The "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" refers to remarkable constructions during classical era. Through the ages‚ there have been numerous versions of the original list of the "Seven Wonders"; however‚ only one of these miraculous buildings has remained intact-the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt‚ which is also the oldest of the ancient wonders. On the west bank of the Nile River‚ there are three pyramid erected on a rocky plateau in Giza in the northern part of Egypt. These pyramids were named after
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Briefly what this list involves and what purpose it serves The Redman Childe’s list was created by Australian born archaeologist V. Gordon Childe. Childe was concerned about various approaches to the topic of Civilization. Early approaches to included evolutionary stages‚ societies as an ecosystem with social relation. Childe established a theory called cultural evolution or sociocultural evolution which explained the progression of one or more cultures from the simple to more complex forms. A more
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Every “successful” nation‚ or empire‚ requires a legitimate social‚ political‚ and economical system. These are the foundations that every humanizing system needs to improve and expand the dynamics of the country. The dynamics is the ideology that it follows and lets it govern the nation. The ideology could be a 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”
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Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world‚ as well as parts of North and East Africa began to be used under the Han Dynasty (202 BC – AD 220). Originally‚ the Chinese trade silk occurred internally within the empire‚ but the caravans were often attacked by central Asian tribes‚ hoping to find some valuable commodities. In order to protect these caravans‚ the Han Dynasty extended its military defenses further into Central Asia. Later came the idea to expand the silk trade to central Asia
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Advanced Placement World History Summer Assignment Contact info: Mary Thompson Kristina Moser mthomp2@neisd.net (school year) kmoser@neisd.net mthompson84 @aol.com (summer) cell: (210) 639-6798 1) Obtain all required materials for the course. • loose paper • spiral notebook • textbook (available at Roosevelt High School (356-2200) World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Stearns
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(pg. 287-310) In the year 139 B.C.E.‚ the Chinese emperor Han Wudi sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to lands west of china. The emperor’s purpose was to find allies who could help combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu‚ and he reasoned that they might ally with Han forces to pressure their common enemy. The problem for Zhang
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continuity for Chinese civilization. Many of Confucius’ beliefs and values will survive and withstand many potential changes to come. One of these changes were Buddhism‚ which came into China 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
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The Silk Road was a trade route‚ beginning in China and created during the Han dynasty‚ which facilitated trade throughout Eurasia. The Silk Roads stretched all the way to the Mediterranean‚ and goods from places such as Rome and even Africa were traded along the roads. From 200 BC to 1450 BCE‚ the patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads changed with the spread of religions and the rise and fall of civilizations‚ but maintained continuity with the goods traded along its routes and its main
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decline of interest in Confucian tradition as Buddhism started to spread throughout China. Political changes in China initiated the decline of the empire. China had a dynasty system in place meaning that rulers came from long hereditary lines. The Han dynasty ruled for most of the Late Classical Period. The quality of
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the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. after that the religion continued to spread over the course of many years. The spread of Buddhism in China was during a period of disunity for China. It provided hope for some. However not all were excited for this new practice entering their homeland. Many chinese Scholars and even Tang Emperor Wu had some strong things to say about of the spread of Buddhism was helpful and hurtful to the chinese people. Buddhism came to China after the Han empire fell and
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