Research Paper on:
Global Cultures' Interconnectedness

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allowed them to visualize what is not readily apparent to most of the worlds populations and cultures: we are all on the same planet and all connected in some very  basic ways. This can be understood on a more basic level by studying the early cultures in developing Britain during the pre-Renaissance years. Most of us will never board  the space shuttle and so a shifting of perspective becomes more a mental exercise than anything. However, one could state that the cultures of the world are more similar than  dissimilar and yet it is these small percentages of dissimilarities which continue to cause such strife, keep a good deal of the population poor and malnourished, and promote hostility. However,  in early pagan England and its surround European communities, there was an interconnectedness, even down to the miseries experienced by the poor. The conflicts are sometimes so great that  they mask the common needs for love, emotional support, physical contact, respect, recognition, for the exchange of vital information and experience, or for economic support and care. Interconnectedness by its  very definition speaks of an interdependence on one another, or a way of being connected to one another through some particular features or characteristics. "Semiotics can be applied to anything  which can be seen as signifying something - in other words, to everything which has meaning within a culture," states David Chandler in his book, Semiotics for Beginners. One way  in which early Europe was connected was in its Earth based religion. Since isolation between villages was great, the development of a different set of mores would seem to be  predictable. However, studies have shown that just the opposite occurred. Since nearly all of the villages had an Earth based (pagan) religion, nearly all of them had produced similar gods,