The review will be broken down into three sections with the first being the analysis of the paper based on the criteria specified in the rubric. This will be the review of the author’s analysis and evaluation in the field of historiography. The second section will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Finally, the writing mechanics will be covered in the third section of the review. Six key questions from the rubric will be a guideline of this review.…
Between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the two leading empires in the world were China and Rome, due to their widespread and rapidly expanding territories. Both empires expanded significantly throughout the span of their empires. To control such vast areas, Rome and China implemented comparable practices, yet significantly different. The Chinese government was much more centralized and bureaucratic, when being compared to Rome. In governing such extensive territories, bureaucratic and legal considerations overthrew individual necessities.…
Answers and Equivalencies Does God exist if there is no one who believes in him? If we are to govern ourselves, what methods should we use to go about this? These questions are the focus of religious and political philosophical scholars. Humans have been wondering about these questions as long as there has been sedentary life. In the ancient times of hunter-gatherer societies, people were too focused on surviving that day to think about divinities that were beyond the crops and animals they needed to eat.…
From 205 BC to 220 AD China was ruled by the Han dynasty. The Han dynasty was a time of great innovation with both positive and negative impacts. Innovations like the development and popularization of the silk road had several positive impacts on China. However, these innovations would eventually cause the fall of the Han dynasty. The Civil Service Exam is one of these innovations.…
People never seem to acknowledge that Asian Empires through the 16th-19th century were very different. Although they did have their commonalities, we can see how Japan, China, and Korea were very different both politically and socially. Asian Empires were more different than similar because of things such as their social mobility and structure of administration. These Asian Empires had many things in different politically but they also had their things in common.…
www.ancient.eu/Warring_States_Period/. Accessed 5 October 2017 Weiming, Tu. “Confucianism.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 7 Apr. 2017, www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism. Accessed 5 October…
How effective were the Late Qing Reforms of Empress Dowager Cixi in modernizing early 20th century China 1902-1908 INTRODUCTION Empress Dowager Cixi (alternatively Tz’u-his) has traditionally been characterized as a powerful obstacle to reform; promulgating Qing conservatism, Manchu values and neo-Confucianism, and, throughout the second half of the 19th century, stolidly resisting political reform. However, from her return to court in 1902 to her death, a dramatic revolution in Cixi’s approach towards Western influence brought China across the threshold of the modern world with “no foot-dragging” (Cixi correspondence, First Historical Archives of China, 1996, page 1020). Though she may not have directly initiated the transition into modernity,…
Following the collapse of the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty, also known as the Great Ming, ruled China for the next 276 years, from 1368 - 1644. The capital was located is what is now known as Nanjing, and the government was an absolute monarchy. It was during this era in which the Great Wall of China was reinforced to its modern form. The population during this dynasty is estimated to vary from 160 to 200 million and the area under rule was about 6.5 million square kilometers, nearly half of the size of the Yuan…
Confucianism: The Gateway to Communism in China China is a country of many cultures and religions dating back centuries. There have been numerous religions and in those religions have been many varieties. In addition to the plethora of religious ideologies, China has been governed in various ways throughout history too. Family dynasties controlled China for most of its history up until modern times.…
The Warring States lasted from 481 to 221 BC. These states became a part of the Zhao dynasty within the Yellow River Valley. In 223-221 BC that the forces of the of Qin under Qin Shi-Huangdi won over the states created the Qin Empire which become know as modern day China which encompassed the former seven warring states and the northern part of Korea. It was at this point also that the nation-state of China was born. The Chinese cultural core consists of two key component parts: the Mandate of Heaven governing principle and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core and both were developed during the Zhou Dynasty period.…
In 1479 the Ming dynasty of China established the laws of isolationism (Doc 1). These laws proved to be crippling for China as they caused a lack of important progressions. In Europe, they had gone through important progressions in agriculture, science and most importantly industry. Due to a lack of incoming ideas the Chinese were limited to their agrarian systems (Doc 1). China was being surpassed by the rest of the world and there was little they could do about it.…
China went into political chaos before the end of the Han dynasty in 220 CE. Both of the Empires’ falls could be blamed on weak government and loss of political control, further proving just what a vital component it is to any…
During the time periods of the Han and Gupta dynasties, both dynasties made contributions to their country’s basic structure that previous dynasties had damaged. During the 400 year period of the Han dynasty, China’s basic political and intellectual structure had been well rounded out and during the time period of when the Guptas were in power, classical India carried out its greatest period of political stability and both economic and cultural life was able to advance. The political and economic institutions of Han China were primarily based on the expansion of bureaucracy within their centralized government and their development of extensive internal trade and merchants. Although Gupta India did share a similarity in their development of…
Lamiea williams Mr.Cardona The ming dynasty and the ottoman empire was well known empires and they had many people in their space. Both empires did many things to grow their population and make themselves become noticed.they didn't let people walk over them and do whatever they could to intrude on their empire. Throughout the years the ottoman empire grew rapidly and continued growing for many years one end.…
The Rise of Eunuchs in the Middle of Confucianism The Ming Dynasty witnessed the highest point of the eunuch system and its political influence in the Chinese government during the 15th century. The eunuch system was the system where castrated men were responsible for carrying out assignments as servant for the Chinese emperor and government officers in the palace, also known as Ceremonial Directors in the Ming court (Scholz 129). Despite the conflict against traditional Confucianism, which was the founding belief in creating a Chinese virtuous government, the eunuch system continuously flourished and even led to the creation of voluntary eunuchs (Mitamura 70). Indeed, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was more than 70,000 eunuchs, which…