The Spread of Buddhism in China DBQ - 11/18/13 Adam Almassri Buddhism started in India around the 16th century B.C.E.‚ and after a while diffused to China in the first century of C.E.. People slowly converted to it. Many chinese people felt differently about the new religion‚ and others felt it was better than the one existing‚ and better for China as a whole. They then began to encourage conversion of religions. Then there were those guys. They didn’t like Buddhism‚ they thought it was bad
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Megan LeBarron Orvin 4A Global Studies 28 January 2015 Mongols DBQ Over time the Mongolian army has become synonymous with the term barbarian. The definition of barbaric is unsophisticated‚ primitive‚ and savagely cruel. These terms do not give the Mongols enough credit. I believe that they were not completely barbaric though they did have some brutal techniques. They were advanced strategists for their time period. The Mongolian army was run with a strict command and heavy emphasis was placed
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wall is 2‚500 miles long and stretches through all sorts of mountains. The wall is thirty feet high and twenty-five feet thick at its base. The Huns and barbarians had no farming land and they used to entre china and killed and invade the people for food and wealth. The wall was constructed to protect China and its people from Huns and barbarians and also restrict the entry of invaders coming from the Silk Road. “There in the mist‚ enormous‚ majestic‚ silent and terrible‚ stood the Great Wall of China
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only weapons that Aztecs had were arrows‚ spears‚ rocks and anything that they were able to make to protect themselves. The Aztecs were people who believed in sacrifice‚ human sacrifice to be exact. The Aztecs were kind people but they were also barbarians. They welcomed the Spanish into their city‚ which showed their kindness.
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Historians still argue as to when the Empire actually fell. The Roman Empire after being a world’s superpower for almost 500 years fell because of numerous amounts of factors. The most straightforward factor was the invasions by the Barbarians. With mass attacks by the Barbarians‚ it weakened the Romans’ military forces and man power. By 410 the Visigoth King Alaric successfully conquered the city of Rome. The Empire also fell because of economic hardships. Even when Rome was under attack from outer forces
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1)Compare and contrast the aims and the limitations of modernization in China based on the Self Strengthening Movement. Overall was the Self-Strengthening movement successful? Through series of military defeat and overwhelming foreign power‚ China created the self-strengthening policy. This basically aimed to improve and enrich the country‚ build defense against the modern powers‚ and strengthen it’s army by adopting the western technology and military skills. However there were people who opposed
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Argumentative essay Are leaders made or born? By definition‚ a leader is a person who rules or guides or inspires others‚ someone others are willing to follow without question. Some people believe that leadership can be learned through life‚ while others believe that leaders are born with the necessary qualities that make them a successful leader. Throughout the essay we will suggest why people are born leaders and why they are not made. A good education and the family context of a person
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always had to be ready to run and/or fight. “This excerpt describes Europe in the ninth and tenth century… [Barbarians] sacked towns and villages and laid waste to the fields. They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives.”(Doc 1) I clearly states that this was life in the Dark Ages so this is the best piece of evidence for any argument. Also it shows that barbarians‚ whether it be Muslims‚ Vikings or any other group of people who wanted their land back‚ attacked ruthlessly
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political philosophy - Launched military campaign and in just 10 yrs defeated the other warring states - Empire formation was far more compressed than the centuries long Roman effort - Sent laborers to construct the Great Wall of China - Used to keep barbarians out from the north and erect a monumental mausoleum as the emperor’s final resting place - Speed and brutality ensured that his own Qin dynasty didn’t last long What were some of Qin’s accomplishments? Predict what ended the Qin dynasty. What
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difference between Rome and the United States. The U.S. has the biggest military in the world to this day. Which allows them to protect their land and continue to be stable. When rome ran out of money and couldn’t feed their military‚ it not only allowed barbarians to come in‚ but stopped the flow of money received from expanding their land. Without that money rome went deeper and deeper into debt and eventually was taken over by
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