Amber Richey October 15‚ 2012 World History Ancient India and Ancient China Different but the Same Ancient India and Ancient China have as many similarities as they do differences. Over many decades of being so close they have had very little run-ins with one another. They have thrived living by the basic principles of a peaceful co-existence society. They have accepted each other’s differences and come to realize just how many similarities they have. Today it is almost impossible the see
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Ancient China Versus Ancient Greece Ancient China and Ancient Greece were two vastly different civilizations with different cultures; they shared a multitude of similar political‚ economic‚ and philosophical achievements while also inholding multiple differences. The centralized government of China differed from the independent city-states of Athens. A similarity that both civilizations held in regards to politics would be the role‚ or lack thereof one‚ that women played within their respective
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and purification of the mind. With the development of medieval China‚ Buddhism played a vital role in everywhere‚ also was known as a pan-Asian religion. Buddhism should be based on Chinese traditional ideology as well as accepted by secular life‚ which is helpful for Buddhism to adopt social‚ political order and the cultural mainstream. Buddhism is very practical for the world to achieve the goal of peaceful development. In medieval China‚ a lot of people believed Buddhism‚ which coincided with the
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As one example‚ the ancient practice of Chinese foot binding as a beauty institution serves as an excellent model which exemplifies such immobilization of women. In attempting to decipher the bound foot‚ feminist dialogues have concentrated on its role in sexually objectifying
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community as a whole. In later ages‚ emphasis of loyalty was often placed more on the obligations of the ruled to the ruler‚ and less on the ruler’s obligations to the ruled. Like filial piety‚ loyalty was often subverted by the autocratic regimes in China. Nonetheless‚ throughout the ages‚ many Confucians continued to fight against unrighteous superiors and rulers. Many of these Confucians suffered and sometimes died because of their conviction and action. During the Ming-Qing era‚ prominent Confucians
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continuities in Ancient China. Which changed how the chinese civilization is managed now. Emperor Qin unified the empire‚ Qin also had a centralized imperial rule. The Han Dynasty had a centralized bureacracy. There was also civil service exam. Many changes kept occurring. They formed legalist policies. The mandate of heaven was kept going as well as the Dynastic Cycle and the Han dynasty collasped. There were many significant political and cultural changes and continuities in Ancient China. In between
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Confucius was written during the Warring States Period. Confucianism has influenced many East Asian cultures around the world. Confucius created the analects to illustrate his opinion on the government. Confucius way have permeated every sector of China through government‚ education‚ and daily moral behavior. Confucius believed that every relationship had a role to play out as if everyone was a character on a stage and this phrase illustrates the philosophy of Confucius in one sentence when: “Zigong
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Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin‚ relying on their respective expertise in the history of Greece and China‚ present a comparative study on the paths and patterns followed by the ancient Greek and Chinese to form their early sciences and medicines within distinct social and cultural contexts. Their investigations are confined to the period from 400 B.C. to 200 A.D. for the reason that “both China and Greece passed through analogous transitions and left records of comparable richness in these six hundred
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Much of our modern day culture has origins in ancient civilizations. Our language‚ religion‚ and even government have been affected by these societies. Two examples of ancient civilizations that have impacted our modern culture immensely include Ancient Rome and Ancient China. Ancient Rome and Ancient China share many similarities‚ but also many differences. Ancient Rome and Ancient China have similarities in the problems they faced and in their accomplishments‚ but they also share many differences
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The advancement of science and technology in ancient China is strongly related to the society system. One of its significant features is the civil service examination system. The system was designed to look for talented and potential candidates as administrative officials of the government [1]. Only those literary and managerial elite would be able to serve in the bureaucratic imperial state after their success in the examination [2]. Needham regarded the effect of concentrating all power as a driving
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