change and cultural obstacles
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Change and Cultural Obstacles. Civil Rights movements in the U.S. Diffusion The spread of certain ideas, customs, or practices from one culture to another. Ancient Egyptian (below) and later Roman (left) Bes Jars. Hollywood and Bollywood. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Change and Cultural ObstaclesCivil Rights movements in the U.S.
DiffusionThe spread of certain ideas, customs, or practices from one culture to another.
Ancient Egyptian (above left) and later Roman (above right) glass examples
Ancient Egyptian (below) and later Roman (left) Bes Jars
Hollywood and Bollywood
DiffusionSyncretism
• The creative blending of indigenous and foreign beliefs and practices into new cultural forms.– Ex: Sarapis
• Ptolemaic mash of the Greek god Zeus and the Egyptian god Osiris
– Ex: The influence of “Western” culture (Coke, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Hollywood, etc.)
The Falafel burger, from the menu at the McDonald’s next to the great Pyramids at Giza