Stability in an empire creates strength and prosperity‚ and there are many ways to achieve this‚ such as using ideologies to standardize ideas‚ respecting leaders‚ re-centralizing government‚ and trading‚ which is what China had done. One of the main ways China created stability was through confucianism. Confucianism is all about treating others with respect and kindness‚ whilst still maintaining the separation between social classes. By treating people respectfully‚ people did not desire to overthrow
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In East Asia‚ China remained the dominant in power and most prosperous land comparing with Japan. However‚ in the late 18th century‚ China underwent social and economic change that caused instability. And in 17th and 18th centuries‚ Japan also faced major transformations. China stands out as having distinct traditions. Tradition emphasized on male-dominated and filial piety. The Ming and Qing emperors supported Confucian values and tradition. The Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi‚ combined the moral
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The Cultural Development of ancient Egyptians and ancient Chinese civilizations were fairly similar but were different on certain ideas. From the way historians looked at the number of gods/goddesses each civilization worshipped‚ to the inventions and tools the craftsman made to make life less difficult shows the similarity of the two civilization. Both couture’s buried their dead with items of value‚ practiced ancestor worship‚ had elaborate systems of Bureaucratic systems of administration and
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thousands silk bolts to the monastery their were kept in in order to gain merit. Furthermore‚ relicts were covered in the highly decorated silk materials and kept in it for centuries afterwards. Relicts became the most significant objects of worship in China during the Tang period. People of wealth presented silk to monks and to monasteries as a sign of the adoration and to earn merits. The ritual robe of monks became silk at that period as the Tang rulers presented this fiber as a reward for their contribution
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The empires of Rome and China were very great ones‚ they both had many similarities and differences in the way they ran their empires. One major difference was the way they treated their women. Both Chinese and Roman women were unequal in social status than the men of the empires were‚ but they were definitely treated different in both empires. Women of China were treated quite harshly and were expected to take orders at all times by their husbands‚ and were to serve them always. This started to
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simply an aid to esthetic pleasure. By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of gunpowder appears to have spread to Japan and Europe. "It was used by the Mongols
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Genji‚ when the King demanded her lady to accompany him for the whole day‚ many courtiers were resent as the King was preoccupied by the woman at the expense of the country’s strength and reputation. The story also mentioned that if this happens in China‚ the Imperial Court would undo the King and the God in Heaven would impose natural disasters to the country. As in the story of Rama‚ Rama must fulfil his responsibility to rescue his wife regardless of the difficulties‚ and he needed to break their
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become more commonly used. During this time‚ the Silk Roads linked the Roman Empire to the Han Dynasty. Both the empires dominated their respective regions and were very influential to history through their advancements and discoveries. Silk from China in the east was of high demand along the west as well as other exotic goods such as pottery‚ paper‚ and spices. The Silk Roads were in heavy use nearing the end of this time period especially during the Pax Romana and the Han Golden Age.
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The Hundred Schools of Thought was an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China that lasted from 770 to 222 BCE. In around 500 BCE‚ after the Zhou state weakened and China moved in to the period of warring states‚ the classic period of Chinese philosophy‚ known as the Golden Age‚ began. This period saw the rise of numerous Chinese philosophers and academics. Many of the great Chinese texts have intensely enriched Chinese lifestyles and social awareness up to the present day. However
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Travel Brochure Suppose you had a travel company that could take people back in time. Your time machine can take tourists back millions‚ and even billions of years. You will be developing a travel brochure to entice vacationers to come to your geologic time period or Era‚ and “enjoy” what the earth of that time has to offer. Things to keep in mind when working on this project: 1. Your travel brochure will need to include written descriptions as well as illustrations of the period/era.
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