financial motivation. The treasure fleet voyages cost Ming China enormous amounts of money; since they were not trade excursions‚ the government recovered little of the cost. * China faced a growing threat to its land borders in the west. The Mongols and other Central Asian peoples made increasingly bold raids on western China‚ forcing the Ming rulers to concentrate. No Trade * Confucius thought foreign trade interfered with important familial obligations and believed trade was mean and
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While it is seemingly reasonable to think that it was a pungent combination of Genghis Khan’s troops‚ horse-drawn chariots‚ and skilled generals that led to the expansion of the Mongol empire‚ this observation turns out to be false. As history shows‚ the Mongol army was outnumbered in most of its battles in Asia and lacked advanced chariots. So how did Genghis Khan conquer all of Asia? He adopted—one could say stole—Sun Tzu’s warfare tactics presented in The Art of War
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AP World History Summer Reading Assignment - Day OF Empire Amy Chua believes that for a country to become a world dominant force‚ the country must be tolerant. A country that is tolerant isn’t promised a path to world dominance‚ but tolerance is a required characteristic for a world dominant force. Tolerance does not mean that all races are treated equally but that the races can coexist together and work to make their nation better. Intolerant acts such as ethnic cleansing prohibit a country to
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The Paleolithic era was an era that started two million years ago‚ and ended ten thousand years ago. This era often called the Old Stone Age was when human evolution took place‚ it was a very slow going change from ape like humans to today’s Homo sapiens. This era is important because during this time humans started to make stone tools for hunting‚ making shelter and creating clothing‚ and without this era who knows where we would be now‚ "The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era)." The Old Stone Age
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but the most important happen to be Africa‚ China‚ India‚ Europe‚ the Mongol empire‚ and the New World‚ he claims that‚ “This book is to bring the history of infectious disease into the realm of historical explanation by showing how varying patterns of disease circulation have affected human affairs in ancient times as well as modern times.” To support his claim he uses migration‚ immunity‚ the Columbian Exchange‚ the Mongols‚ the Black Death‚ religion‚ cleanliness‚ and the very beginning of mankind
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In the Iliad‚ the author‚ Homer‚ displays how war can affect individuals physically and mentally. This results in the individuals becoming more barbaric and hindering their true identities. Throughout the Iliad‚ the author shows the effects of war on specific characters. In the book‚ Homer shows how war can cause individuals to become more barbaric. An example of this would be the after-effects of Hector’s death when Achilles kills him. After his death‚ the greeks did the following‚ “Not a man
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A cultural issue that has led to many controversial topics is the stature of good versus evil. In other words‚ the argument suggests that novels and history itself demonstrates the blurred lines of good versus evil. In my opinion‚ good versus evil can never just be “good” or “evil”‚ but instead should be determined on the effect that the situation causes as a whole. Throughout society and in literature‚ the evidence to support my viewpoint is pervasive. In the novel‚ In Cold Blood by Truman
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During this battle‚ the Chinese fought off the Mongols using “fire arrows”. These were very simple designs- in fact‚ all it was was a tube with one open end‚ filled with gunpowder and attached to a long rod. A Chinese soldier would ignite the gunpowder‚ thrusting it guided by the rod into a horde of clamoring Mongols. It is unknown how destructive they were‚ but the mental aspect of it made it a more dangerous weapon. After this battle‚ the Mongols adopted the rocket technology and are said to have
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Ancient India and China Did China and India have similar interests? Did they share common likes or dislikes? Yes they did. in fact they had several things in common so many they were like sisters or brothers. Although the two were similar they still had there differences and at some points in time one country didn’t like what the other was doing and decided to go kick em in the teeth and straiten em out. Here are just a few ways the two countries are similar and non similar. China has a history
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Parsa Khaksar Mr. Weitzel A.P. Literature 14 September 2015 Heart of Darkness Essay The iniquity of the hearts of men precipitates the moral and social depravity of the entire population. In Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ Marlow finds that barbarism and savagery are universal among nations‚ and that the common man is able to be influenced by the slightest of impulses. The distinctive evil that roams Europe soon pervades newly discovered Africa and allows the darkness to fill the land. The European
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