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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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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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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societies‚ China having a centralized bureaucracy‚ and Rome having a rule based on laws and private authorities‚ like many empires‚ many aspects of their defeat are similar. Some of the ideas contributing to this fall was the stress on military‚ the high taxes placed on citizens‚ and the religions of each empire. One of the reason of the fall of both China and Rome was the stress both civilizations put on military. China was insistent upon having a powerful military‚ but
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remained constant‚ and that’s the fact that religion played a huge role in all societies. An example of this would be the role of Christianity in Ancient Rome. Christianity was a religion that the Romans has never seen before and was challenged for its beliefs and morals. Although the Romans questioned the religion‚ Christianity spread rather easily in Rome as a result of its vast territories being in one governance. In the end as time went by‚ all the Roman gods went away and was replaced by the beliefs
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Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece played an important role on how our modern society and architecture is today. They influenced ideas that were spread and shared all over the world like their architecture‚ entertainment‚ and government. The architecture in Rome included things such as Viae‚ aqueducts‚ and arches. Viae were roads that the romans created and that we have today‚ but in ancient Rome is was primarily used as military supply lines. Another architectural innovation that Rome created were
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In all of ancient Rome there is the presence of the Greeks there as well. It is shown in their religion‚ architecture‚ literature and their artwork. Today I’m going to be talking about two of them that are important to me‚ so I hope you enjoy architecture and religion. “In architecture‚ the Romans imitated classical Greek styles‚ but they also created their own new styles. Roman architects used the Greek system of orders and added two more: Tuscan and Composite. Centuries before the Roman Empire
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Women (Rome VS China) In the past‚ women have been generally regarded as inferior to men. This can been seen through the way women were treated in society‚ having little rights and freedom‚ and subjected to the whims and fancy of their husbands. They were regarded as not only mentally inferior to men but also physically inferior. In addition‚ they were seen as evil and a master of seduction. In Greek mythology‚ for instance‚ it was said that a woman named Pandora‚ brought disaster and suffering
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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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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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