up trading posts. Even America took over territory over China and the Philippines. Although the main reasons for gain the land are for economy boosts and free trade‚ many countries abused their powers. They cheat the natives with one sided treaties or order them around‚ most of the time turning them into slaves. King Leopold II was probably the first one to abuse this power. He did it to the Congolese in what is now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. King Leopold of Belgian ordered Henry Stanley
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allowed thwm to become successful. For example‚ they created a system of bueracracy based on merit. This meant that high- ranking government jobs were handed out based on a civil service examination. This ensured that only the most intellectual of people would be running the empire. The Tang dynasty was very smart in doing this because the Han dynasty did not have a beuracracy based on merit which led to the downfall of the society. After the fall of the Tang dynasty‚ the Song dynasty came into
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ANCIENT CHINA. READING 2 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS The Unification of China (pp. 105 – 110) 1. Where were Legalist doctrines met enthusiastically? The state of Qin. 2. Where was the Qin state? Western China. 3. Who oversaw the implementation of the Legalist doctrines in the Qin state? 4. What did the Qin state quickly do? 5. What happened to the Qin state in the fourth and third centuries B.C.E? 6. How did Shang Yang encourage farmers to move to the Qin state? 7. Why did the
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1.) What is the role of centralized government in Chinese history? Why is the Dynastic cycle a critical component of Chinese society? China had a large population. A strong centralized government was needed to keep order. With a strong government China was able to expand its population. The dynastic cycle was a critical component of Chinese society because once one dynasty grew weak; a new dynasty could come in and start fresh to fix the issues. The new dynasty would start out strong and develop
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4th pERIOD | China | Report on China | | Willie Thomas | 11/6/2012 | | Table of Contents History‚ Culture‚ Clothing 3 Religion‚ Food‚ Major Languages 4 Bibliography 5 China History China’s first great thinker and teacher name was Confucius. He came up with the golden rule‚ which stated: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Confucius urged people to “measure the feelings of others by one’s own‚” for “within the four seas all
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From 1403 to about 1492 China participated in numerous voyages led by Zheng He‚ the leader of their maritime operations‚ including the visiting of 37 countries and traveling through the Atlantic Ocean around the tip of Africa and beyond Europe (pg 202). Countries such as Ceylon‚ India‚ and the Persian Gulf were a few of their stops along the way. These voyages proved that China was the supreme world sea power whose shipbuilding techniques and navigational abilities were unmatched by any other nation
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The Great Wall of China known as an amazing tourist site. Most people see the wall to protect China But did it really? The Great Wall only really helped ancient China for a few years and now just not not helping no one. It both helped and hurt China. The benefits didn’t outweigh the costs because the wall cots over $360 billion dollars. China already had enough soldiers‚ and killed millions of people. To begin too many people died building the Great Wall of China. Chinese citizens took too many
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Lessig presented the topic of “corruption in our government” in his book. There were two element that he went by‚ bad governance and lost trust. By bad governance‚ he meant the “government doesn’t track the expressed will of the people‚ whether on the Left or on the Right” (Lessig 2011: 8) and by lost of trust‚ he meant “when democracy seems a charade‚ we lost faith in the process” (Lessig 2011: 9). By this‚ he is means that these two element makes up corruption‚ how these two element connects
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The Czech Republic is an often overlooked nation that shares a border with Germany to the west‚ Poland to the northeast‚ Slovakia to the east‚ and Austria to the south. The history of the Czech Republic has been marred by repression and internal strife since the formation of the nation. What is now known as the Czech Republic was once known as the communist Czechoslovakia. When the communist regime fell out of power in 1989‚ the socioeconomic reforms that occurred thereafter caused a disproportionate
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and 3 research institutions. Martin Jacques goes into great detail of how rapidly China is growing. He makes projections that by 2050‚ China’s economy will be twice that of the United States’. HE explains how China is shaped by its civilization. Jacques also explains how “the hand of China” is why China stands out. He went into detail about China’s cultural identity. I learned from this video that China is very diverse. Xian Electric Engineering Co. will continue to grow in this rapid growing
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