The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire vary in their political development and achievements. The Roman’s developed two different codes of law‚ one that applied to citizens and another that applied to non-citizens. Rome’s trade routes were built using stone‚ which made it very easy for merchants to travel from one city to another over a vast amount of land. China‚ however‚ used a single code of law for all their citizens and conquered peoples‚ and used a long and treacherous trail in their trade; that
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Sinicization of the Yuan and Qing Dynasties China is one of the oldest civilizations in human history. Since the emergence of the Xia (夏‚ c. 2070-1600 B.C.) Dynasty in around 2000 B.C.‚ China has had a profound impact on South East Asia and the world as a whole. Today‚ China spans from the Pacific Ocean in the East to the Himalayas in the West and is home to some 1.5 billion people. In China’s diverse history‚ there appears to be a rather surprising anomaly: the rule by ethnic minorities in
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Europe and Asia discovered each other‚ tentative political bonds began to form once they discovered what the other had to offer. The Silk Road was the most significant and important trade route for many hundreds of years‚ especially during the Tang dynasty. Although it is called the Silk Road‚ there was a variety of products and even ideas that were transported across the continents. The Silk Road saw many goods‚ such as silk and spices‚ travel from Europe to Asia and from Asia to Europe‚ and the route
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Some courtesans used their artistic skills to make money by selling paintings to the public‚ also known as amateur painting in the late 17th century. Many had no choice but to sell paintings‚ for instance‚ when a husband went on long trips leaving the wife without money to support herself. Similarly‚ when a husband died and left inadequate money for his widow‚ she could sell paintings to earn a living. Buyers are unknown‚ but there is evidence of a substantial market because women were able to sell
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nomadic peoples who lived in the steppes of Mongolia; due to their brutal and conquering methods‚ they had control over much of Eurasia at the peak of their empire. The Mongol Empire lasted from 1206 to 1368. The Qing Dynasty‚ ruled by the Manchurians‚ was the last imperial dynasty of China. It lasted from 1644 to 1911. Although these societies are different in several ways‚ they are similar in important ways as well. The Mongol Empire and Qing Dynasty’s are similar in that in both societies‚ family
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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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different religious ideas that influence their respective social structures differently. Their political structures have similar monarchies that rule with religious power‚ but the pharaoh’s effective rule in Egypt sustained much longer than the Shang dynasty ruled by Chinese kings. Many aspects of Chinese and Egyptian culture such as their writing‚ religion‚ technology‚ and idea of social structures were similar to each other. The Chinese writing was based on ideographs‚ and much like the Egyptian
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wrong‚ but after I got a closer look‚ I figured it out. At first I thought it was a ritual bronze vessel from the Shang Dynasty‚ then I realized it looks a lot more like Archer Jing’s ritual bronze than any vessels we looked at. And sure enough‚ it was a ritual bronze with inscriptions from the Zhou Dynasty. So it was actually a ritual water basin called jian from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty made from bronze. I thought it was a good size with maybe two feet or more in diameter and maybe a foot and a half
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(Dramer‚ 2001‚ p. 31). The northeastern part of the Tibetan plateau is where the Yellow River rises. The Chinese saw the Yellow River as a barrier to setting up communities in the area. Some scholars believe this is the origin of China’s imperial dynasties. The Yellow River valley civilization was the start to the many Chinese Empires. The need to control the rushing waters of the Yellow River is an often used explanation to the rise of Chinese civilization. The waters were so rough that the Chinese
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civilizations‚ religion has acted as a foundational element from which to base their cultures around. The Shang Dynasty is no exception. The connection between culture and religion during the Shang dynasty was shown through how they valued their family and ancestors‚ through the rituals they performed‚ and lastly‚ their development of a writing system. Religion and culture were connected in the Shang Dynasty through how they valued their family and ancestors. Their religion‚ also called folk religion‚ was
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