The cultural identity of this group of tea drinkers was built on the ground of their common interests in the Tang-Song-style tea drinking and their nostalgia of their Tang-and-Song tea connoisseurs. However‚ the cultural identity of the scholar-official class could be simply built on the basis of tea drinking and its aesthetic principle in general. In a discussion on the relationship between tea consumption and the scholar-official class‚ Wu Zhihe argues that tea drinking played a significant role
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Song China The Song Dynasty existed between 960 AD and 1279AD. There were two different stages of the Song Dynasty between those dates‚ the Northern Song (960-1127 AD) and the Southern Song (1127-1279 AD). During the time of the Song Dynasty‚ China was the most advanced place in the world. China was rich in so many ways‚ such as agriculture‚ iron working‚ and printing to name a few. The Song Dynasty was a time when China was advanced economically and scientifically‚ so much that scholars still
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city of Greece‚ Athens‚ when through a period of transformation in which it took a major shift forwards in its change in political structure‚ upwards economic prosperity‚ and cultural and artistic blooming. This period was called the Golden Age of Athens. This golden age would later be eponymously called The Age of Pericles‚ after the politician and general who rose to power during that time. It was during this century in Ancient Greece where Athens is the centre of attention. This new age was of even
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the hopelessness to accept change over time and to adapt the effective coping mechanisms for everyday life. Everyone‚ should be familiar with the old saying‚ "The only thing that is continuous is change." The story takes us back to the South during the Reconstruction period‚ directly following the Civil War. The beginning of the end of an era for Emily Grierson knew all too well. As changes begin to occur and society made advances‚ Emily did not; she refused to change and refused to accept that her
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The economy of the Middle Ages The economy has long been a major force in the development of societies for centuries. It often changes and fluctuates‚ consequentially resulting in the success or failure of civilizations. The economy of medieval Europe originated as that of a feudal system due to the dangerous and chaotic conditions of the continent at the time. By the end of the Middle Ages‚ the feudal system no longer being used due to its newfound inefficiency with the new situations emerging
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Change Over Time: Portugal and Africa During the Age of Exploration the Portuguese had a great interest in the African continent. They conquered the city of morocco first then continued to do the same all over western Africa. They originally went to Africa to spread Christianity and they hoped to find gold‚ but over time found the real money was in the slave trade there. In Africa‚ there were some civilizations that had built up there such as Morocco. They controlled the gold trade and Portugal
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list could go on and on‚ there are a ton of reasons as to why cultures are different‚ I think the harder answer to pinpoint is to why these ideologies change over time. I think cultures change over time because the world we know is always changing so an effect of this is a change in cultural habits. Science and technology is always evolving and changes the way we live so people must react to these
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The most commonly asked question is‚ do people really change over time? Sure‚ things naturally shift over time‚ however people confuse that with wanting change. Change doesn’t happen overnight‚ most people think of change in big steps. Change can be in little steps too‚ some effort is better than none. The person I was in 2015 wasn’t that great‚ however it help shape me into who I am now. In 2015‚ I was unaware of people’s intentions. My grandparent’s wanted to help me lose weight‚ they started
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Evolution is change over a long period of time. An organism’s characteristics change over time due to its DNA. The DNA determines how an organism looks. The process of evolution is over millions of years. Scientists use fossils‚ embryology‚ comparative anatomy‚ and the biochemistry to get data fro the organisms of their evolutionary histories. For this purpose for doing this lab is to related organisms’ skull evolved or change over time. Fossils are past living remain organism that left behind and
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Change Over Time: Christianity’s Impact on Europe Christianity had spread its influence widely over the Mediterranean well before 1500. Many of the world’s major religions rose during the same time as Christianity‚ but Christianity didn’t stand out during those times. There were other religions such as Islam and Hinduism that were uniting their people more and contributing more to the world than Christianity was. The development of the Renaissance in Italy and the spreading of the Renaissance made
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