Ancient China Essay

The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Cost? The Great Wall was built by the Qin and Han dynasty's in order to protect China from the Xiongnu Mongols. However, according to document C, "Tens of thousands of soldiers died from hunger, sickness, and extreme heat or cold." This shows how during the process of building the wall, the soldiers had a bad life that sometimes led to death. The more soldiers that are dead, the less there are to protect China. Also, according to…

Comparison The great lyre from Ur and the cong from ancient China share many commonalities. First of all, both of them were buried in the tomb with numerous other valuable objects. The great lyre was discovered in a royal tomb from Ur and the Cong was also unearthed in a tomb of a wealthy family. Secondly, they were both found near the remains of person. The lyre was placed beside a woman who was buried with the royal figure and the Cong was found near the remains of a person. Thirdly,…

government took many different shapes. Egypt and China are two countries that although took very different shapes in their governments they also have quite a few similarities in their form and function. The rise of civilization in Egypt was fast taking about 500-600 years, whereas the rise of civilization in China was slow moving taking centuries to establish (Acrobatiq, 2017). One reason could be that Egypt was near other city-states of the day and China was very isolated. Another comparison…

dynasties of Ancient China. It it deemed to be the most successful dynasties of China and played a major part in the advancement of Chinese Civilization. It reigned over China for one of the longest periods reigning from 206 BCE to 220 CE. The Han Dynasty was important because it brought upon new cultural and technological advancements and during this time they experienced political, social and military advancements which helped the Chinese progress. Following the first dynasty of China which…

Ancient China, a beautiful world power that thrived through the changing of dynasties and pressures of the Western World, was a creator of magnificent artworks. However, during the times of Cultural Revolution and after there was a drastic change in “Chinese Art”. Mao Zedong and predecessors had forever changed the way the outside world sees Chinese Art with their use of propaganda and censorship. Or has China been using art for thousands of years to coerce its people into submission? China’s…

Ancient china How many years have Ancient China last? Ancient china lasted about 2,000 years.I know that ancient china last for 2,000 years because the 2000 years of ancient china was all war.Also people that the ancient china would last longer than 2,000.There was a emperor named kublai and kublai understood the chinese way.When people came to china such as the indians. The indians lived in caves by a river so they could grow there farm and catch food there because animals need water and…

and the customs that follow one 's death are representive of the beliefs and shared religion of that society. Through the scope of this paper I will discuss the death rituals and tomb burial practices of both Ancient Egypt and Ancient China. Over the examination of Ancient Egypt and Ancient China burial practices we begin to understand the complex thought process of respecting the dead, Furthermore, even though both of these civilizations have individually intricate beliefs we can also see the…

To begin, Ancient Greece and Han China had very distinct differences amongst their political views. For example, document 4 is a speech by Pericles to the Athenians. He spoke in favor of the democracy in Athens to show that they were better than other city-states. The city was governed by the people instead of the government, and Pericles described how laudable the structure was. Even though Pericles was from Athens, which may have caused bias, the speech shows that the first democracy was…

Qin Shi Huang was a good emperor for Ancient China’. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China and established the Qin dynasty, which lasted from 221BCE-207BCE (Travel China Guide, 1998-2015). Qin Hi Shuang was one of the greatest emperors of China, creating many of the significant monuments we know China for today, but he was also one of the most tyrannic and cruelest. He killed his brothers to make sure that he would always be emperor (Travel Guide China,1998-2015) and embarked on…

BC (“World History Timeline: The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China" 1). According to Chinese history, the Shang dynasty was the second dynasty of Ancient China. It was founded by a rebel kind named Tang (“World History Timeline: The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China” 1). It is said that Tang overthrew the last king of the Xia dynasty, Jie. The Xia dynasty was the first ancient dynasty of China (“World History Timeline: The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China" 1). Jie ruled the Xia dynasty with an iron…