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good luck, happiness and prosperity. Prosperity occurs when people have everything they want in life in order to live a good and long life. Some plaques also represented deity. A deity is a godly figure. So the pipa influenced China through religion. The pipa also influenced China due to the Chinese classical music, according to Danwei (A service of Financial…

The Han Dynasty and Rome may seem like they have nothing in common, but what happens when these two giant empires are compared? While the specifics of the history of the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty are different, there are some similarities in the creation, maintenance, culture and decline of these two empires. The best way to compare these two empires is to start with their origins. The Han Dynasty and Romans both achieved massive success during their reigns, but their origins show the…

The first piece of art found at LACMA was the Haniwa Horse. This art piece originated from Japan and were placed on top of tombs for the wealthy elite in Japan from 300 to 600 AD. Not only were animals used for rituals, but also human clay-like people and even houses. This type of sculpture is called a haniwa, meaning "clay ring. The Haniwa were made with water-based clay and dried into a coarse and absorbent material that withstand the test of time. The horse at the museum was four feet…

P1 Thesis: Although East Asia may have been benefited by the change in religion, and by agricultural advancements, the changes that occurred in East Asia were more harmful to the majority of the people in early East Asian civilizations, because the Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations, and change in leadership affected many people negatively. P2: The Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations. P3: In the video “The Barbarians”, one historian said, “There was no limit to their…

Within the Dynastic Cycle, it was shown that the Tang and Song Dynasties of ancient China did have similar periods of how the Dynasties were founded. To start with, The Tang Dynasty wanted to follow the Confucius Dynasty. They liked the idea of having their politics and way of thought that educated people and work were more important than the family they came from. They also found their Dynasty to by following their codes of relationships their leaders could be like a father figure. They could…

The Han and the Romans had many technology advances, like water conservation offices, aqueducts, water powered engines, and more. Between the Romans and the Han most were happy with the tools; some were not impressed and upset. Another group was them being happy with the new technology but they had problems with the government. Some of the upper class Romans had enjoyed having tools, although some had also disliked the people distributing the technology, the government. Some were just happy…

originated from three separate caves in the Tianlongshan mountain range in Shanxi, China. These carvings can be traced back to slightly different time periods as well, ranging from some time between the years 534-500 to the early 8th century. While the Harvard Art Museums provides a scholarly and aesthetically pleasing arrangement of these objects, I hope to restore them by returning them to their original environments in China.…

slurs and faced many physical and verbal threats. But in the end, they both brought one step up for the civil rights of many African Americans. While Feng Ru made an airplane and brought and made his country great by bringing industrialization to China. The excerpts used are I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, and The Father of Chinese Aviation by Rebecca…

In “Google Is Trying Too Hard (or Not Hard Enough) to Diversify” (2018), an article published in The New York Times, Daisuke Wakabayashi asserts that Google has entered a moral grey area in which any attempts towards diversity reform will receive vast support from one group but sharp criticism from another. The author underlines viewpoints supporting and opposing the implementation of internal programs promoting employment equality by first introducing the corporation’s opinion that their lack…

The foot binding of my little Lily is today. I have not been able to get this out of my head. I think about Lily before I go to sleep at night. I think about Lily when I wake in the morning. Why are we binding her beautiful feet? My husband tells me that she will not find a husband if she does not. My feet were never bound; I have such a hard time understanding. The times are changing he says. How could someone in their right mind break their little daughter's feet? I am continually…