had a fascination with flying since the beginning of time. Hot air balloons were invented in 1783‚ one step closer to the airplane. The balloon is filled with hot air‚ which makes the balloon fly to the air because hot air is lighter than cool air. The only problem with the hot air balloon was that you could not control the direction it was going. The first airplane was actually a glider. This aircraft was launched from a cliff or from any high place. It rode on the wind to the ground.
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It was 1793‚ when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This allows for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. Eli Whitney was born on December 8‚ 1765 in Westborough‚ Massachusetts. He died on January 8‚ 1825. When he was a child‚ he loved working in his father’s workshop. He’d take things apart‚ then put them back together again. (For example‚ a clock.) He worked on a Georgian Plantation when he was
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required to do foot binding. Bonds began to form through diplomacy. S Highly patriarchal. One and only empress‚ Wu Zhou: was a favorite concubine of the emperor. Women’s femininity protected by men. Women had more rights than women of Song. S becomes more Patriarchal than before‚ Women had to practice foot binding. The subordination of women was justified by Confucianism. SWomen’s rights increased(Mon
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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 must
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The fall of the Qing dynasty was caused by internal changes within the dynasty‚ peasant revolts‚ the rise of Sun Yat-Sen and overall western influence. What happens when there is a trade imbalance between two major trading countries? Just ask Great Britain and China. It’s hard to get by when the country you need goods from does not really need to trade goods with you. This is what happened with Great Britain and the Qing Dynasty. There was a high demand for China’s tea in Great Britain but a low
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The economic revolution in Song dynasty HIST 358 Xue Zhang 260500645 March 7th 2016 Introduction For the first impression of Song China‚ people always talked about civil bureaucrats‚ military weakness and remarkable cultural achievement like Song poems‚ calligraphy and painting. However‚ not so many people will notice the flourishing economy developed in Song Dynasty. During the Song dynasty‚ China was the richest country in the Far East and one of the richest in the world. According to
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Chinese naval power and technology during the early Ming dynasty based on the sources in this chapter. Are you convinced by the arguments that is was a lack of will‚ rather than ability‚ that turned China away from active government support of overseas exploration‚ commerce‚ and settlement during this period? Why or why not? Yes‚ I am convinced the Chinese chose not to further their overseas explorations during this time period. The Ming dynasty possessed an impressive navy consisting over 3‚500 ships
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The Fall of the Qing Dynasty Author Zhang Weiwei in The China Wave‚ Rise of a Civilizational State‚ argues that Japan became a national state during the Meiji Restoration‚ but China was unable to accomplish this due to its decline in the mid-19th century. He claims that this decline was a result of its inability to cope with modern states‚ as demonstrated by the loss of wars against such powers as the British‚ French and Japanese (49). The primary question is how a formerly world leading power
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founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. The word Ming‚ means “bright” and from that word the dynasty is enlightened with many influential religions. Yuanzhang was considered as an important figure‚ but he wasn’t the only one as there were other figures that were introduced by religion. Such figures can be seen through statues and each of them represents the practices of religion during the Ming dynasty. Taoism or “Daoism” were widely spread throughout the Ming dynasty. Taoism can be defined as a
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RUNNING HEAD: NIKE & UNDER ARMOUR FINANCIALS Nike & Under Armour Financial Analysis Table of Contents Background……………………….……………………………………………………………………..3 Progress in last year…………………………………………………………………………………..3-5 Profitability/Debt Ratios…………………………...………………………………………………...5-7 Net Profit Margin………………………..……………………………………………………….5 Gross Profit Margin………………………...…………………………………………………….6 Return on Equity………………………….…………………………………………………...6-7 Earnings per Share……………………..………………………………………………………
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