before being written down. As a more urban culture developed‚ academies provided a means of transmission for speculative and philosophical literature in early civilizations‚ resulting in the prevalence of literature in Ancient China‚ Ancient India‚ Persia and Ancient Greece and Rome. Many works of earlier periods‚ even in narrative form‚ had a covert moral or didactic purpose‚ such as the Sanskrit Panchatantra or the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Drama and satire also developed as urban culture provided
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In East Asia‚ China remained the dominant in power and most prosperous land comparing with Japan. However‚ in the late 18th century‚ China underwent social and economic change that caused instability. And in 17th and 18th centuries‚ Japan also faced major transformations. China stands out as having distinct traditions. Tradition emphasized on male-dominated and filial piety. The Ming and Qing emperors supported Confucian values and tradition. The Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi‚ combined the moral
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The Cultural Development of ancient Egyptians and ancient Chinese civilizations were fairly similar but were different on certain ideas. From the way historians looked at the number of gods/goddesses each civilization worshipped‚ to the inventions and tools the craftsman made to make life less difficult shows the similarity of the two civilization. Both couture’s buried their dead with items of value‚ practiced ancestor worship‚ had elaborate systems of Bureaucratic systems of administration and
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thousands silk bolts to the monastery their were kept in in order to gain merit. Furthermore‚ relicts were covered in the highly decorated silk materials and kept in it for centuries afterwards. Relicts became the most significant objects of worship in China during the Tang period. People of wealth presented silk to monks and to monasteries as a sign of the adoration and to earn merits. The ritual robe of monks became silk at that period as the Tang rulers presented this fiber as a reward for their contribution
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Ancient Rome must have been an interesting time and place to live. One major reason to believe this is‚ Rome underwent a major evolutionary change. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire and very little of the Roman culture was left unchanged from one period to another. The Roman Republic lasted for approximately 100 years and when it collapsed and became the empire‚ Rome lasted for another 500 years. Although not particularly known for a religious affinity‚ roman religion was a mixture of Greek
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“Entertainment. Can you find parallels between Ancient Rome and today’s America in terms of what they like to do for entertainment?” The human mind is an amazing supercomputer that is capable of wondrous things. Even the greatest of men have not come close to fathoming the true abilities of the brain. The information that is known‚ however‚ is mind boggling to say the least. An example of such potential is the fact that the brain can process information as fast as 268 miles per hour; it’s incredible
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Journal Entry #1: April 5‚ 200‚ Dawn‚ Chang’an Finally‚ I’m leaving. Within the past few days I have been gathering food and goods for the trip to Rome. I’m very nervous‚ I’ve never been that far away from home. Late last night I said bye to my wife and two children‚ my wife was very scared‚ for I would be gone for much longer than a year‚ I did not want to leave‚ but it was my duty. The ravenous terrain ahead of me now is astounding‚ there are steep mountains‚ vast deserts and I am going to
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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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Compare and Contrast Religious Beliefs of Ancient China and Egypt It is interesting to imagine a time when we did not know. We did not know if the sun would return to warm us after a cold winter‚ we did not know if the rains would come and saturate the dry earth and fill the rivers. Imagine a time when nature was the only thing outside of our self‚ we had to survive her and we needed her to survive. It is no wonder that people came to revere nature as she gave sustenance. In reverence for our
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Genji‚ when the King demanded her lady to accompany him for the whole day‚ many courtiers were resent as the King was preoccupied by the woman at the expense of the country’s strength and reputation. The story also mentioned that if this happens in China‚ the Imperial Court would undo the King and the God in Heaven would impose natural disasters to the country. As in the story of Rama‚ Rama must fulfil his responsibility to rescue his wife regardless of the difficulties‚ and he needed to break their
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