“In fact we now know that the history of China dates back some 4,000 years, making it the world’s oldest surviving civilization” (Schomp, 5). According to the scholars to have a surviving civilization you need to have the following strong pillars: Warfare, Faith, Agriculture, Trading, Innovation and Politics/Economy.
History shows Qin Shi Huangdi (born 259 BCE) known as the magnificent emperor, united the warring kingdoms of his country into 1 land in which he gave the name “China”. He ruled for 11 years (221-210) and made significant accomplishments during that short period of time, such as, building a country wide system of roads, having national currency, making a single standard writing style which created a foundation for all future Chinese …show more content…
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that enabled the cultural interaction through regions of Asia, connecting to the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea. It traded some of the Chinese inventions such as herbal medicine, silk, pottery, paper and gunpowder. Silk is a high-quality clothing fabric which we still use and wear today. The story is that a women long ago discovered how to unwind silk worm cocoons and turn it into silk. She told the emperor and he put it into practice. (Credits to YouTube: Journals Through History Ancient China Contributions to the World) China was the only place that knew how to make silk, people all the way from Rome wanted some of their own. Now its 2016 and you see people wearing silk!
Ming porcelain is another invention that added to China’s wealth. No one outside China knew how to make it. Porcelain is a hard ceramic clay from a fine white clay. It takes a super hot oven to fire porcelain. (Credits to YouTube: Journals Through History Ancient China Contributions to the World). Today in my home, we have some porcelain cups and plates. We use porcelain today for dentist caps, plumbing fixtures, tiles and electric …show more content…
where herbs and other medical remedies were scarce. Acupuncture spread from there to other parts of the world through travelling physicians, scholars and pilgrims. While visiting the province of Quo Pien Chueh, (a famous physician) soon discovered that the prince was ill, they had asked him to take a look at the unconscious prince and he agreed the doctor found the diagnosis and he treated the prince with acupuncture who soon regained consciousness. It is said that the king rewarded him richly and directed the physicians in his Court to learn acupuncture and the practice of acupuncture
History shows Qin Shi Huangdi (born 259 BCE) known as the magnificent emperor, united the warring kingdoms of his country into 1 land in which he gave the name “China”. He ruled for 11 years (221-210) and made significant accomplishments during that short period of time, such as, building a country wide system of roads, having national currency, making a single standard writing style which created a foundation for all future Chinese …show more content…
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that enabled the cultural interaction through regions of Asia, connecting to the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea. It traded some of the Chinese inventions such as herbal medicine, silk, pottery, paper and gunpowder. Silk is a high-quality clothing fabric which we still use and wear today. The story is that a women long ago discovered how to unwind silk worm cocoons and turn it into silk. She told the emperor and he put it into practice. (Credits to YouTube: Journals Through History Ancient China Contributions to the World) China was the only place that knew how to make silk, people all the way from Rome wanted some of their own. Now its 2016 and you see people wearing silk!
Ming porcelain is another invention that added to China’s wealth. No one outside China knew how to make it. Porcelain is a hard ceramic clay from a fine white clay. It takes a super hot oven to fire porcelain. (Credits to YouTube: Journals Through History Ancient China Contributions to the World). Today in my home, we have some porcelain cups and plates. We use porcelain today for dentist caps, plumbing fixtures, tiles and electric …show more content…
where herbs and other medical remedies were scarce. Acupuncture spread from there to other parts of the world through travelling physicians, scholars and pilgrims. While visiting the province of Quo Pien Chueh, (a famous physician) soon discovered that the prince was ill, they had asked him to take a look at the unconscious prince and he agreed the doctor found the diagnosis and he treated the prince with acupuncture who soon regained consciousness. It is said that the king rewarded him richly and directed the physicians in his Court to learn acupuncture and the practice of acupuncture