Search results for "Urban culture" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular ... well before the influence of Arab urban culture. The oldest sites documented ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- economy and the development of a vibrant urban culture in the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (Tokyo). During a century of peace under the Tokugawa shogunate ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- Sweden in 1350. In August 1370, Pope Urban V confirmed the Rule of her ... It was not until 1370, however, that Pope Urban V finally confirmed the Rule ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- |campus = Urban |free_label = Athletics |free ... * Shusaku Endo, Akutagawa Prize, Order of Culture(Literature) ...12 KB (1,563 words) - 17:19, 5 October 2022
- wood carving. The many densely populated urban areas of Yorubaland allow ... man named Oduduwa exist within the Yoruba culture, one stating that Ile-Ife ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- the migration of unemployed people to urban areas, coupled with an increase ... The migration of unemployed people to urban areas, coupled with an ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- kolkhoz (collective farm) had a Palace of Culture or at least a House of Culture ... made his way into a more mainstream mass culture. It was not so with Alexander ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- of the city. They created a distinctive urban culture characterized by public ... Ndar is famous for its urban culture. The heritage of the signares ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- the primary focus being the study of human culture. In this context, culture ... Any and all of these factors make up important aspects of culture ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- explosion after independence. The other urban area is Ebeye (Epjā islet ... The economy combines a small subsistence sector and a modern urban ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- Places and Commonplaces of Identity, Culture and Experience. (Bucknell ... (cachacos) wanted to preserve their old culture, including their cherished ...33 KB (4,818 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- According to the Indian political system, urban groupings called districts ... production is a vital part of the Varanasi culture, the city also receives ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- with significant events and legends. An urban center created by the Incas ... Cusco's town squares. Colonial urban planners built new structures ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- including the famous Bondi Beach, in the urban area. Sydney's urban ... The extensive area covered by urban Sydney is formally divided into ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan. As a youth, Ōkuma ... representative of Tokyo's history and culture. The Auditorium was designated ...16 KB (2,213 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern ... There is no urban rail transit system in Honolulu, although electric ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- Seoul city center, as a recent major urban beautification project. ... until recently restored through an urban revival project. Bukhan Mountain ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Developed in the shanty-towns of urban Rio De Janeiro samba became ... classes and somewhat popular among the urban middle classes in Brazil ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- that mirrored the loss of a unified pre-modern culture in the hubbub of urban life. This phenomenon was expressed in numerous forms, none more stark ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- business, politics, and the most relevant urban activity take place in Guatemala ... and is the main gateway to the country. Urban public transportation is ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- It is surrounded by several dense urban communities and abruptly ... have established feral populations in urban neighborhoods such as Ocean Beach. ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- centers became focal points of Islamic culture. way of life centered on the nomadic culture of the people of the western ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- became entranced by the seductive Tahitian culture and women. Many of the crew ... lived on the island of Tahiti. The urban area of Papeete, the capital ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- Linear Pottery culture tribes of the Neolithic era settled the Dresden ... over eight rural districts, two urban districts, and the city of ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- and became deeply interested in their culture and history, supporting ... Creek Reservation, Morgan studied the culture of the Iroquois and produced ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ... venues, and also had a major impact on the culture of 1960s and 1970s rock ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- dynamism, speed, and restlessness of modern urban life. They purposely sought ... significant components of modern Western culture; the emphasis on youth, ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. It attained ... of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- commentary and keenly observed black-culture archetypes in funky, danceable ... commentary on the state of affairs in black urban ghettos at the time, as well ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- that showcase an expression of their culture or society. Some nations ... Small plots are made available to urban dwellers to plant for personal ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- fertility rate, measuring 2.19. (In the urban areas it is 1.31, while in ... national customs, brilliant history, culture and the pleasant climate ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- of his researches in Aztec religions and culture and his conversations with ... the falling Tenochtitlán after 80 days of urban warfare against the Spanish ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
- fields from the southern neighborhoods, the urban heat-island effect, and the ... In 2008, Milan was in a significant architectural and urban design ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ... a dower on the bride. Ancient Egyptian culture did not use dowry until ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- definitions, and is almost synonymous with culture. Thus, the term "civilization ... alone term, preferring to use the terms urban society or intensive agricultural ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Taoist buildings situated in southeastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District ... * Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. 2002. Chinese Architecture. The Culture ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- |campus = Urban |free_label = Member of |mascot = ... for earthquake research, oriental culture, industrial science, social ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- half of the eighth and the ninth centuries, urban citizens adopted Islam, and ... == Language and Culture == [[Image:BezeklikSogdianMerchants.jpg|thumb ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- The urban area, of 2280 square miles (5904.8 square kilometers), is ... of the Brisbane City Council in 1925 the urban areas of Brisbane have expanded ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation ... of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1964 urban riots began within black ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- by the clash of values between the older rural culture and the modern urban realities. ==Life== Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky, on April ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- Bamako is the seventh largest West African urban center after Lagos, Abidjan ... nation, it is also an important center of culture and meeting place of Mali ...22 KB (3,196 words) - 17:23, 10 February 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmec culture. Eventually, the Olmec culture ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- valley, where, around 2500 B.C.E., a large urban civilization emerged at the ... a type of proto-dentistry in an early farming culture." ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- hop and the globalization of black popular culture. London: Pluto, 2006. ISBN ... land use and livelihoods in peri-urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Honors ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- ==Demographics and culture == The majority of the inhabitants of Abu ... platform for contemporary art and culture." Upon completion, ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- and was listed as the 88th most-populous urban area in the world. ... the shanty towns that surround the colonial urban core. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- born of a mixture of traditional Spanish culture with the native Guaraní culture. ... opposition candidates won several major urban centers, including Asuncion ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- The two major urban islands in Lagos Lagoon are Lagos Island and Victoria ... evidence. The earliest identified Nigerian culture is that of the Nok people ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- of São Paulo's Department of Culture, formalizing a role he had ... documentation of the history, people, culture, and particularly music ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
