The religion of China has changed from mainly Buddhism to a mixture of all Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism, while India has stayed the same with Hinduism (Vedic religion) being the main religion and Rome has also changed from believing in mythology to being the central place for Catholic belief. Ancient Rome, China, and India all had social class systems. The most influential of these social class systems was the Indian caste system. The Indian caste system was separated into four different groups. The four groups were Brahim, Ksatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra.
Also, the ABC nightly news channel reported that the Buddhist population in the United States was of about four to six million individuals; 75 to 80% of Asian descent who had inherited Buddhism as a family tradition, and the other 20 to 25% were American converts (Nakasone, 2007). Most of the East Asian migrants who arrived in the 19th century to the United States make up the Buddhist population. Even though immigration is important to the expansion of religion, conversion to Buddhism also plays a big role in the growth of religion. Many Americans seem attracted to the ideas of Buddhism even when the number of Buddhist converts is limited. One of the main reasons why Buddhism is being successful is because of the fact that the religion is not tied to a certain ethnicity, the article of Buddhism in America
Quilon was a midpoint to unload and to pick up passengers and commodities from the west. Most of the Muslim traders settled in Malabar, on the southwest coast of the Indian peninsula, this made Quilon become a major cosmopolitan hub. The Chinese junks from Quanzhou made very frequent trips to Quilon to unload silks and porcelain and commodities for East Asian markets. All of these cities, thrived off each other through the help of trade. Most of these cities shared new life-changing parts of their own culture with one another.
Differences for the cities are the way they have succeeded economically. Some are rich in agriculture while others have established trading routes to attain food to sustain their populations. Another key difference between all the cities is their tolerance for religion, some countries are open to other faiths while some are closed and use violence to inflict their religion. 3) Inferences that future historians would make on these cities is that they are all highly populated, they are all port cities open for trade, they are all multicultural and they all are flourishing economically. Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are thriving economically because they are all port cities which enable them to trade.
It is writer Jimmy Chi’s birthplace and where he still lives today. Where the desert meets the sea, Broome has a unique cultural and economic history. In the 1870s it was established as a pearling port attracting workers from all over South East Asia as well as European pearl traders, and with it the influence of Catholicism. This created a cultural melting pot of Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Filipino and Greek immigrants who intermarried with the local Indigenous
Understandably, when the news of gold and opportunity in far away Gum San, (Golden Mountain – the Chinese name for America) reached China, many Chinese seized the opportunity to seek their fortune, and a majority ended up on the coasts of California. Rao starts her article off with a historical narrative of this musical past and how these clusters of families brought the culture from their homeland and introduced it in an authentic fashion. As we can see today, every major metropolitan city has its own version of Chinatown. The stage has drawn Chinese people closer and closer together and led to immigration in and within the US. Although the stories on stage were inspired from the older history
Prior to the arrival of Spanish missionaries, the Mission District was inhabited by the Ohlone people who populated much of the San Francisco Bay Area. During California's early statehood period, in the 19th and 20th century, large numbers of Irish and German immigrant workers moved into the area. Development and settlement intensified after the 1906 earthquake, as many displaced businesses and residents moved into the area, making Mission Street a major commercial thoroughfare. In 1926, the Polish community of San Francisco converted a church on 22nd Street and Shotwell Street and opened its doors as the Polish Club of San Francisco; it is referred to today as the "Dom Polski", or Polish Home. The Irish American community made its mark on the area during this time, with notable residents such as etymologist Peter Tamony calling the Mission home.
There was also a Chinese temple in the first street in Phoenix Chinatown. The culture was largely rooming house and social life for the bachelors included opium and gambling that centred in the recreational house. The Chinese made commercial developments, as they were business-oriented. The Chinese businesses that served the white American communities were scattered along Washington, Monroe Street and Adams. The predominant businesses among the Chinese were restaurants, which centered to other communities, and served American style foods.
Sikhism was established in 15th century and is newest religion. On the other hand, Canada has similar culture to United States. It is a country without an official religion. Majority of population follow Christianity. Canada has many diverse religions because of increase in immigration from areas such as Africa, Asia, and Middle East.
At first, besides Chinese the Unity Party successfully united many ethnic minority groups in Australia including Vietnamese, Arabians, Jews, Koreans, Thais, Italians, etc (Tian 62). The reason why the Unity Party seemed so attractive that these ethnic minorities gradually joined in the party is its multi-cultural ideology. According to its official website, the Unity Party is dedicated to maintaining and enhancing an Australia that is truly multicultural. Unity represents and works for all Australians, not just some Australians: “the diverse make-up of the Unity Party demonstrates that you don’t have to be an Asian or Indigenous, on welfare or unemployed, a student or a single mother, or from any of the other sections of our community which