Han Dynasty

Trade has affected just about everyone around the earth for thousands of years. Trade is the action of buying and selling goods and services. People throughout history would traveled long distances to trade items for money or other products. This trading has changed many civilizations by introducing new products, food and ideas. Throughout history, trade has intentionally and unintentionally transformed civilizations. The Silk Road has intentionally and unintentionally transformed civilizations…

Emperor 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…

For the Ming and Qing empire they had many advances in technology, weaponry, and warfare. But we will be talking about how gunpowder weapon affected their growth but also caused them to collapse as well. The Ming and Qing empire was the very first people to have gunpowder weapons. Them being the first people also made them very powerful. Their empire grew rather quickly because of their warfare advances. But whenever you rise you will always fall twice as hard. The Ming and Qing made the great…

The Silk Road, extending over 4,000 miles, was a large network of trade routes used in ancient times for centuries to exchange different goods, materials, ideas, and several other different things; good and bad. The Silk Road routes stretched from China through India, Asia Minor, up throughout Mesopotamia, to Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain1. Silk was very sought after in ancient times, and was only produced in China. The Chinese had kept the secret of silk-making for…

Traditional art has continued in Asia to this day, but rapid change has been taking place. In many countries across Asia, the problem artists are finding is getting rid of tradition and breaking out of that shell. While many are holding on strong to traditions like calligraphy, and Chinese porcelain ceramic making, others are finding a way to fuse the two together. Now artists are finding ways to use symbols and hints of traditional-based art forms to send political, economic, and…

What helped the Qin Dynasty reunify China after the Era of the Warring States? After the era of the Warring States the Qin ruler managed to reunify the country by a combination of military force and administrative reorganization (pg176.) China became a unified empire after the six largest states surrendered or fell to Qin armies. `Shih Huang-di administrative gifts were tremendous and his personality defects were huge. The administration was unified on Legalist principles by the emperor who…

Culture is where we come from, who we are now, and where we are going. Culture is what makes us unique as people. Is the binding forces between family, friends, and nations. The culture I chose to talk about is Chinese it is where I came from. Chinese is the oldest and has the largest number of people who live in China. The Chinese material and non material culture can be different from United States but they also have something in common. The food, clothes, transportation, and sports are very…

conciliatory. Zong Mi who wrote the fifth document is a buddhist scholar that is trying to make the case that Buddhism is not a threat to traditional Chinese social and political structures. This document has a slightly defensive tone on Buddhism. Han Yu wrote the fourth document is a leading Confucian scholar who sees Buddhism as evil, illegal, and “does not conform to our laws”. His position and his livelihood is vested in Confucianism remaining dominan. Emperor Wu who wrote the sixth document…

Since the standardization of Mao Tse-Tung's Chinese Comrade Gathering in 1949, China has encountered heaps of progressive changes in their social, monetary, social and political condition. The motion picture "To Live" essentially is a film about a family's experience amid this hard and testing time. "To Live" expands and expresses the different progressive stages through the 40s ,50s, and the 60s Chinese important changes. This film represents four many years of China's history which…

The Ren of the Analects Confucius was a renowned teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. Living from 551 to 497 BC, Confucius’ philosophy emphasized on morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, as well as sincerity. He authored many Chinese classical texts such as that of the Five Classics. However, he was credited most for his work on “The Analects” (also known as the Analects of Confucius), a series of 20 books that present…