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Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the talk page for details. | Multi-ethnic societies, in contrast to one-ethnic societies, integrate different ethnic groups irrespective of differences in culture, race, and history under a common social identity larger than one "nation" in the conventional sense. All cities and most towns can be regarded as multi-ethnic societies, even ones where race hatred and ethnic intolerance is common. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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Also, many nations that today are considered ethnically homogeneous, such as Japan, have their origins in a more or less violent melting or mixing process.
There is a distinction between a society, a nation, a people, and a state. See multi-national state for the specific political and military issues arising from such a state. There is much overlap however between the concerns of running a state, and finding a common identity as a nation. A multi-national state (most commonly a binational state or a trinational state) is a nation-state that has several distinct and (if the status of the state has come to issue at all) rival cultures within it that compete for control. ...
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Multi-ethnic societies have existed in various historical contexts such as ancient China, ancient India, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, or the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In recent times, the United States of America has been a more or less successful multi-ethnic society; despite past and current racial and ethnic tensions, the various ethnic groups that make up the United States still manage to live and work together mostly peacefully. Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ...
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Official languages Latin, German, Hungarian Established church Roman Catholic Capital & Largest City Vienna pop. ...
The ultimate step in multiethnic integration is the U.N., whose goal is to ensure the peaceful coexistence of as many different countries or ethnic groups as possible. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...
Multi-ethnic societies do occasionally fail, however, as in the recent example of Czechoslovakia, which has broken up into two smaller nations divided along ethnic lines. In some cases, this disintegration is much more violent, as in Yugoslavia. Others fall into violent and long drawn-out civil war, like Rwanda. Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian Government Socialist republic President - 1945 - 1953 Ivan Ribar - 1991 Stjepan Mesić Prime Minister - 1945 - 1963 Josip Broz Tito - 1989 - 1991 Ante Marković Historical era Cold War - Proclamation November 29, 1943 - UN membership October 24, 1945 - Constitution February 21, 1974 - Secessions...
Current multi-ethnic societies Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
Historic multi-ethnic societies Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...
Bactria, about 320 BC Bactria (Bactriana, BÄkhtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Arabic and Indian languages, and Ta-Hsia in Chinese) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra or Balhika or Bokhdi (now...
Ancient India may refer to: the ancient History of India, which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent the legendary Kingdoms of Ancient India in Sanskrit literature the Iron Age Mahajanapadas the Middle kingdoms of India of Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Category: ...
Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281–1326 Osman I - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI...
Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ...
Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian Government Socialist republic President - 1945 - 1953 Ivan Ribar - 1991 Stjepan Mesić Prime Minister - 1945 - 1963 Josip Broz Tito - 1989 - 1991 Ante Marković Historical era Cold War - Proclamation November 29, 1943 - UN membership October 24, 1945 - Constitution February 21, 1974 - Secessions...
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ...
Flag Capital Zagreb Language(s) Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian Government Republic President¹ Anton Korošec Vice presidents¹ Ante Pavelić Svetozar Pribićević Historical era World War I - Independence 29 October, 1918 - Joined Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1 December, 1918 ¹ President and vice presidents of the National Council. ...
Current multi-ethnic societies Subdivisions of Serbia Vojvodina Central Serbia Kosovo (UN administered) Official languages Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn1 Capital Novi Sad Area – Total – % water 21,500 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) – Density 2,031,992 94. ...
Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic - President Boris Tadić - Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica Establishment - Formation 8th century - Independence c. ...
Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa south of the Sahara Desert, is the term used to describe those countries of Africa that are not part of North Africa. ...
Preconditions for success An apparent precondition for the success of a multi-ethnic society is the availability of a common language, as was the case in the Roman Empire, and still is the case in the U.S. Alternatively, several "overlapping" languages, as found in India, the European Union or Canada, can serve the same function. However, even in the European Union, English is the lingua franca for business and scientific exchange.
An even more important precondition for the functioning of a multi-ethnic society is an education towards tolerance and understanding, as may be found in India. This means not the weak tolerance of those who feel themselves inferior, but the strong tolerance of a self-confident but not proud personality which is able and willing to learn from others without fear of losing its own identity.
Possible causes of breakdowns Due to their ethnic or cultural heterogeneity, multi-ethnic societies in general are more fragile and have a higher risk of conflicts. In the worst case such conflicts can cause the breakdown of these societies. Recent examples of this were the violent breakdown of Yugoslavia and the peaceful separation of Czechoslovakia. Forced mixture or coexistence of ethnically different populations might be the reason for the outbreak of nationalistic and racistic tendencies which over the years can become so strong that they are able to destruct a multi-ethnic society.
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