Change and Cultural Obstacles

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Change and Cultural Obstacles

• Civil Rights movements in the U.S.

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DiffusionThe spread of certain ideas, customs,
or practices from one culture to another.
Ancient Egyptian (below) and later Roman (left)
Bes Jars
Hollywood and Bollywood
Ancient Egyptian (above left) and later Roman
(above right) glass examples
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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,
  McDonalds, Starbucks, Hollywood, etc.)

The Falafel burger, from the menu at the
McDonalds next to the great Pyramids at Giza