DBQ Buddhism in China Morgan Taylor When Buddhism spread from India to China many different opinions were voiced. Although many people began to gradually convert to it‚ others felt differently about the new religion. Opinions fluctuated often with some people feeling that Buddhism would be good for the society‚ to bring the people together in a time of suffering‚ and others demanding that it be shunned for corrupting the people with foreign ways. Documents 1‚2‚ 3‚ and 5 can be grouped together
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the government to have enough control to keep everything how they wanted it to be. Soldiers/guards were stationed at the borders of the Empire‚ near the neighbouring Barbarian tribes. The guards paid the Barbarian chiefs if they agreed to become allies and help them out. By 300 AD the majority of the Roman army was comprised of barbarian trained soldiers who were much less effective than their superiors that Rome had in previous centuries‚ and had different beliefs and traditions to the Romans. Another
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shortly before the coronation of Romulus as Emperor in the year 470. His father‚ Flavius Orestes‚ is the commanding general of the Roman army. Odoacer‚ leader federated barbarian army‚ Orestes makes certain demands on the night before the coronation that rejects Orestes.The day of the coronation‚ Rome is attacked by barbarians who kill Orestes and Romulus takes refuge in Capri with his counselor Ambrosino. While in Capri‚ are the mythical sword Excalibur and the left. Romulo is rescued from Capri
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The causes of the economic recession of later Roman Empire Ziyan Kong GLS 470 Jennifer Zoller March 27‚ 2012 Abstract The decline and fall of Roman Empire was an attractive topic. This paper will focus on the economic field. There will be three parts in this paper to analyze the reason of the economic recession happened in later Roman Empire. After the back background introduction‚ the first part will focus on how the Empire ’s military affected the economy. The legions of Empire used
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The Dark Ages are described as a period of intellectual depression in the history of Europe from the establishment of barbarian supremacy in the fifth century to the revival of learning at about the fifteenth century. In my belief‚ according to this description the Dark Ages were not dark at all‚ and if present‚ the intellectual depression was minimal. The Dark Ages were a period of great intellectual innovation and arts. With the dwindling populations of towns‚ people once again became dependent
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On his way home‚ Odysseus faces a plethora of challenges that extend his voyages. One such example that stands out is his ordeal in a cave with a vicious Cyclops. During this short but life-threatening period‚ Odysseus and his crew find themselves trapped in the cave with the beast‚ who had already “lunged out with his hands toward my men and snatching two at once‚ rapping them on the ground / he knocked them dead like pups - / their brains gushed out all over‚ soaked the floor - / and ripping them
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Before the fall of the roman empire‚ it first became divided into the east and the west and was run by several different leaders. I think that the fall of the Roman empire was related to several different issues. Those issues were both internal and external. One of the reasons for the fall of the Roman empire was a decline in morals. People began to not worry so much about standards. They began to be promiscuous‚ gamble and drink excessive amounts of alcohol. They behaved very inappropriately. Another
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DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION: CLASSICAL EMPIRES FROM THE PERSIANS TO THE GUPTAS Directions The following question is based on the accompanying documents. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise). The question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all or all but one of the documents. Analyzes the documents by grouping
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said that anyone not of Greek descent are barbarians and are slaves by nature and that they have no qualities that entitle them to be free men‚ and Plato said all barbarians are enemies by nature and it is proper to wage war upon them even to the point of enslaving or extirpating them. While other advisors like Eratosthenes said that people should be divided according to good and bad qualities for example how there are bad Greeks and refined “barbarians” like the Indians and the Arians. But they
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So this proposal was more convictive to show that footbinding was a way used by Chinese to conquer “barbarians”. In addition‚ Qu’s proposal was disclosed in Wanli yehuo bian ‚ a work written by Shen Defu in Ming dynasty but Shen did not write any source for Qu’s proposal. This made the argument of Dorothy less reliable since the primary source she used
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