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 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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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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Tang Romance appeared as a totally new literary form during Tang Dynasty‚ “Ying-ying’s story” as one of the most famous representative works of Tang Romance‚ became extremely popular and had a far-reaching influence on later Chinese literature. “Ying-ying’s story”‚ written by Yuan Zhen‚ tells of a young scholar named Zhang‚ who falls in love at first sight with Cui Ying-ying‚ a declining aristocrat. At first‚ Cui Ying-ying rejects Zhang’s advances due to the Confucian ethics‚ but then she voluntarily
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things‚ dynasties will fall. As the Shang were declining‚ the Zhou dynasty defeated the Shang dynasty and established themselves as the new rightful rulers of China. The Zhou inherited cultural traditions from their Neolithic ancestors in the northwest‚ but inherited many material traditions from the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou dynasty was the first period in which texts were transmitted‚ such as the book of documents. Many clear differences exist between the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the Zhou
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The Song Dynasty did bring about an industrial revolution‚ due to highly advanced technology in the fields of diverse agriculture‚ iron-working‚ and printing. As a result of this industrial revolution‚ populations increased rapidly as people began to move to the cities because of economic opportunities and the advanced government for its time. The industrial revolution is an “economic development characterized by replacing animal and human power with mechanical power‚ mass production and the creation
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ABSTRACT Political Dynasty in the Philippines especially in Makati City is evident since the reigning time of Cory Aquino when she assigned the Binay family in that area. The study of Political Dynasty in an area is beneficial to Filipinos because the knowledge and evidence of this topic could enlighten them. In Makati City‚ it is evident that political dynasty is present because of the positive and negative effects of political dynasty that were agreed by the respondents. Results show that the residence
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During the years 960-1279 AD the great Song dynasty ruled China. The song dynasty would be the most ideal place to live because of its inventions‚ achievements and government. The first reason that the Song dynasty would be the best is its inventions. First is its gunpowder‚ gunpowder was important if there was war so they could protect their kingdom. Next is the paper money it was important so they could keep track of how much they could spend instead of trading. And last is movable type writing
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known as dynasties. The first imperialistic dynasty of China was the Qin dynasty. The Qin were very military minded‚ therefore‚ they sought to create a unified imperial state with a stable economy able to support a large military. The Qin dynasty is most commonly known for building the Great Wall of China. The Qin dynasty lasted from 221 to 206 BCE. The last of the great Chinese dynasties was the Ming dynasty. The Ming are regarded as being the most influential of the Chinese dynasties. The Ming
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After nine bloody months of the Satsuma Rebellion‚ the Meiji Dynasty finally came to power in the late 19th century. With this new dynasty‚ came the need for not only a new emperor but also someone the Japanese people could identify themselves with or look up to during this time. The oligarchy believed that in order to save Japan from imperialism they had to modernize and become like the West. Emperor‚ Meiji‚ shared these progressive ideas. Japan began its period of revolutionizing which included
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