Empire Builders, Culture Makers, and Culture Imprinters

Empire Builders, Culture Makers, and Culture Imprinters

Two factors explain the present configuration of the world's large culture areas, emigration and religion. Emigration accounts for the Portuguese, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon and Russian areas and also played an important role in China. Religion was the main force in Arab nations and Roman Europe.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of interdisciplinary history 1989-10, Vol.20 (2), p.177-196
1. Verfasser: Issawi, Charles
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Buddhism
Central Asian culture
Chinese culture
Christianity
CULTURAL PATTERNS
Culture
DOMINATION
Emigration
High culture
Historiography
History
Indian culture
Islam
LANGUAGE, LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS
Latin American culture
Muslims
Religion
Russian culture
WORLDWIDE PRIOR TO 1945
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Zusammenfassung:Two factors explain the present configuration of the world's large culture areas, emigration and religion. Emigration accounts for the Portuguese, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon and Russian areas and also played an important role in China. Religion was the main force in Arab nations and Roman Europe.
ISSN:0022-1953
1530-9169
DOI:10.2307/204831