Journal Entry One: The geography of ancient China‚ or more specifically‚ the Zhou dynasty‚ had a great impact on its residents. It varied greatly‚ from highs to lows in temperature‚ elevation‚ and rainfall. The northern border of the Zhou dynasty was marked by the Gobi desert. To the west‚ the massive expanse of the Himalaya mountains spread out across China. In the east‚ they were met with the Yellow Sea‚ or the Huanghai Sea‚ which provided a way to initiate trade routes across the waters. The
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The Ming Dynasty ruled ancient China for almost three hundred years‚ establishing a significant role in the history of China through its structured government. “At its peak‚ the Ming Dynasty made China a global superpower‚ influencing the known world in trade‚ culture and might” (Barksdale para. 1). The Ming Dynasty was the last of the Chinese dynasties to be ruled by the native Han Chinese. During the Ming Dynasty‚ the arts flourished‚ including literature‚ pottery‚ painting‚ and music. Similar
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The Collapse of Qing Dynasty And The Beginning of Chinese Modern History After the Manchus established Qing dynasty in 1644‚ China experienced its last flourishing age “Kang-Qian flourishing age” before the ultimate collapse of Chinese imperial system. Despite the leaps in development in the early Qing‚ multiple layers of underlying shortcomings and problems emerged as the dynasty proceeded. Among a large number of factors that helped foster the increasing number of reforms and rebellions during
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False Democracy: Political Dynasty The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynasty as a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time. In the Philippines‚ according to a research by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance‚ we have about 250 political families who have dominated Philippine politics at the national and local level. This is 0.00001667 % of the country’s 15 million families (CENPEG‚ 2007). They comprise a little‚ among the represented Filipinos
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1. The Chinese dynasties during this period encountered the continuity of political practices from earlier traditional Chinese dynasties. For example‚ one specific aspect in the Tang dynasty were revived during the Ming dynasty such as the Tang code. During the Ming dynasty‚ Hongwu established the draft of a new Confucian law code‚ the Daming Lu‚ which repeated assorted clauses found in the Tang code years ago. During the Qing dynasty‚ emperor Kangxi’s economical changes helped him throughout his
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FRQ Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India Han dynasty and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed in roughly the same time frame and overlapped in the years 320 B.C.E. - 220 C.E. developing in different parts of the globes with their own unique geographies. Both the Han and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed bureaucratic governments that were ruled by kings‚ but due to the different geographical regions‚ India’s government was fragmented into local governments. The Han Dynasty of China was structured off of a
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Han Yu and his Memorial to Buddhism Han Yu wrote his Memorial to Buddhism‚ in protest to the emperor’s belief and devotion to a relic of Buddha’s finger bone. He writes in order to project why there were many Chinese people who did not believe or want to follow the idea of Buddhism. Why would Han Yu write a letter against the belief and idea of Buddhism? What made Han Yu so passionate about the subject that he would write basically blasphemy in his country? Han Yu felt strongly about his convictions
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The Qin dynasty was founded in 221 B.C. by Qin Shihuangdi. Both the Qin and the Han dynasty are located in present day China in the continent of Asia. Similar to the Han Dynasty‚ the Qin dynasty was also ruled by an emperor who divided the land into provinces to be run by government officials. In contrast to the Han dynasty‚ the Qin dynasty was divided into 36 provinces. The Qin dynasty was ruled under a strict government with lots of rules. The Qin dynasty too was responsible for contributions to
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Han China was one of the longest dynasties in Chinese history‚ however‚ the Imperial Roman empire lasted even longer. Han China and Imperial Rome share many similarities as well as many differences. Although Han China and Imperial Rome had many similarities (patriarchy‚ expansion)‚ the differences (recruitment‚ system of who is in authority) in methods of political control outweigh the similarities because of they had little interaction with each other. The first similarity between Han China and
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opportunity to public office and service. One of the problem of our political system is the political dynasty. The existence of political dynasties in democratic cultures‚ particularly in a fortifying democracy‚ has inspired debate among scholars‚ policymakers and activists that are pro-democratic. In many instances‚ scholars‚ politicians‚ activists‚ and experts in politics have indicated that political dynasty is a falling block to a strong democracy‚ which is a destruction to the quality of democracy‚
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