The "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" refers to remarkable constructions during classical era. Through the ages‚ there have been numerous versions of the original list of the "Seven Wonders"; however‚ only one of these miraculous buildings has remained intact-the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt‚ which is also the oldest of the ancient wonders. On the west bank of the Nile River‚ there are three pyramid erected on a rocky plateau in Giza in the northern part of Egypt. These pyramids were named after
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Ap world history 4th period Day of empire The author Amy Chua shows to the reader the different empires and how they expanded and fell. She explains in each chapter how tolerance is the key to successes for every hyper power. She argues that each empire or dynasty was dominant in their own world. Basically she wants to explain to us the readers’ how to prevent the horrible history that the hyper powers did . If the United States did that it would destroy Americas hyper power . The first
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AP World History Study Guide for Exam One: “Foundations: Prehistory- 600 C.E” Terms/Ideas To Know: 1.Pastorialism: Branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. 2.Patrilineal: System in which one belongs to one’s father’s lineage. 3. Matrilineal: A societal system in which one belongs to one’s matriline or mother’s lineage. 4. Hominids: Primate of the family Hominidae‚ which Homo sapiens is the
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Chinese‚ which means ‘teaching [and] cultivating’. The analogy yu ( ‚ - it takes ten years to shi nian shu mu‚ bai nian shu ren ( grow trees‚ but a hundred years to cultivate a person) may illustrate the cultivating responsibilities laid on Chinese schools or other institutions engaged in educating people. A Chinese metaphor equating teachers with - the engineers of ‘human ren lei ling hun gong cheng shi ( souls’) also reveals the cultural knowledge that teachers play a crucial role in cultivating
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fought alot until the Qin dynasty conquered them all.New kings and rulers rose up to rule each state towards victory. The Qin rulers generally wanted to conquer all the others. The Qin rulers taught their people to destroy other states and justified harsh control‚ forced labor‚ and respecting the emperor. They used their manpower for big construction projects. The big amount of people resulted in big armies. As the states fought‚ popular philosophies and religions of Daoism‚ Legalism‚ Confucianism‚ and
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The Great Pyramid of Giza One of the most famous structures on the list of the seven wonders of the ancient world is The Great Pyramid of Giza. What makes this structure the most recognizable on the list? Not only is this pyramid the oldest structure on the list‚ but it is the only structure that still remains. The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man made structure in the world for 3800 years which is not only a testament to its durability but to its mark as one of the most remarkable structures
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social and political stability and would hopefully lead to the Unification of China. Intellectuals came up with three very effective approaches that would all together help in the unification of China and they are known as‚ Confucianism‚ Daoism and Legalism. Confucianism was an ethical system that was used as the foundation for the Chinese government and social order. The Confusion idea of government was that education was the key to a good bureaucracy. Confucius believed that instead of rulers being
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World Empires Throughout human history we have seen the rise and fall of many great cities and empires‚ through archeological records and remains of cites. Mostly all of the empires that we have record has impacted and influence our world today. The most noticeable empires that have the greatest influence on today’s world are the early great empires of the Hittites and Assyrians and the later empires of the Romans and Chinese in the 2nd half of the first millennium. However both the early and later
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Daoism‚ which was created by Laozi. Some Daoism beliefs include that harmony with nature leads to peace and happiness and that one should accept whatever happens (letting nature take its course.) The other main Chinese philosophy was Legalism. Per Source #5‚ “Legalism in Ancient China was a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by
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Confucianism takes action. Legalism is to take control and do what you can do. More violent and corrupted than the other 2. Legalists burned all other philosophical books. Killed scholars that didn’t do what they wanted.
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