DBQ Essay (Part A 2004) When one studies history‚ they will realize and understand that every large movement or spread of controversial ideas will generate a huge variety of responses from people; both supporters and non supporters. With a glance at the information provided in the documents‚ it is evident that the spread of Buddhism from India to China was not an exception and had its own set of responses. Many Chinese scholars desired to extinguish this new spread of ideas and annihilate all
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Prescribed Subject 2: The emergence and development of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ 1946 to 1964 1. (a) According to Source A‚ Mao wanted to start a technological revolution in China for several reasons. Firstly‚ he believed that after the anti-feudal land reform‚ agricultural co-operativization‚ and the socialist reconstruction of private industries‚ commerce‚ and handicrafts‚ a technological revolution would be the logical next step. Confirming this state of mind is Mao’s quote
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drastic. Perhaps the most visible cultural change was that in working-class women ’s rights and conditions‚ which improved significantly during the era of revolutions. The most visible improvements in women ’s rights were seen in Western Europe and China‚ where women gained many rights but remained under patriarchal authority and could not vote. Western Europe was the home of revolution. Social revolution grew out of Europe‚ and Renaissance men and women heralded human rights. Revolutions of the people
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In China between 1925 and 1950‚ the Chinese Communist Party was growing and taking over China with the support of the peasant class. The CCP allowed peasants a better life and was supported by the lowest class while higher class people like the landlords were chastised by the Party‚ and even with Japan occupying some parts of China‚ Communist ideas kept the peasant class strong enough to push the Japanese out. In the time leading up to the Chinese Communist Party taking over‚ Japan held power over
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Je Chul Escobar August 28‚ 2013 4th Block World History DBQ Buddhism‚ originated in India‚ was brought to China by the first century C.E. During 220 C.E. - 570 C.E. Buddhist influence expanded but was also questioned. Buddhism’s structure was the preaching of the “Four Noble Truths” which spoke about the truth of sorrows. It spoke of Buddhas teachings and how he over looked the ways of life; Sorrow of life. No gratification if nothing is fulfilled‚ which the desire for fulfillment arises
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DBQ ~ Science has made many leaps forward throughout the centuries‚ bringing the world advancements it has never imagined. People may argue the negatives and positives of science these days and centuries ago it was no different. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ the works and findings of scientists were greatly influenced by the approval of political figures due to their desire for power and monetary gain‚ the support and understanding received by influential religious
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only the British militia placed in the American colonies that treated the colonists unfair‚ but the King of Great Britain was a tyrant‚ or an unjust ruler who has absolute power in the parliament. Document 7 states‚ “ The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [unlawful seizures]... a prince‚ whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant‚ is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” This quote thoroughly explains how the
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century from north Africa to southern Russia‚ and from Hungary to the port of Aden on the southern end of the Red Sea. To the east in what is now Iran and Afghanistan‚ the Safavid dynasty arose to challenge the Ottomans for leadership of the Islamic world. Finally‚ yet another Muslim empire in India‚ centered like most of the earlier ones on the Delhi region of the Ganges plain‚ was built under the leadership of a succession of remarkable Mughal rulers.
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depression in 1873‚ and the jobs became decreasing‚ so in result the anti-Chinese organization did not want them at all. It all resulted in the establishment of the Chinese Exclusion Acts and the extensions of them‚ so they could get deported back to China‚ and the only way the Chinese could prevent that from happening was to obtain a certificate of proof to be allowed in America. However‚ only the Chinese whom were from the higher class: such as teachers‚ students‚ travelers‚ etc. had the opportunity
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During 1500 to 1700‚ natural philosophers developed a new scientific worldview. The heliocentric model replaced the traditional geometric model that the church had taught the people. They developed different methods for discovering scientific laws. Mathematics and experiments were used to better understand a universe composed of matter in motion. Scientific disciplines and societies were built through Europe to ease the study of scientific questions. Political‚ religious‚ and social factors affected
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