three kinds of ancient folk medicine: Saltpeter‚ Sulfur‚ and Charcoal. Since the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206 BC)‚ saltpeter and sulfur are used to make drugs by ancient alchemist to achieve immortality. The first true application of the gun powder occurred in the Three Kingdom Period (220AD-280 AD). Late Tang Dynasty (618 AD-907 AD) saw Gun Powder applied in military field. During Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD) and Yuan Dynasty (1206 AD-1368 AD)‚ ancient Chinese had already mastered the skills to make reasonable
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through many different paths such as the Silk Road. The Han Dynasty fell‚ causing China to go into a three year period of chaos. China’s cultural unity was threatened by the spread of Buddhism‚ though it was tone of the one ideas that was imported into China before the 20th century. Fortunately for China’s streak of continuity‚ the three century period of chaos would end which would also revive Confucianism. The rising and falling of dynasties were continuity. Confucianism took China’s social pieces
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dynastic structure‚ and how many of them are very similar to other dynasties of different times. The primary dynasty of the time period called “Classical China” is the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 CE) which is the second imperial dynasty of China‚ the first being the Qin Dynasty. The major dynasties of the time period called “Post Classical China” are the Tang Dynasty (618 CE- 907 CE) and the Song Dynasty (960 CE- 1279 CE). These dynasties had great influence on the cultures‚ politics‚ and economics of the
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still not received their fair share of land. This was a serious revolt that raged throughout China that tested the resilience of the Han state. The seriousness of such revolts was proven when Han dynasty was weakened by the uprising during the second and third centuries. The full effect of this was shown when eventually the uprising led to collapse of the Han dynasty. Consequences in the Roman Empire were also shown between the patricians and the plebeians. During the fifth century B.C.E‚ relations
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The Classical empires of Rome and Han had similar and different means of imperial administration. Both empires focused on centralized administration and military expansion. They also concentrated on maintaining a full bureaucracy to help the empire prosper. The beginning for the direction of government and administration started with Julius Caesar wanting a centralized‚ imperial form of government. His plans did not span out with upset elite classes that led to his assassination. The elite men
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is also clear that Legalism was more effective in ruling a state as the Qin Dynasty (governed by Legalists) was the first to create a centralized empire‚ introduce provinces which still exist in modern China‚ finish building the Great Wall of China‚ produce a simplified and standardized written language‚ and spread military influence beyond China. On the other hand‚ although emperors both before and after the Qin Dynasty adapted Confucian principles to their political practices‚ Confucius himself
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religious‚ economical‚ political‚ or socially motivated force the derives the whole nation forward. I will argue that Confucianism is an ideology that strongly connects politics‚ “ethics”‚ and social structures as well as influenced majority of Chinese dynasties to adapt some of its principles. Confucianism was created by the thoughts and ideas of Kong Fuzi‚ also known as Confucius. Confucius was born in the Lu state in 551 BC. When
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throughout the world is gunpowder; it was very likely invented during the Tang Dynasty‚ sometime in the eighth century Common Era (CE)‚ in Ancient China (Bodde‚ n.d.; Franklin Institute‚ n.d.). The first appearance of gunpowder was in fireworks and later in explosives used during invasions from the Chin Taters (Bodde‚ n.d.). Another useful Ancient Chinese invention is porcelain; it also was very likely invented in the Tang Dynasty‚ during the ninth century CE‚ and is commonly called “China” (Bodde‚ n.d
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Someone then concludes that “the most successful ancient empires were able to maintain hegemony over conquered peoples with little or no thought to anything besides military power.” However‚ a successful emperor‚ such as Alexander the Great‚ Ashoka‚ and Han Wudi‚ did not gain the political control of the conquered regions through military force‚ but adopted more complicated and efficient methods such as controlling or eliciting peoples’s thoughts through education‚ making strict laws and assimilation—adapting
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basic belief systems. Han dynasty saw a lot of positive and negative things about Qin dynasty. Some of the positive things about Qin dynasty is that the bureacracy was being domoinated by noble families again. The Qin was selected purely based on merits. But what was going on in Qin dynasty was not the same in Han dynasty. Even though in this situation Han dynasty attempted to reform the situation that remained unchanged with the exception of some troubles‚ until the Tang Dynasty. One of the main serious
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