Why Did China Become A World Power

China is a massive and powerful civilization. Chinese history has been viewed in today’s society as a very impressive rise to become one of the top world powers. With such a powerful pull towards China other neighboring civilizations had no choice but to accept that there is no equal. Nonetheless, even other civilizations farther than the neighboring civilizations had no choice but to look towards China to understand its great economics and extreme technological advantages. Also, China had a very strong influence towards other civilizations, however, China is not just one civilization with all the same culture. China was also influenced by outside forces, which in turn allowed China to have many social, cultural, and economic changes that become
While the Roman empire fell around 400 C.E. China was able to stay in unity under the Sui dynasty. However, the one and only good achievement that happened under the Sui was a series of canals that connected southern and northern China. Which allowed China to flourish economically and contribute to much of the wealth that it brought. Although after the fall of the Sui dynasty other less ruthless dynasties like the Tang and Song were able to build on the foundation of the Sui, but for much longer reign. In a political sense those two dynasties were able to build up the political structure for around a thousand years. With those achievements it made the Song dynasty “by far the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth” (Ways of the World). With being the most populous country on earth it allowed China to become extremely prosperous. The reason why becoming more populous made China more prosperous was because of the agricultural
Buddhism first entered China through the Silk Road. At first Buddhism did not go well with Chinese belief because a life as a monk or a nun concluded to dishonor our families values. Although, later on Buddhism took root in Chinese culture amongst the elite and the popular culture. Elites and rulers gave praise for Buddhism by building monasteries, temples, and works of art. It gave the people faith and comfort, because of the fall of the Han dynasty. Buddhism gave hope to Chinese people and it still is growing in Chinese culture, even with many hardships and persecution, Buddhism did not vanish from