First Composer: Howard Shore is one of today’s most respected and honored composers and music conductors. Shore’s music has been performed in concerts throughout the world including Washington International School! In 2003‚ Shore conducted his own masterpiece‚ The Lord of the Rings‚ at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of its new symphony in Wellington. Since then‚ the work has had over 140 performances by the most prestigious orchestras in America. His work with
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Brianna Binion Dep3053 Developmental Psychology Section Number: 0069 How Culture Shapes Who We Are A child’s behavior tends to reflect their cultural background. Being raised in different cultural backgrounds affects the way children view the world around them. In addition‚ cultural backgrounds help define who we are. If my child‚ Aliyah‚ was raised in a traditional Chinese cultural background‚ her behaviors would be based off of different religious views‚ moral values and gender roles
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In the Chinese Warring States Period (475~221 B.C.) several Chinese thinkers emerged due to the unsettling instability and change that surrounded China. Both Confucianism and Legalism emerged during the period of the Hundred Schools of Thought (6th century~221 B.C.) to debate several philosophical questions in order to centralize China such as: What should human beings accomplish? How should society be organized? Who has the authority to rule? However‚ both Confucianism and Legalism were different
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new dynasty; his reforms instantly kindled resistance on the part of influential landowners‚ whose uprisings were promptly suppressed. Wang Mang’s reign was finally ended by peasant revolts. Founded the secret organization "Red Eyebrow." EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (A.D. 25-220) The emperor Liu Hsui restored the empire and extended his authority to Central Asia. Many cultural developments happened in this time‚ including the invention of paper‚ introduction of Buddhism from India and the establishment
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people and traffic is ordered. The relationship between people and traffic is then examined in chapter 7 of making social lives. I will be comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities between road traffic engineers Colin Buchanan; and Hans Monderman. Colin Buchanan was commissioned by the UK government in 1961 to start work on the report! Traffic in towns for the Ministry of transport [chapter 7 p. 327] the report was aimed to produce a new design for urban space in order to engineer
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Causes for Constructing the Great Wall of China Jiajun Wang (Sean) Kwai Manor Causes for Constructing the Great Wall of China As is known to all‚ China is a country with an ancient civilization‚ which has existed for over 5‚000 years. Historical scholars from all over the world are interested in every single historic relic of this country. The Great Wall of China‚ marvel of architecture in this world‚ played a significant role in the Chinese historical
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Ancient Chinese Contributions Strayer University Ancient Chinese Contributions “China has given many ideas and ideals to the rest of the world; [China] has also given certain material goods or inventions or discoveries” (Bodde‚ n.d). Many of Ancient China’s inventions and contributions have shaped the way we live today. While gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ Chaulmoogra oil‚ and the story of Cinderella have been important contributions in the growth of the world‚ paper‚ printing capabilities‚ the compass
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Greek and Indian politics. 6. Evaluate the Roman Empire from a Confucian viewpoint. 7. Explain the social hierarchy of China. 8. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of China’s economy. 9. Discuss the roles of women in Han China and after the fall of Han China. 10. Examine cultural diffusion in early Chinese history. 11. Compare and contrast the invasions of India and the invasions of China. 12. Compare and contrast the Mauryan dynasty and the Gupta dynasty. 13. Compare
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were very common in the aspect of their downfall and collapse. Han China had a well-organized bureaucracy based upon Confucian ideas and education. In addition‚ they also had emphasis on family ancestors (patriarchal)‚ reliance on landed gentry‚ and accomplishments in engineering; which includes roads‚ canals‚ and the Great Wall. The Roman Empire contained a well-organized bureaucracy as well which was founded on Roman law and classical learning. They also implied
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Tang Dynasties After the collapse of the Han dynasty at the beginning of the third century‚ China fell into an extended period of division and civil war. China was at a loss for leadership. Many dynasties ruled over this perdiod of time including the Song and Tang dynasties. The political system of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) stood in the tradition of a central bureaucracy that was already created during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Unlike the Han system‚ the Tang administration did not bestow
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