion is when cultures traits are passed to another’s culture through a person, with out one another ever being in contact. These types of cultural diffusion have shaped the world we know today. As Mrs. Mancini says “The situations that are occurring today happened backed then, for example we are poor today and back then we were poor too.”
Two examples of cultural diffusion are: the intermarriage of Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castile in the country of Spain, and also, the scientific revolution which occurred all throughout Europe. These are only a few examples of cultural diffusion however; there are so many more examples because in today’s society everything is culturally diffused with one another.
The Scientific revolution began in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The Scientific Revolution was the most far wide well-known transformation known today. The Scientific revolution is known for natural sciences and technologies. However, the scientific revolution is also known for the change in point of view on a variety of subjects, and it also was altered in their art such as; paintings, sculpture, and architecture. As you can tell so far the minds of...
Throughout history cultural diffusion has occurred all around the world, and even in today’s society. We have all been diffused in one way or another be it by eating another cultures food such a Chinese food in the United States or by the intermarriage of two cultures. Cultural Diffusion is the process in which cultural qualities are being transferred from one society to another through, conflicts, movements, trade, and or other types of relations.
There are three different types of cultural diffusion, direct diffusion, forced diffusion, and indirect diffusion. Direct diffusion is when two cultures are close to each other ending in intermarriage, trade, and warfare. Forced diffusion, is one culture conquering another culture and forces them to acquire there customs. Indirect diffusion is when cultures traits are passed to another’s culture through a person, with out one another ever being in contact. These types of cultural diffusion have shaped the world we know today. As Mrs. Mancini says “The situations that are occurring today happened backed then, for example we are poor today and back then we were poor too.”
Two examples of cultural diffusion are: the intermarriage of Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castile in the country of Spain, and also, the scientific revolution which occurred all throughout Europe. These are only a few examples of cultural diffusion however; there are so many more examples because in today’s society everything is culturally diffused with one another.
The Scientific revolution began in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The Scientific Revolution was the most far wide well-known transformation known today. The Scientific revolution is known for natural sciences and technologies. However, the scientific revolution is also known for the change in point of view on a variety of subjects, and it also was altered in their art such as; paintings, sculpture, and architecture. As you can tell so far the minds of...