The spread of religion aided by the increase in trade often acted as a unifying force‚ though it sometimes caused conflict. Christianity and the Church served as the centralizing force in Western Europe‚ and throughout East Asia‚ the spread of Confucianism and Buddhism solidified a cultural identity. The new religion of Islam created cultural world known as dar-al Islam‚ which transcended political
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are actually the second most educated religious group of women. Furthermore the economic parody between men and women in Islam is closer than any other religious group. Confucianism and Buddhism have many similarities. One of these is that they are both primarily religions based on philosophy and how one lives their life. Confucianism stresses brotherhood and human conduct‚ while Buddhism stresses the eightfold path to enlightenment. Both religions view the Buddha in high regard. He is the founder of
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Having included all of the basic characteristics of a successful society such as their government‚ in the form of several passing dynasties and their complex religions Confucianism and Daoism. Like the Chinese‚ most civilizations had social classes‚ and job specialization‚ as I mentioned earlier‚ in Chinese tradition the royals and nobles were at the top. The nation felt a sense of unification after to the invention of writing
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explained his theory by said that the earth is at rest because it is of the nature of wood and similar substances which have the capacity to float on water‚ although not on air). = the water is forever Heraclitus : everything changing Dao (Daoism) : can be swirling within itself. Such motion is all around in nature. (the movement of water‚ clouds and wind) Human knowledge : (education) : *. Socrates ( education) : never wrote a word of his knowledge. Plato was the one who basically
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the Huang River within its river banks. 12. The Great Wall of China was built to protect China from nearby invaders. 13. Daoism- is the belief of finding the “way” or the dao of the Universe. Daoism had almost as much influence on China as Confucianism. Confucianism- the virtues-a sense of humanity‚ respect for the family‚and modesty- are at the core of Confucianism. Confucianism teaches the middle way‚ which means that people should
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Margin Review Questions 1. They established parts of Chinese life that lasted all the way into the 20th century. They were also the “golden age” of arts and literature because of their poetry‚ landscape‚ and ceramics along with the birth of Neo-Confucianism. 2. In the Tang Dynasty‚ elite women had greater freedom and influence. In the Song Dynasty‚ they had tighter patriarchal restrictions. In both‚ they started foot binding and textile production became larger which replaced women’s role in that
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had a sort of checks and balance on the upper class. Chinese bureaucracy from the Han Dynasty existed well into the twentieth century. The imperial government sponsored intellectual life‚ such as astronomy and mathematics. Han rulers promoted Confucianism‚ with the idea that they were in charge of their subjects’ beliefs. The administration also took part in the economy. It organized production‚ standardized currency and measures‚ sponsored public works like canal sys-tems and irrigation‚ and tried
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Since every chapter of the Daodejing describes Daoism in different aspects it is believed that several authors contributed to the completion of it. The Daodejing is very poetic and mysterious. The early teachers of the Daodejing seemed to pass things down that was difficult for ordinary minds to comprehend as a way to get people to analyze and understand the world around them. Meanings encrypted in different ways and metaphors constantly used seem to be a common characteristic between the early
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Daoism: In the beginning In ancient China a man by the name of Lao Tzu who was in charge of the royal archives in the village of Zhou. Before his retirement from his office he wrote a book that would affect the people of China to this very day. This book was titled the Dao De Jing‚ and it contained all the religious ideals that Lao Tzu has deemed of great importance for living one’s life in the correct manor. This sparked the formation of the Chinese religion known as Daoism. A religion‚ or way
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Through time it was found that two types of religion exist in China‚ diffused and institutional. Diffused religion such as Confucianism is part of the country and its systems. It is within the families‚ education‚ and the state as a belief. Institutional religion exists as a separate entity of the systems and is in itself a system. Certain religions like Buddhism and Daoism can be said to be this because of their separate institutions and priesthoods. Before todays beliefs‚ however‚ existed many
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