Before the Communist takeover of China the country’s culture was heavily shaped by Buddhism‚ Taoism and Confucianism. During the Cultural Revolution in China‚ religion was condemned and many religious symbols and temples were destroyed‚ but recently it has been allowed to be practiced again. In China‚ there are five major religions that are recognized by the government. These religions include Buddhism‚ Taoism‚ Islam‚ Catholicism and Christianity. Religious groups have to be registered with the government
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While analyzing important aspects about the establishment of guilds‚ I realized that guilds influence medievalist society positively and negatively. One of the important aspects of life in Medieval times is related to the fact that guilds provided people a higher social status.That was the main reason why a lot people became members of the guild whether throughout merchant or craft guilds. Nobles obtained guild memberships and gained the honor in the abbeys. Another important aspect to mention
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what extent did expansion influence social reforms? After the Louisiana Purchase Native Americans were forcefully removed from their homes and put onto reservations reserved just for their people. By expanding westward‚ Native Americans lost much of their cultural identity and were to an extent were forced to assimilate to American culture. Even though the Louisiana Purchase gave us more land and benefitted America in the long run‚ we still took away rights from other people. How did slavery become
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Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian who saw the world more differently than any other man at the time. His writings like The Prince‚ challenged and brought new ideas about rulers and how they should act. Many people feared his ideas and still disagree on them today. Machiavelli strongly believed in deception of being good‚ not raising taxes and or not having true virtue‚ and how it is much safer to be feared than loved as a leader. These ideas were considered absurd to the people. And so many thought
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defined simply as the capacity to produce effects on others (Shih‚ 2013). The amount of power an individual has affects the individual’s ability to influence followers (Shih‚ 2013). Influence is any change in a follower’s beliefs or values (Shih‚ 2013). A fine example of a leader with power is Adolf Hitler who was famous for his ability to influence his followers through his powerful charisma. In the early 1930’s Germany was suffering economic hardships (“Hitler”). These conditions gave Hitler a
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gained independence from Great Britain and soon followed the start of the French revolution. In 1789 France was under bankruptcy from excessive spending of their king‚ therefore the storming of the Bastille signaled their revolution. Furthermore‚ the influence of America on France can be explained through the French fur trappers living in western America. The French occupying America‚ supported the Americans during their Revolution‚ therefore when they went back home to France they spread ideas of freedom
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Geography has had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in ancient civilizations. The Indus River Valley and Chinese Civilizations are both examples of societies that used their geography to help them as civilizations. These civilizations were able to develop based on the resources they had‚ and were able to become complex civilizations by irrigating floods and devising early plumbing systems. Geography had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in the Indus River Valley. Primarily
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many feats that required skill in mathematics‚ but it isn’t completely clear how they came about these as their use of papyrus meant much information did not survive. This doesn’t mean that they didn’t influence the societies and people that came after or from them. It is simply that because of the limited information about their mathematic techniques‚ we do not have a complete understanding of just how much influence they had. According to Smith‚ the Egyptians overcame problems of surveying in
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run away and start on an adventure down the Mississippi River with his companion‚ Jim‚ a runaway slave. Although he leaves his home‚ it still has an influence on him. Both Pap and the two women he lives with‚ Widow Douglas and Miss Watson‚ have great influences on him. The women influence him positively while Pap provides a much more negative influence. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson try to be positive
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so graciously gifted the Greeks with rich resources and the politically powerful location was quickly starting to turn on the civilization. Although Alexander the Great united all of the Greek city-states under the title of the Corinthian League‚ he did not truly unite them as one single Greek power (“Alexander the Great”). To the individual Greek city-states‚ freedom meant the freedom to fight amongst other city-states. This dog eats dog view lends a great deal of itself due to the very isolating
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