three kinds of ancient folk medicine: Saltpeter‚ Sulfur‚ and Charcoal. Since the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206 BC)‚ saltpeter and sulfur are used to make drugs by ancient alchemist to achieve immortality. The first true application of the gun powder occurred in the Three Kingdom Period (220AD-280 AD). Late Tang Dynasty (618 AD-907 AD) saw Gun Powder applied in military field. During Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD) and Yuan Dynasty (1206 AD-1368 AD)‚ ancient Chinese had already mastered the skills to make reasonable
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and could carry just about 500 people. 13: When Europeans came to China‚ they brought potatoes and corn‚ while asking for tea and silk. 14: The Manchu tribe defeated the Ming dynasty‚ and began the Qing dynasty. 15: While the Qings restricted trade‚ the Yuans reestablished it‚ and the Quing had no slaves‚ while the Yuan
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Xiaofeng Liu Box # 278 Chapter 4: Fernando Seeks a Wife: Sex and Blood Marriage‚ Family‚ and Household a) Romantic love played a very small role in Fernando’s calculations. b) Reckoning it is nearly impossible for a man or a woman to maintain a household on his or her own. c) Marriage is an alliance between two group of people and is therefore too important to be decided by a pair of flighty teenagers. d) Marriage is associated with transfers of wealth among
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Chinese Literature and Cuisine 841 Trends in Cuisine & Culture Fall 2012 By XXX Content Abstract 3 Chapter One: the food in the ancients’ eyes 5 Chapter Two: Novels 7 Chapter three: Poems 11 Chapter Four: Conclusion 14 Abstract Dietetic culture which has its character is an important part of the traditional Chinese culture，and is an important part of world dietetic culture . It is not only materially exists in different kinds of diet schools‚ but also in
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[11] The Donghu are mentioned by Sima Qian as already existing in Inner Mongolia north of the state of Yan in 699-632 BC. Mentions in the Lost Book of Zhou (Yizhoushu) and the Shanhaijing indicate the Donghu were also active during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC). The Mongolic-speaking Xianbei formed part of the Donghu confederation‚ but had earlier times of independence‚ as evidenced by a mention in the Guoyu ("晉語八" section) which states that during the reign of King Cheng of Zhou (reigned
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the princes and overlords where building the wall as a way of defence from attacks from other kings. Qin Shihuang lived from 260BCE to 210BCE and was the King/Emperor of the state Qin. He changed his title as king to The First Emperor of the Qin dynasty. The Qin fought nomadic tribes in the north/northwest. The Xiongnu tribes couldn’t get defeated by the Qin. By the Xiongnu tribes being strong and not getting defeated by the Qin the Qin’s campaign was tiring and unsuccessful. So Qin Shihuang and
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NAME; PRINCE OSAFO I.D: 10351291 WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OR OTHERWISE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE FATHER IS FROM THE PATRILLINEAGE AND MOTHER FROM THE MATRILLINEAGE AND AN INDIVIDUALWHOSE FATHER IS FROM THE MATRILLINEAGE AND MOTHER FROM THE PATRILLINEAGE. A descent group is a permanent social unit with a common ancestor. That is‚ a culturally recognised relationship between children and one or both parents` kin. Lineage on the other hand is
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Do you agree with the view that the main effect of increasing media coverage of the royal family from the 1970s onwards was to damage the image of the monarchy? There is evidence to suggest that the main effect of increasing media coverage of the royal family from the 1970s onwards was to damage the image of the monarchy. However there is also a case to argue that increasing media coverage of the royal family had other significant effects. Source 15 supports the view that the main effect
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“This Offa‚ of the seed of Woden‚ transferred the bones of St. Alban to the monastery where they now are‚ which he himself had founded‚ and he gave to St Peter the tribute of one penny from every house in his kingdom for ever. This King ordered the head of St. Ethelbert to be cut off in the year 590. ” Offa‚ son of Thingfrith‚ became the ruler of Mercia having succeeded his predecessor Beornred in 757. He reigned for some thirty nine years between 757 and 796‚ achieving a great deal of things during
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great changes. This was reflected in the poems describing warfare at that time. The literature of both Tang and Song dynasties has signs of racial chauvinism. However‚ the Tang poets also expressed ambivalence about fighting the other and questioned the righteousness of war‚ while this ambiguity is hardly found in Song literature. The Tang was a multi-cultural and cosmopolitan dynasty. Partly because of the Xianbei ancestry of its rulers‚ the Tang people hold a very open-minded view toward cultural
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