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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would be used to purchase slaves. Since the significance of rum was rotating in the circle of sugar‚ spirits‚ and slaves‚ the English traders revealed that rum become the chief barter in 1721 in the coast of Africa for slave trade. Therefore‚ the invention of rum increased the slave trade at the coast of Africa. The rum would be used to buy the slaves who would be taken to America to work in the sugar plantations to cater for the increased demand for sugar in the market. The French and Spanish troops
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written by Sun Simiao‚ was one of China’s precious treasures. The study of complex chemicals to create gunpowder was also one of the Tang Dynasty contributions. However‚ gunpowder wasn’t used a lot for the military but for fireworks to have more elaborate celebrations. The study of Law and Math were also prominent Tang Dynasty achievements in the field of education. The Tang Dynasty had many inventions that helped make life easier for the upper class‚ which gave the upper class more time on their hands
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1301 CE to 1500 CE) Inventions of The Middle Ages The Middle Ages is attributed to great human innovations and inspiration whereby most of the modern innovations originated during this historical period. Ranging from the time of the William the Conqueror invasion in 1066 to the commencement of the Tudor dynasty around 14th century which experienced a lot of wars that in turn led to the development in science and technology‚ medicine‚ weaponry among other inventions (Gies & Gies‚ 1995). Although
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