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    Essay of Ancient China

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    Ancient China In ancient Chinese cosmology‚ the universe was created not by divinities but self-generated from the interplay of nature’s basic duality: the active‚ light‚ dry‚ warm‚ positive‚ masculine yang and the passive‚ dark‚ cold‚ moist‚ negative yin. All things‚ animate and inanimate‚ and all circumstances were a combination of these fundamentals. The ultimate principle of the universe was the tao‚ "the way‚" and it determined the proper proportions of yin and yang in everything. Anything

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    Ancient China and Ancient Egypt are very different and very alike. The differences and similarities between Ancient China and Ancient Egypt‚ such as their writing systems‚ their calendars‚ and the areas they lived in are very interesting‚ and they deserve to be discussed. Ancient China and Egypt are different‚ but makes them similar? One detail is that both Egypt and China were very civilized for the times that they lived in. The second detail is that both civilizations had been ruled by dynasties

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    Ancient China and India

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    over by a new person. India went back to independent city states when a ruler fell. China was generally able to be re-united through a ruler India was not‚ India was not able to be united in the north due to invasions from bordering countries. The only person to unite India was Ashoka Maurya Similarities: Both were patriarchal societies. Major cities were built along major water ways‚ India (The indus river) China (the yellow river) Both countries used forced labor (slaves‚ pows‚ etc). Used water

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    Ancient Egypt and Ancient China are two of the oldest continuous civilizations. Both Ancient China and Ancient Egypt made great contributions to future civilizations. Several similarities and differences exist between these two Ancient civilizations. Areas where similarities and differences exist are Religion‚ Afterlife‚ and Society. Ancient China has been around for about 1.7million years. Starting with the Xia Dynasty‚ in the 21st century B.C. China has been one of the oldest lost civilizations

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    Marriage Ancient China

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    wives are able to wed as well. Indian and Japanese men and women are able to wed through an arrangement of both families. In ancient China‚ Chinese couples also had arranged marriages‚ but in modern times the tradition has faded. Although the way people get married is different a woman’s role in the marriage is similar culture to culture throughout ancient India‚ China‚ and Japan‚ divorce is a common practice in American now‚ but thousands of years ago there were still laws and criticisms among

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    Women in Ancient China

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    the Song Dynasty (960–1279) in Ancient China‚ the gender in which a person was born as‚ changed their whole path of life. Their role in society‚ their education‚ their power in the household were very different depending on if they were male or female. A typical female had much less power compared to a man; they were considered the inferior gender. It was unfair‚ and to an extend‚ cruel‚ the way that women were treated compared to a man‚ but during that time in China‚ it was so normal that no one

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    Daoism In Ancient China

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    China has contributed towards various things all round the world such as language‚ art‚ religion‚ and even politics. One such thing I will be talking about in this essay is one of the philosophies Ancient China has proposed which is Daoism. In this essay‚ I will be talking about the concepts of Daoism and how it has influenced today’s modern society. Daoism is a philosophy similar to that of Confucianism. Daoism evolved from the ancient Chinese society in which the Han society would soon believe

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    Funeral There are many correlations in the death and funerary customs of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt. Although the funeral beliefs of Ancient Chinese and Ancient Egyptian greatly resemble each other‚ the actual practices diverge significantly. These are mummification of the body‚ process of burial and the materials they used. Both civilizations believed in the afterlife and buried goods with the dead for the afterlife and protection. They also mummified the body to preserve them from rotting

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    Beauty in Ancient China

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    2010 Luo-fu’s beauty in Mulberries by the Path China has been home to a multitude of beautiful women throughout the ages. Different periods of Chinese history had their own ideals regarding feminine beauty and differing standards of beauty produced a wide-ranging aesthetic scope. Besides some notable exceptions‚ however‚ few women are remembered today in Chinese history. As a result‚ it is difficult to ascertain exactly what these ancient beauties looked like. Through the poem Mulberries by

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    Dynasties In Ancient China

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    The government in ancient China was established by Dynasties. Dynasties were mostly a sequence of rulers or emperors from the same family. As I said‚ a Dynasty was ruled by an emperor. This emperor had total control of the land and would make all the final decisions. Some of the most popular Dynasties in china were: • Xia Dynasty About 1994 BCE - 1766 BCE • Shang Dynasty 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE • Zhou Dynasty 1122 BCE -256 BCE (skipped because Celeste did it) • Qin Dynasty 221 BCE - 206 BCE

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