1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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Odelyne Lamour Ms. Pelletier AP World History 10/24/12 China during the Qin and Han dynasties and the Mediterranean during the Roman Empire were similar socially and politically because they both had patriarchy‚ hierarchy‚ and a centralized government. One aspect that differed was artistically. China focused on visuals such as pictures. While Rome dealt with more three-dimensional ideas such as sculpture and architecture. Most of the civilizations that we studied thus far have some type
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The Han Dynasty vs. The Roman Empire The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty of China had many similarities and differences. Many of these similarities and differences were political‚ social‚ and economical. Some of the similarities included the resemblances of political figures‚ the role of women‚ and the parallels in each empire’s trade. Some differences included the contrasts of the forms of government‚ the spheres of influence for each empire‚ and the military expeditions led by the empires. These
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Lu Xun’s short story “Diary of a Madman” marks the birth of modernism in Chinese literature and is the earliest literature works written in modern vernacular Chinese during the May Fourth period. Modeled after Nikolay Gogol’s story with similar title‚ the story condemns the old traditional Confucian values that have long persisted in the Chinese society; portrayed by the madman in the story that sees it as a ‘man-eating’ society. Lu Xun despises the idea of a society who adheres to the tradition
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Feminism is understood broadly as a movement that strives for sex equality between men and women. The history of feminism within the Chinese context dates back 1898 when there was a reform movement until the revolution of 1911. Since its existence‚ Chinese feminism has emerged onto stage‚ it has been intimately bound to larger social trends of people which often hide and distort female subjectivity. Literary novels and other forms of art are found at different particular eras throughout China ’s
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“Emperor of China; Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi” Emperor K’ang-hsi was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Ruling from 1662 to 1722 he was also one of the longest ruling emperors in Chinese history and for that matter the world. K’ang-hsi brought China to long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos. Jonathan Spence writes from the eyes of K’ang-hsi getting his information from K’ang-hsi’s own writings. Though a little biased towards himself this book still
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Contemporary arts in the world have become recently popular. In China traditional arts occupied most places for almost 2000 years. But now the contemporary arts is becoming more and more popular in China. Xiaogang Zhang (1958 Yunnan) is a symbol of this. This essay will look at Zhang’s‚ the first person in Chinese contemporary arts who have been internationally recognized as China’s most talented painter. Xiaogang Zhang is a famous Chinese artist who was born in 1953.His works sell for large
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Genocide Research Project Questions and Instructions Research Reminders * Each student must answer all questions. * Record references for all information used to answer the questions. (copy and paste to a word document or save to your H: drive or print a copy) * Only research will be conducted today. You will not work on your presentation until all research is completed. * You must get information from 9 sources‚ most from Galileo. * In Galileo‚ select History References and
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Expanding into the China Market Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Expanding into the China Market Business environment in China is very dynamic in its essence. It welcomes businesses from different countries and nations‚ but it also demands skills‚ commitment and long term planning if you want to stay afloat. It may become even rewarding for those foreign companies who conduct the proper research and can thoroughly craft a strategy to execute. Likely‚ one of the biggest determinants
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coc ‘copycat’ threats SWOT analysis of IKEA 1998‚ IKEA entered the Chinese market and opened the first shop in Shanghai. Accompanied by the combination of Chinese economic environment and Chinese furniture market circumstance‚ the following SWOT analysis will be utilized to evaluate IKEA in Chinese market. Strength IKEA provide several strengths compared with any other furniture company. First of all‚ IKEA possessed a strong brand image (5). Before entering Chinese market‚ IKEA has already
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