simply an aid to esthetic pleasure. By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of gunpowder appears to have spread to Japan and Europe. "It was used by the Mongols
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Buddhism started in ancient India‚ before the spread to the world .Buddhism was found by Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-483 BC)‚ a northern Indian aristocrat who was troubled by questions concerning the meaning of life and the existence of suffering and death in the world. In his late twenties‚ Gautama then abandoned his wife and family and a cloistered life of luxury and set out to find answers to his questions using the traditional Hindu methods of self-denial and meditation. His quest lasted six years
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Ancient Ritual Research Paper Ancient rituals have been around since prehistoric time. They have been a very important part of human life and were performed with the intention of improving the universe itself. Rituals are also a form of social bonding that contains spiritual meanings. Cultures have different rituals to celebrate important events. These rituals may be different in the sense that the rituals are performed differently but they both share the same idea which is to celebrate and become
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1. Compare the main features of the social structure of the Classical Civilizations in the Mediterranean‚ China‚ & India: The social structures in all three of these classical civilizations differ in various ways. In classical India‚ the social hierarchy was founded upon the very strict caste system. The caste system assigned occupations and regulated marriages. The hierarchy of this civilization was also based off of having husbands being the dominant ones in the family. One Indian code even
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ABOUT INDIA INDIA: India‚ officially the Republic of India‚ is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Capital: New Delhi Population: 1.241 billion (2011) World Bank President: Pranab Mukherjee Official languages: Hindi Language‚ English Language Government: Constitutional republic‚ Parliamentary system‚ Federal republic . INTRODUCTION: It is impossible
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Ancient Commerce in China The Silk Road Antonio Camargo SiMBA 2011 ____________________ Jan / 2012 Table of Contents 1- The Route 3 2- Name and Purpose 4 3- Routes 4 4- Mongol Age 6 5- The Peak‚ Decline and Sea Route 7 6- Nowadays 8 7- Conclusion 8 8- References 9 1- The route The Silk Road‚ or Silk Route‚ is the most famous and important historically trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. This
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The is of the assumption of many that the education of their children is challenging because of the imbalances with teachers not possessing full qualification of the subject matter as expressed by James Compton (2M Minutes Video). Teachers in India and China middle and high schools must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree and attend teachers’ training if they are to teach in schools (Ibid). Consequently‚ these students could not assimilate sequentially the teachings by those teachers who sometimes
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Sam Schneider Student number: s2919337 Question being answered: Does the rise of china and India pose a threat to the American power Tutor name: Daniel Ringuet Since the early stages of the 1940 America has risen to power and stayed in power. To date America is considered the only true world super power. In the past the Roman Empire‚ Greek and Egyptian were all very dominating but even then there were challenging dynasty so they can’t be called a ‘super power’. In today’s society the world
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China has contributed towards various things all round the world such as language‚ art‚ religion‚ and even politics. One such thing I will be talking about in this essay is one of the philosophies Ancient China has proposed which is Daoism. In this essay‚ I will be talking about the concepts of Daoism and how it has influenced today’s modern society. Daoism is a philosophy similar to that of Confucianism. Daoism evolved from the ancient Chinese society in which the Han society would soon believe
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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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