survival. Eventually ancient peoples began trading luxury items as well‚ such as art and jewelry. When Europe and Asia discovered each other‚ tentative political bonds began to form once they discovered what the other had to offer. The Silk Road was the most significant and important trade route for many hundreds of years‚ especially during the Tang dynasty. Although it is called the Silk Road‚ there was a variety of products and even ideas that were transported across the continents. The Silk Road saw
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BS-AE 1.) Political Dynasty‚ is it acceptable or not? * Political Dynasty is not acceptable for me because it is not fair to other people who deserve in such position in politics. Give chance to other to have a good leadership. Not only in one family the true/wise leader will come‚ every family/dynasty have it. 2.) Must there be an absolute separation of church and state? * Church and state
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of the Tang Empire avoided over centralization by allowing the local nobles‚ gentry‚ officials‚ and religious establishments to practice significant power even after retaining many Sui governing practices. 2) The bled of Turkic and traditional Chinese culture that existed under the Tang were scriptures used in the Silk Road‚ weapons such as the crossbow and armored infantrymen which were used in warfare‚ and the skill in horsemanship as well as the use of iron stirrups. 3) Under the Tang rule‚ Buddhism
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Political Dynasty in the Philippines In our discussion so far on the Philippines we have seen how the political system was captured by an oligarchy whose consolidation was greatly facilitated by the way the US set up their colony. Marcos tried to break the oligarchy‚ but he failed and indeed if anything‚ as Benedict Anderson pointed out‚ the oligarchy surfaced after 1986 even more powerful than ever. The clearest manifestation of the oligarchy in the Philippines and how it impacts politics is the
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SONG DYNASTY SCROLLS ANALYSIS Bridge Scene 1. men on wayward boat: a strong current has pushed this boat off course. Here we see the men trying to keep the boat from crashing into the bridge. 2. men below bridge trying to keep boat on course 5. sedan chair and carriers 6. vendor by bridge 8. men on boat that has safely passed under bridge 9. men with wheelbarrow 11. food vendor by the shore 13. workmen wearing ankle-length pants carrying baskets Gate Scene 1. a group of young scholars 2
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Shimin. He was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty and he ruled Tang for 23 years from 626 to 649. He was a statesman‚ militarist‚ and poet. He is considered as one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. His name in Chinese means world and people. When he was young‚ a fortune teller said he would save the world. This is where his name Shimin comes from and it also indicates his life. In his early life he launched lots of wars to unify Tang Dynasty with his father. After Xuanwu Gate Incident
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The Xia Dynasty Overview There are ancient accounts about the history of a small kingdom along the Yellow River that existed from about 2‚000 BC to 1‚600 BC. The main ancient accounts are in the Records of the Grand Historian (史記) that were written between about 109 BC and 91 BC by Sima Qian and another textthat is called the Bamboo Annals (竹書紀年) that was a text that was said to have been buried with the King of Wei who died in 296 BC and was rediscovered in 281 AD during the Jin Dynasty. The text
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Qin: The Qin dynasty was right in the middle of the Era of Warring States‚ a time where China was trying to find their identity. The Qin Dynasty adopted Legalist thinking’s. Legalism was based off the idea that everything needs to run through the government and anyone that believed otherwise or didn’t follow the rules was badly punished. The king of Qin‚ who was latter named The First Emperor‚ was Shih Huang-Di. A huge accomplishment of the First Emperor was that in only nine years he captured the
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The first dynasty of China is the Xia Dynasty. The Xia dynasty lasted for almost 500 years. 17 emperors ruled the Xia Dynasty. The Xia Dynasty emperors were chosen by their abilities. During this dynasty‚ a lot of bronze was produced. The last emperor of the Xia dynasty was Emperor Jie. He was a terrible emperor. He lived an extravagant life and did not care for his country. He killed many of his ministers who came up with good advices. His actions made the people angry so they followed the Shang
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The Song Dynasty The Song dynasty lasted over 300 years‚ from 960 to 1279. Their history is divided into two periods of Northern and Southern Song. The Song period was one of China’s most peaceful and prosperous era. However the Song government was corrupt and weak. The Song Dynasty‚ or Sung Dynasty was a period in which the Chinese government was very weak. In the beginning General Chao K’uang-yin‚ also known as Sung T’ai Tsu‚ was forced to become emperor in order to unify China. Sung
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