World Civilizations: China I. China in the Classical Period: 1000 b.c.e – 500 c.e. 1. Time Line of Events: 1600-1100 b.c.e- Shang => 1100 b.c.e- Decimals created => 1029 b.c.e-Creation of Zhou Dynasty => 551 b.c.e - Confucius is born => 500 b.c.e. - Editing of 5 classics‚ Laozi (Daoism) => 478 b.c.e. - Death of Confucius => 450 b.c.e. - Development of Calendar => 400 b.c.e. – Crossbow used => 402-201 b.c.e. - Era of Warring State => 275 b.c.e. – Cast Iron Process => 221 b.c.e. - Qin begins
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some landowning peasants‚ and others supported Mao & the Communist’s‚ we’ve got to know what China was like before they est. the PRC in 1949. My name is _______ & my co-instructor’s name is _______. The title of tonight’s lesson is “Chinese Revolution & its Aftermath.” We’ll be covering the period in Chinese history‚ from 1949 to 1976. Why are these dates significant? (Answer: Oct ’49 Mao & Communist est. People’s Republic of China & Sept ’76 Mao dies & the‚ so-called‚ “Gang of Four” are prosecuted
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increased by 3 to 7% and the individual annual income increased four times. There are factors helping the rapid growth of Chinese economy‚ first is the political stability of the post 1978 era compared to the environment before. Change from Marxism Mao beliefs‚ the Sino-Russian conflict‚ the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap are examples to political instability prior to 1978. Second‚ before 1978‚ China directed most investments to urban area‚ because of the economic reform policy‚ starting from
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negotiated settlement of the Korean War in July 1953. According to him it proved that the threat of massive retaliation or a "a bigger bang for a buck" could work. It is true that America let it slip that atomic weapons being placed in Okinawa‚ that Chiang Kai-shek was being permitted to attempt attacks on the Chinese mainland‚ and that Nehru was being told to issue the Chinese with an ultimatium. This was the widely spread perception by the Presidential administration at the time and the view that gained
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Cited: 1. Madelyn Holmes (2008). "Students and teachers of the new China: thirteen interviews". McFarland. p. 185. ISBN 0-7864-3288-8. Retrieved 7 September 2012. 2. Akbar‚ Arifa (17 September 2010). "Mao ’s Great Leap Forward ’killed 45 million in four years ’". The Independent (London). Retrieved 13 October 2012. 3. Busky‚ Donald F. (2002). Communism in History and Theory. Greenwood Publishing Group‚ p.11. 7. "Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population
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Brief Background of China Dynasties that ruled China SHANG DYNASTY (1766-1122 B.C.) King ruled the nation by "Mandate of Heaven”‚ with limited control over his feudal states. It consisted of 17 generations and 31 kings. Its civilization was based on agriculture‚ hunting and animal husbandry. CHOU DYNASTY (10-27-256 B.C.) The longest dynasty in Chinese history. Known as the Classical Age by historians. Originally pastoralists‚ the Chou set up a (proto-)feudal social organization based
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After World War II‚ the Soviet Union gained East Germany from the Treaty of Versailles‚ allowing communism to spread to other countries and creating the Iron Curtain. The expanding influence of communism became a threat to the United States and their values during the Cold War‚ when Vietnam became a proxy war to contain communism in the First Indochina War. Fowler‚ a non-intervening British reporter living in Vietnam‚ meets Pyle of the Economic Attache‚ representing the United States to aid French
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The reasons that morocco had a peaceful Arab Spring‚ in accordance with the Social contract‚ rousseau The Arab Spring raises numerous issues in political philosophy such as the justification of the state‚ the nature of the state‚ and the role of the state‚ liberty‚ and property. All of these concepts are evident in these monumental series of events. Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques-Rousseau are believed to be the foremost political philosophers of Western Civilization. Like Hobbes and Locke
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Struggled to make decision on Poland and eastern Europe‚ the “Pandora Box of infinite troubles” Finally decided eastern European governments would be freely elected but pro-Russian The Yalta compromise over eastern Europe broke down almost immediately Even before the conference‚ Bulgaria and Poland were controlled by communists who arrived home with the Red Army - Postwar Potsdam Conference of July 1945 o Long-avoided differences over eastern Europe finally
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04-Jandt_Text.qxd 6/21/03 5:54 PM Page 71 CHAPTER 4 Barriers to Intercultural Communication What You Can Learn From This Chapter Ethnographic and cultural approaches to understanding intercultural communication How barriers impede intercultural communication Examples of barriers found in a case study of China and the United States T his chapter begins a series of chapters focused on recognizing and avoiding breakdowns in intercultural communication. In this chapter‚ you’ll
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