million square kilometers and its continental coastline is 18‚000 kilometers. Its population is over 1.3 billion people. China has created a culture rich in art and philosophy. China is the home of the inventions of amazing products and technologies such as silk‚ papermaking‚ movable-type printing‚ gunpowder‚ and calligraphy. Over the eras‚ China has fought hundreds of wars. It has conquered its neighboring countries‚ and it has also been conquered by them in return. Because of its 5‚000 year recorded
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Ancient China has played a significant part in many famous inventions that have had a major impact in our lives from day to day. No matter how small they seem to be their inventions have helped us in so many ways that we have taken for granted. How many of us have ever given a thought to those that have made our lives easier by their inventions? There are quite a few from the Ancient Chinese that I was not aware of and was amazed at how many of these we do use in our lives every day and never stop
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(Temujin) How did Genghis Khan change the world? Well Genghis Khan conquered a lot of Asia and united it because of his strong military. He increased trade dramatically by making the first international postal system. He also spread a lot of great inventions‚ for example‚ silk and paper. This is how he is great and how he changed the world. The first thing I will be talking about is how he was able to conquer a lot of Asia and unite it. He united the Mongols which was a big step because if he has a
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Test Essay When observing Chinese dynasties today‚ it is seen that all the dynasties combined have lasted around 4000 years‚ from the Xia to the Qing‚ but how did each individual dynasty truly last so long? There were three major factors that led to lengthy Chinese dynasties. First of all‚ the Chinese dynasties’ trade and its evolution led to the wealth of several Chinese dynasties‚ enabling longer rule. The political innovations and structures created and adapted by the Chinese were effective
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essay. Introduction. China is a large country located in Eastern Asia. Its population is over one billion people. It is a country with a very rich‚ long history. Land. China lies in Eastern Asia‚ which borders the Pacific Ocean. Forests and farmland cover most of north-eastern China‚ hills and tropical lowland stretch across the southeast‚ dry‚ arid‚ deserts on the south‚ and rocky plateaus extend over the west. Climate. China has a wide range of climate. Northern and western China have long‚ bitter
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say that the discovery of fireworks occurred about 2‚000 years ago‚ and other sources place the discovery sometime during the 9th century during the Song dynasty (960-1279)‚ although this could be confusion between the discovery of gunpowder by the cook and the invention
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to alter their routes. Also‚ Europe did not compare to China‚ who had a great explorer that sailed more voyages than Christopher Columbus‚ and created very useful inventions that helped industrialize Europe‚ thus giving them the upper hand in becoming the first modern global networks. Although Europe used compass‚ printing‚ and gunpowder‚
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reaching populations between 50 and 60 million people. The Tang Dynasty experienced another ‘Golden Age’ of technology‚ inventing several key inventions such as wood block printing and an early form of gunpowder. Wood block printing was invented by Buddhists for religious texts‚ and spread all across the continent‚ increasing literacy (Wu 4). The gunpowder created by the tang was an early form‚ which was later perfected by other societies. The Tang society was less patriarchal than the Song dynasty
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and was propelled by escaping steam. The pigeon used the Newton’s Third Law‚ which was not theorized until the 17th century. About three hundred years after the pigeon‚ another Greek who was called “Hero of Alexandria”‚ created another‚ similar‚ invention that he called an aeolipile. The aeolipile was a rotund metal chamber on top of a water kettle. A hot fire beneath the kettle heated the water until it turned into steam. The heated stem went up through pipes into the sphere and then escaped from
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and Ancient Rome Ancient China and Ancient Rome have strongly influenced the world as we know it. Without their inventions such as Romanian architecture‚ language and Chinas invention of paper money‚ fireworks‚ we would not have any of the things we have today. Their great inventions help us in our every day life like language we use it every day to communicate to each other. Every invention that they made has somehow helped the modern world. Architecture is one of the great gifts Ancient Rome has
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