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    During the Classical Era‚ the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty in China by similar Bureaucratic structures‚ but differed in how the emperors justified their power. While the Han Dynasty followed the Mandate of Heaven‚ the Roman Empire justified their power through military conquest and were treated like gods. Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were a bureaucracy. This meant that both of them had many government officials and departments. In both cases‚ the Han Dynasty and The Roman Empires

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    I) Compare Major religious and philosophical systems including some underlying similarities in cementing a social hierarchy A) Thesis: Both Hinduism and Confucianism have similar ideals and beliefs. However‚ Confucianism is considered to be more a philosophy than a religion. 1. Direct Comparisons a. Similarity: revolved around the idea of looking into a deeper meaning of life b. Similarity: try to better people’s lives c. Differences i. Confucianism:

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    (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had supernatural powers‚ and other than each city having a different chief‚ it also had its own god or goddess. (4) The social structure was divided into three classes: kings and nobles‚ being at the top‚ followed

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    Compare and Contrast Classical World Essay Rome and China were two of the most powerful civilizations in classical Europe and Asia and they lasted for hundreds of years. They controlled trade in the silk road‚ provided many contributions to modern life‚ and the classical world. Rome and China are very identical in the process of their collapse and emergence of new religions‚ yet they differ in the type of government they used. Rome and China are alike in ways that they both fell due to external

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    Did Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Play an Important Role in the Westernization of China? Mao Zedong (1949) has ever said in On the People Democratic Dictatorship that‚ “From the time of China’s defeat in the Opium War of 1840‚ Chinese progressives went through untold hardships in their quest for truth from the Western countries. Hong Xiuquan‚ Kang Youwei‚ Yan Fu and Sun Yat-sen were representative of those who had looked to the West for truth before the Communist Party of China was born.” However

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    Introduction: Ying Zheng‚ well known throughout history as the First Emperor of China‚ and his self-produced title Qin Shi Huang‚ was born on the 7th of February 260 B.C and died at the age of 60 on the 10th of August 210 B.C. Through his self-obsessed and tyrannical nature unified a culture and empire that’s has stood the test of time and through this has created a legacy for himself and nation based on strong and sturdy power. It is evident through primary and secondary sources‚ during his self-entitled

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    had significant religious figures. In ancient Egypt‚ the pharaoh was revered as a God and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. The elusive emperors of China gained their governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of China felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the Gods. Chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient China. Mesopotamian and Indus River

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    the country healthy. Everyone was supposed to play their role and if something or someone didn’t they were going to suffer from a natural disaster. The Mandate of Heaven was very significant because to the civilization because for many years they were shaped because of it. Additionally like the Shang Dynasty the Zhou Dynasty had a lot of significant achievements. During the Shang Dynasty they were three important philosophies‚ Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ and Legalism. According to passage "Ancient Chinese

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    25.Daoism-based on forces in nature‚ which needed to be balanced (yin and yang) 26.Dao de Jing-primary document which makes original concepts a bit difficult to understand 27.wu wei-to interpret the will of Heaven is not action but INACTION 28.Period of Warring States-the period between 2 dynasties; one losing power‚ one gaining it 29.Qin Dynasty-(221-206 BCE)legalism‚ strict censorship‚standardized weights&measures 30.Qin Shi Huangdi-first emperor of Qin

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    Compare and Contrast Religious Beliefs of Ancient China and Egypt It is interesting to imagine a time when we did not know. We did not know if the sun would return to warm us after a cold winter‚ we did not know if the rains would come and saturate the dry earth and fill the rivers. Imagine a time when nature was the only thing outside of our self‚ we had to survive her and we needed her to survive. It is no wonder that people came to revere nature as she gave sustenance. In reverence for our

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