The Conrad-Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles for the Roman‚ Han Chinese‚ and Gupta Empires Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: State-level government: Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place Gupta: decentralized; regionalism High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs Gupta: cotton‚ wool‚ calico (chief revenue – tax on agriculture) An environmental mosaic
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The Taj Mahal "crown of buildings"‚ pronounced "the Taj" is a mausoleum located in Agra‚ India. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.[citation needed] It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife‚ Mumtaz Mahal. It is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol of eternal love. Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture‚ a style that combines elements from Persian‚ Islamic and Indian architectural
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Notes: Picture of Ming Dynasty wall Original Construction: Chunqiu orginally started‚ Qi‚ Wei‚ Yan‚ Zhao- were independent city-states who built walls to protect Qin Shihuang took helm at age 22 and established the Qin Dynasty‚ the first feudal empire in China’s history. 221 BC- emporer Qin ShiHuang united/captured 6 states- and ordered military wall for Northern border Ordered to build wall 5‚000 kilometers from Liaodong Bay (east) to Lintao of the Gansu provice (west) Originally known
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broadly to those who were affected by the wars that plagued China before and during the rule of the Qin dynasty. While fanatically spreading their thought Qin china‚ the state likewise detested curators of other schools of thought.
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peace. It is also clear that Legalism was more effective in ruling a state as the Qin Dynasty (governed by Legalists) was the first to create a centralized empire‚ introduce provinces which still exist in modern China‚ finish building the Great Wall of China‚ produce a simplified and standardized written language‚ and spread military influence beyond China. On the other hand‚ although emperors both before and after the Qin Dynasty adapted Confucian principles to their political practices‚ Confucius
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better understand‚ explain‚ or provide answers to various phenomena (Shi‚ 2013). Data is collected by researchers and analyzed to arrive at conclusions and present an interpretation of this analysis (Shi‚ 2013). However‚ before the data can be collected and analyzed researchers need to conceptualize the study to be conducted which includes understanding the aims and objectives of their investigation‚ and developing research questions (Shi‚ 2013). This is the first stage of research and lays the foundation
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lecture and book‚ at the time of Qin Dynasty‚ Qin Shihuang has burned many important materials about Confucianism and buried the Confucian scholars alive. In the book “Mountain of fame: Portraits in Chinese history”‚ it said “In the later Chinese tradition‚ this incident has become the most famous of the bad examples of Qin.The “burning of the books”has come to stand both for repression of principled dissent and for impiety toward the past‚ and the rapid collapse of Qin has been taken to prove that no
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Cross-Cultural Communication Vol. 8‚ No. 6‚ 2012‚ pp. 66-70 DOI:10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020120806.1356 ISSN 1712-8358[Print] ISSN 1923-6700[Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Cross-Cultural Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Euphemisms WANG Xiaoling[a]; ZHANG Meng[a]‚*; DONG Hailin[a] [a] College of Foreign Languages‚ Hebei United University‚ West Xinhua Road‚ Tangshan‚ China. * Corresponding author. Supported by Study on Application of Cross-Cultural Teaching Concept in
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pg.2) During this period all books the government deemed unnecessary were burned and many Confucian scholars were executed. Because of the brutality suffered‚ there was a rebel eunuch and multiple peasant rebellions resulting in the Qin dynasty overthrow. Though the Qin emperor ruled with terror‚ his efforts to unify China‚ leave the lasting impact that this land mass should “be a single entity.” (Gascoigne pg.2) The Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) “is the first of the five great Chinese dynasties.”
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to the unpredictable flooding that may occur. The Yellow river would provide Loess‚ an extremely fine powder like soil that was easy to till and plant. This way of life would carry through the Xia‚ Shang‚ Zhou‚ Qin and Han dynasties. Social culture was like most other societies like their neighbors. Most people with land were considered aristocrats ‚ government would have administrative and military forces. Although the Xia
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