Rivers played a big role in why civilizations were able to grow so large because it could provide people with a way of transportation‚ water to drink‚ and irrigate their crops. The Chinese first started to settle the land about 1.7 billion years ago near the Yun Nan Province in the south near the Yangtze River. Yun Nan has a warm climate to grow crops‚ and the river gave them water to drink and gave them a way to irrigate their crops. Fish also were an abundant food supply. As they prospered‚
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GTA class system and the Hindu caste system are both systems in which people are organized into a hierarchy as a result of social stratification. They are systems that follow the concept of social order based on wealth‚ power‚ status and occupation. The Hindu caste system is an closed system; individuals are assigned status at birth with no opportunities to improve their quality of life. In order to move up the social hierarchy‚ individuals must fulfill their duty (dharma) in their caste. The willing
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It would be impossible to disagree with the statement that "Chinese kinship is based on male predominance". In fact this statement may even be under-emphasizing the control and absolute power that males wield across all levels of Chinese society. Of course‚ where their power initially comes from though‚ is through the family or termed differently the "jia". It is this extended or ideal family that cultivates the consistent patrilineal form of control/descent and dictates that residence in said
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Ancient Chinese Contributions In observing the development of Chinese ancient culture‚ it becomes apparent civilization can exist without timely opportunities‚ the right conditions‚ and a beneficial geographical situation. It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns (Institute of the History of Natural Sciences Chinese Academy
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In China savers are turning from traditional deposits to a higher return wealth management products; this trend is exposing risks to the Chinese banking system. Wealth management products are a mix of short term investments such as bonds‚ money market funds and other securities and the potential risk is that banks invest the proceeds from sales of these products in securities with longer maturities than short term investments; when products mature‚ banks persuade customers to either roll over the
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Understanding the Evolution and Meaning of the Caste System in India 10000 BC. the first known human settlement starts in Jericho with hunter-gatherers putting up a few huts. By 9600 BC Jericho has a wall and an astonishing tower with 22 stone steps. This is the pre-pottery age. Jericho continues to remain settled and follows the routine development of settlements through the ceramic - bronze - iron and other ages. Around 7500 BC a similar settlement starts near the river Indus. It is called
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The advantages and disadvantages of Chinese university entance test It’s nearly impossible to get a decent job without a qualification from a reputable institution. That’s the reason why Chinese students so emphrasize the university entrance test considerably. Obviously‚there are a lot of advantages ‚such as its fairness and knowlege comprehension and the disadvantageis is inevitable because of its inflesibility .These two aspects will be discussed in this essay. The exam in China is the most
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111313 Political Science gr.2 The Political System in India Caste Politics Introduction India is a multicultural and multilingual country. Indian society is broadly divided into four groups. Forward communities (FC) are communities from caste and religion who do not qualify government of India reservation benefits; Backward Communities (BC)‚ Scheduled Castes (SC)‚ and Scheduled Tribes (ST) were the underprivileged groups. D.r
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The caste system of India is one of the main dimensions where people in India socially differentiated through religion‚ class‚ tribe‚ region‚ gender and language. The Indian caste system is considered a closed system of stratification‚ which means that a person’s social status is obligated to which caste they were born into. Caste is a social status determined by a system in society based on one’s position in that position could be low and high depending on the importance attached with that position
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and wouldn’t have to listen to the first lord. (Page. 401) This social structure of medieval Europe can compare to the early caste system. The caste system has four levels to their structure: Brahmin‚ Kshatriya‚ Vaishya‚ and then Shudra. The medieval structure is: King‚ Lord‚ Knight‚ and then Peasants. Both of the systems they person has to be born into. The caste system and medieval social structure both have a person or representative in the form of religion. The old saying describing the social
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