Sui Yangdi Tang Taizong An Lushan Huange Chao Du Fu Song Taizu Li Bo Zhu Xi Murasaki Shikibu Sui Grand Canal Tang Chang’an Equal-field System Bureaucracy of merit Middle Kingdom Uighurs Song Khitan Jurchen Foot Binding Dunhuang Chan Buddhism Neo-Confucianism* Silla Vietnam Nara Japan Heian period Tale of Genji Minamoto Shogun Kamakura Muromachi Samurai Bushido Seppuku B. Study Questions – Answer the following questions. Once you have read the chapter‚
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The Zhou‚ Qin and Han Dynasties: Zhou Facts; the Zhou are believed to have been Turkic-speaking peoples from Central Asia and their second capital was built in the Wei Valley. (West of the Yellow River) King Wu‚ their leader overthrew the Shang and adopted some Shang’s culture‚ but extended Chinese rule beyond the boundaries of Shang On their capital (Wei Valley)‚ the royal families got huge tracts of lands and the rest of the people living in this are were peasants who lived in villages
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This paper will compare similarities and the differences of the Roman and Han Dynasty empires. It will compare their creation‚ maintenance‚ culture‚ and decline. These two giant empires were able to reach great heights‚ but they differed in origin. The Han Dynasty was created when Liu Bang pulled the state back together after the near collapse of the Qin dynasty. (Dunn and Mitchell 202) Rome had a much more humble beginning. “When Rome emerged as a republican city-state in late sixth century B.C
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Mongols eventually do? Settle down and adopt the Chinese culture 7. What is Confucianism? a belief system based on the ideas of Confucius 8. What principles were emphasized in Confuciabism? Use right relationships to produce social order Respect family and older generations Educate individuals and society Act in morally correct ways 9. How did Confucianism influence Chinese life? Education helped produce an efficient well trained government
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Praneeta Suwal World Religions 2300 Eastern Religions All Eastern religions have various things in common. The view of how a person should spend their lives in this earth is all too similar yet they all have a different way of living and showing their devotion. Many of these cultures revolve around a simple idea of reaching nirvana and finally leading to moksha- the release from the eternal circle of life or mukti in Sikhism. Many of the Eastern religions also focus of keeping good karma and
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Name________________________ Class Hour_______ CHAPTER 1-Understanding Religion STUDY QUESTIONS (Pages 1-29) Group A 1. What are some of the questions religion seek to answer? List some of the human needs served by religion? 2. Discuss a theory on origins of religion by one of the thinkers in the reading (Tylor‚ Frazer‚ Freud‚ James‚ Otto or Jung) that makes sense to you at the present time. 3. List and describe the eight elements that are developed in varying degrees in most religions?
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QUIZ REVIEW NOTES (Autumn 2013) Review Materials 1. online textbook--Modules 1 (Geography/Culture)‚ 2 (Timeline)‚ 3 (Worldview) 2. course packet—P3-7; p9-13; p18-27 Question Format: (35 regular questions + 2 bonus questions) 1. Multiple choice (only one answer is correct) 2. True or False 3. Matching i. Geography of East Asian Countries • Official names of East Asian countries / capitals (e.g.‚ ROK – Seoul) • Major geographical features and terms (e.g.‚ Yellow Sea Interaction
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civilization with a developed hierarchy with mutual respect of the upper and lower classes that followed Confucian ways of obedience and deference to the syncretism of Buddhism and Daoism during 100 to 600 CE because of nomadic invasions‚ corrupt bureaucracies‚ and religious fluctuations. However‚ bureaucracies and Confucianism remained. China’s collapse began because of outside nomadic invasions by the Huns. However‚ after the three centuries of unrest‚ the nomads simply tried to assimilate into Chinese
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Name Instructor Course Date Chinese History Assignment China 221 BCE - turning point The first Chinese Empire was formed from the unification of state of Qin with other Sates in China states in 221 BCE to establish a centralized organization of government. The founding of the Qin dynasty not only brought the unification of the China but also redefined China as a country. Before the Qin dynasty‚ China was under based on clan ties and lineage but transformed into a centralized government in 221
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of a different fashion” (Document 4). In addition‚ the Tang Emperor Wu states that Buddhism had spread like a “vine until it has poisoned the customs of our nation” (Document 6) Wu’s view of Buddhism could be attributed to the rising tide of Neo-Confucianism. At 350 C.E. when the Asian steppe nomads invaded China‚ people lower than the aristocrats needed a sense of comfort so they turned to Buddhism. The acceptance of Buddhism turns to the tradition of the religion as the Chinese scholar‚ Zhi Dun
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