Differences: There was a dynastic cycle‚ the dynasties would rise and fall‚ and be taken over by a new person. India went back to independent city states when a ruler fell. China was generally able to be re-united through a ruler India was not‚ India was not able to be united in the north due to invasions from bordering countries. The only person to unite India was Ashoka Maurya Similarities: Both were patriarchal societies. Major cities were built along major water ways‚ India (The indus river)
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81. The rats in the poem from the Book of Songs are referring to the higher class people‚ such as the aristocratic land owners. Life for the Chinese peasants during the Zhou dynasty was cruel and unfair. The peasants were exploited and the higher class was taking advantages of the low class people. A way the nobles have been taking advantage of the peasants are that the peasants spent a few years growing millet‚ but the land owners just ate all the grain without showing the low class any regard.
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AP World: Chapter 12 I. Reunification and Renissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Though it was not the biggest city‚ Hangzhou‚ the capital of the song rulers‚ was renowned for its beauty and sophistication a) Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era The emergence of the Sui dynasty at the end of the 6th century C.E. signaled a return to strong dynastic control in China. In the Tang era that followed‚ a Confucian revival enhanced the position of the
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considered. China is one of‚ if not the oldest civilizations still in existence. The Zhou dynasty brings a lot of culture to china‚ for a couple different reasons. The Zhou dynasty‚ originated deep in history from the Zhou clan. By around the 11th century BCE. This clan had become increasingly powerful and had extended their existence throughout the present Shaanxi and Dansu provinces. At the time the Shang dynasty was under a very unjust and evil ruler king Zhou. Being that all the people had ill feelings
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talking about the background of Chinese paper cut in different dynasties‚ second‚ it will discuss the techniques and the tool in creating paper cut‚ third‚ it will introduce different types and uses of paper cuts‚ forth‚ it will discuss about the spirit and meaning of the Chinese paper cuts. Lastly‚ it will compare the difference between Chinese paper cuts and Western paper cuts. 1. The background of Chinese paper cuts in different Dynasties Chinese paper cuts are very popular among the Chinese society
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China five thousand years ago‚ we shall begin our study with the Chou Dynasty (1125-255 B.C.)‚ during which time China reached its zenith of intellectual and artistic achievement. Confucius (552-479 B.C.) was almost a comtemporary of the Golden Age of Athens. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 221) marked a great development in China and prepared the way for a new outburst of artistic life under the Tang Dynasty (618-907)‚ which may be described as the golden age of Chinese art. There
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The Xia Dynasty The first prehistoric dynasty is said to be Xia‚ from about the twenty-first to the sixteenth century B.C. Xia-dynasty was founded by the Si-clan‚ who were descendants of the clan’s foundation father‚ Yu. Because of the lack of written sources‚ historians have still not gained a correct idea of how the people lived at that time. According to the later tradition‚ Yu spent thirteen years to dig out channels and maintain dikes. When emperor Shun died‚ the officials disagreed with the
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era and the Hellenistic era to rule independently. Unlike other female rulers‚ Cleopatra did not ascend to the throne by succeeding her husband or her father (Roller 4; Salisbury 52). Although her father‚ Ptolemy XII‚ was the ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt‚ she did not succeed him at the time of his death (Salisbury 52). Societal rules against female leadership prevented her from ascending
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The definition of a Golden Age is a time of economic‚ political‚ technological‚ and social improvement and advance at a great level. The Tang and Song Dynasties are very important to the history of Chinese civilization. The Tang Era is the most well-known dynasty in Chinese history‚ mainly because the empire was the largest‚ richest and most sophisticated state in the world at the time. The Song Era had far-reaching impacts economically‚ culturally‚ and socially. During the Song Era‚ there was major
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Confucius‚ they were able to develop a political system in which government officials were chosen by merit. It survived for thousands of years‚ surviving the rise and fall of many emperors and the constant threat of invasions from the different dynasties. The brilliant culture of the Chinese empire definitely had many contributions that are still being used in the world today. China’s first civilization‚ like the other civilizations in the past‚ developed along a great river which was a great
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