How Great Were the Differences Between Han China and Ancient Athens? Isabelle Han China and Ancient Athens were both very successful cities. The Chinese empire was much larger and was a more unified nation than Greece. Greece was made of many city-states that fought between themselves more often than they fought together. But despite their disputes‚ Greece had managed to produce many talented philosophers and historians‚ such as Pericles‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates‚ and Plato. Many historians think it
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States and around the world is our health and what we are eating. Yet‚ when compared to China‚ the United States still has a healthier living style than China. China has quite a few cuisines for different parts in China. Since the foods prepared by different places show strong regional features‚ they are also very different in their tastes. In northwest China the people love sour food; those of southwest China are particular to spicy food; and those from south and east China prefer sweet food. The
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Fall of Rome For over five hundred years the Roman Empire proved itself powerful and strong throughout its reign from 27 BC through 476 AD until it’s unfortunate decline that led to the tragic fall of Rome. As Rome had expanded its reign through the expansion of Asia‚ Europe‚ and Africa‚ Rome continued to be the most powerful until a series of factors started to have a negative affect and begin the decline of Rome. Due to a series of both internal and external factors that affected Rome negatively
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The Fall of Rome The Roman Empire fell for many reasons. I think that the two biggest reasons were that all of their leaders were being assassinated by their own people‚ so there were no laws that were carried out. The second reason I think is because when the Huns started taking over Rome some romans were happy they weren’t being ruled by roman laws. Romans said that the government was falling apart and ruining their state. In a chart of the ways roman emperors died 13/22 emperors were assassinated
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The Mongols conquered and controlled most of Asia during the early civilizations. Unfortunately‚ the manner in which they acquired this land was ruthless and barbaric. The Mongols started out as simple nomads grazing the pastures. They lived in steppes and had to learn to survive the harsh temperatures there. The different tribes often got into disputes over land for their animals and fought very often. This made the Mongols tough mentally and physically. The military was extremely organized
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European and Japanese Feudalism The Europeans and the Japanese have many aspects of feudalism in common‚ but also many that differ. Their feudalisms are more differences than similarities. The differences include their cultural and political aspects. They have similarities in the social aspects. The first way they differ culturally is their views on death. The Japanese saw death as acceptable and right‚ while the Europeans saw it as wrong and were more concerned on survival. The Japanese would
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Silk Roads CCOT During the time period 200 BCE to 1400 CE‚ the patterns of interactions among the silk roads have undergone transformations and continuities. The Silk Roads have been in existence from 200 BCE to 1400 C. Throughout its entire history‚ it has continually spread goods such as silk‚ porcelain‚ and technology‚ allowed others to interact culturally with new ideas and religions‚ and kept it’s main purpose as a route to deal goods. However‚ the different types of religions‚ such as Buddhism
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Name: Trisha Lindsay Date: November 6‚ 2014 Graded Assignment Transformations in India Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) 1. Compare the development of northern and southern India. Describe similarities and differences. Answer: In northern India‚ there were many kingdoms and empires that tried to establish centralization. The first empire to ever do this was the Mauryan Empire. They were able help spread Buddhism and build a network of roads
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During the 1800s‚ Europeans began to have their eyes set on the continent of Africa‚ as they went after their natural resources. As they scrambled for Africa‚ their hypocritical actions enraged some Africans while others just gave in to the Europeans since they had more technology‚ and seemed more powerful. Some African nations‚ tired of the European treatment towards them‚ decided to unite and fight them. (Doc7).Others simply stood firm and didn’t want anything from the Europeans. They didn’t want
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IX. Polk the Purposeful Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years) Lower the tariff Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks) Clear up the Oregon border issue Get California One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff‚ and his secretary of the treasury‚ Robert J. Walker‚ did so‚ lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists. Despite warnings of doom‚ the new tariff was
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