The Hundred Schools of Thought was an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China that lasted from 770 to 222 BCE. In around 500 BCE‚ after the Zhou state weakened and China moved in to the period of warring states‚ the classic period of Chinese philosophy‚ known as the Golden Age‚ began. This period saw the rise of numerous Chinese philosophers and academics. Many of the great Chinese texts have intensely enriched Chinese lifestyles and social awareness up to the present day. However
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In East Asia‚ China remained the dominant in power and most prosperous land comparing with Japan. However‚ in the late 18th century‚ China underwent social and economic change that caused instability. And in 17th and 18th centuries‚ Japan also faced major transformations. China stands out as having distinct traditions. Tradition emphasized on male-dominated and filial piety. The Ming and Qing emperors supported Confucian values and tradition. The Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi‚ combined the moral
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The Cultural Development of ancient Egyptians and ancient Chinese civilizations were fairly similar but were different on certain ideas. From the way historians looked at the number of gods/goddesses each civilization worshipped‚ to the inventions and tools the craftsman made to make life less difficult shows the similarity of the two civilization. Both couture’s buried their dead with items of value‚ practiced ancestor worship‚ had elaborate systems of Bureaucratic systems of administration and
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thousands silk bolts to the monastery their were kept in in order to gain merit. Furthermore‚ relicts were covered in the highly decorated silk materials and kept in it for centuries afterwards. Relicts became the most significant objects of worship in China during the Tang period. People of wealth presented silk to monks and to monasteries as a sign of the adoration and to earn merits. The ritual robe of monks became silk at that period as the Tang rulers presented this fiber as a reward for their contribution
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The empires of Rome and China were very great ones‚ they both had many similarities and differences in the way they ran their empires. One major difference was the way they treated their women. Both Chinese and Roman women were unequal in social status than the men of the empires were‚ but they were definitely treated different in both empires. Women of China were treated quite harshly and were expected to take orders at all times by their husbands‚ and were to serve them always. This started to
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become more commonly used. During this time‚ the Silk Roads linked the Roman Empire to the Han Dynasty. Both the empires dominated their respective regions and were very influential to history through their advancements and discoveries. Silk from China in the east was of high demand along the west as well as other exotic goods such as pottery‚ paper‚ and spices. The Silk Roads were in heavy use nearing the end of this time period especially during the Pax Romana and the Han Golden Age.
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simply an aid to esthetic pleasure. By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of gunpowder appears to have spread to Japan and Europe. "It was used by the Mongols
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CHINA: BUILDING “CAPITALISM WITH SOCIALIST CHARACTERISTICS” BACKGROUND: In the beginning the core of the society was the extended family and an agricultural society. In 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the “People´s Republic of China”. (PRC) CHINA UNDER COMUNISM (1949-1978) The new government nationalized the country´s banking system and brought all currency credit under centralized control. It boosted government revenues by collecting agricultural taxes. Industry and commerce
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The Legend of Mulan: A Heroine of Ancient China Hua Mulan (花木蘭) was a legendary heroine from ancient China. She disguised her brother in order to take her father’s place in the army‚ bravely defending her country and gloriously returning home. Her story comes from a legend‚ which was passed down and retold over many years‚ so I still can’t decide whether or not Mulan was a historical person. However‚ I found that some of the facts in her story are based on historical events that date to the Northern
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periods before being written down. As a more urban culture developed‚ academies provided a means of transmission for speculative and philosophical literature in early civilizations‚ resulting in the prevalence of literature in Ancient China‚ Ancient India‚ Persia and Ancient Greece and Rome. Many works of earlier periods‚ even in narrative form‚ had a covert moral or didactic purpose‚ such as the Sanskrit Panchatantra or the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Drama and satire also developed as urban culture provided
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