14 What are the defining features of intellectual life in the Tang dynasty? How did intellectual life change as the dynasty progressed? Period of Brilliance Tang dynasty ruled 618 to 907; Chinese influence spread China experienced period of brilliance‚ prosperity‚ cultural achievement Government‚ other institutions served as models across East Asia Civil Service To obtain talented officials‚ Tang expanded civil service examination system People had to pass written exams to work
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rift in the ways that China and Russia established their agricultural systems after their revolutions occurred. Collectivization was the way to go in Russia. A majority of Russia’s farmland was in collectives. For the families that lived on these collectives‚ they had to split all money made equally‚ after most of the income was taken through taxes. This gave the people no incentive to work hard because everyone made the same amount no matter what who worked hardest. However‚ China had communes instead
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Unit 2 Exam Between Han China in 206 BCE- 220 CE and Imperial Rome in 31 BCE-476 CE they had many similarities and differences about political control. The key similarities being how they both had one ruler‚ and passing on titles; the key differences being how Rome was slightly more democratic than China and how the Roman Church had more power. There were many similar political methods between Han China and Rome both had only ruler. Both empires were ruled under a tyranny. By being ruled over
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In different culture‚ there will be many different customs and traditions in festival celebrations. Wedding customs are one of the most representative and symbolic customs in revealing the differences. The wedding customs between China and America can reveal the differences in thinking model‚ value of orientation‚ and code of conduct as well as religion beliefs of the two countries. Chinese wedding style A Chinese wedding is an extremely special occasion fulls of bright red color everywhere--tablecloths
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example. His nose is huge! The ancient Greeks would never have done that. The Romans built roads all over the empire‚ and all roads led to Rome. The ancient Greeks had roads‚ but they were not built nearly as well‚ and the Greek’s roads did not connect in any particular order. Connect to what? Each Greek city-state was its own unit. In ancient Rome‚ Rome was the heart of the empire! In both Roman and Greek culture‚ women had the responsibility of the home. But women’s freedoms were very different
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The Han Empire had a very positive outlook on the advancement of technology such as irrigation systems while the Roman Empire seemed to have a lot of opposition regarding the advancement of technology. The Roman elites viewed technology as tools for the weak. Both Empires acknowledged the change in technology in some way or another. The Han Empire was very interested in advancing technology and systems as much as possible. They were always looking for improvement‚ such as the letter a Han government
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Recently‚ there is a heated discussion over the difference between Chinese leaders and Western leaders. As for this topic‚ I will also talk something about it from two perspectives: religion and lifestyle. As we all know‚ religion is a part of the culture‚ which plays a vital role in people’s daily life. The majority of Westerners believe in Christianity. That is because Christian culture constitutes a Western cultural background. Thus it makes any part of Western culture are more or less with a
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immensely include Ancient Rome and Ancient China. Ancient Rome and Ancient China share many similarities‚ but also many differences. Ancient Rome and Ancient China have similarities in the problems they faced and in their accomplishments‚ but they also share many differences‚ such as their religions‚ languages‚ and locations. Ancient Rome‚ or the Roman Empire‚ is located in the Western Mediterranean. There‚ the main religion was Christianity and people mostly spoke Latin. Ancient China‚ however‚ is located
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M.H How Great Were Their Differences? The Ancient Athenian and China dynasties were vastly different because of their population and form of government. The government of Athens was democracy with a diminutive population that could be ran by some people in the population‚ whereas in Han China was a bureaucracy with a greater population that was ran by non-elective government officials‚ citizens had no say in government. (Document 2) The Ancient Athenian population was made up of fifty hundred
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Han China Tourist Journal Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago‚ in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it‚ but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways‚ I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak‚ and
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