Essays about: "comparative culture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 204 essays containing the words comparative culture.

  1. 11. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  2. 12. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Thomas Hans Sune Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Humayun; Mughal; esotericism; Arabic Hermeticism; Sufism; syncretism; occultism in Islam; magic;

    Abstract : Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun (1508-1556), simply known as Humayun, was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is often known with a discredited image in history even though recent investigations show a new, different, and regenerated perspective about him. READ MORE

  3. 13. Informal - Informal architecture of South and Central America

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Andrea Jean Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Vernacular; architecture; South America; Central America;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to address the topic of informal vernacular architecture in a focal group of chosen villages in South and Central America. With the goal to represent their informal architecture and its connection to identity, culture, and sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 14. Exploring the Effects of Entrepreneurial Extracurricular Activities on Student Entrepreneurs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ivan Zankov; [2023]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; education; extracurricular activities; innovation; university; Lund; Carleton; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Academic entrepreneurship is becoming more accessible and comprehensive, and with it, so too are entrepreneurial extracurricular activities (EEAs). Because the expansion of entrepreneurship education accessibility is limited to the last two decades, little has been explored on the exact impacts EEAs have on students enrolled in entrepreneurship education. READ MORE

  5. 15. Boots On The Ground? How Strategic Culture Influences The Role Of The Armed Forces In Domestic Counterterrorism

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Madeleine Dahllöf; [2023]
    Keywords : Strategic culture; counterterrorism; domestic security; Belgium; Sweden; armed forces; war studies;

    Abstract : Similar countries are often expected to respond to threats in similar ways. Nevertheless, in Europe alone, similar countries have responded significantly different to the threat of terrorism. READ MORE