Kublai Khan

Kaiwen Jiang LITR 245 12/8/2016 Central Themes in Chinese Poetry and Their Cultural Implications When it comes to the history of East-Asian culture, there is a long and rich background of art, science, and technology. Specifically in the Chinese culture, the many dynastic eras brought about a great amount of advances in technology and trade that left an indelible mark on human history. But the changing eras also brought about the forming of new ideas through poetic expression. The Chinese…

Once Genghis Khan rose to power, he united the Mongols. The Mongols were highly militaristic and their soldiers were trained to ride horses from a very young age. They were known for their exceptional cavalry and archery skills, as well as their stealth tactics. All…

The definition of a city may seem like it would be simple and to the point. The work of several demographers, archaeologists, and philosophers proves that the understanding of a city requires a thorough analysis. E.B. White, Kingsley Davis, Gordon Childe, Lewis Mumford, Kenneth Jackson and Robert Bruegman have their own understandings of what a city is. White has a thought-provoking idea of a city, especially in the way he describes his visit to New York City. He feels that New York is not…

can serve to play the religion’s role. In addition, with the discovery of land besides Europe, Europeans are consciously categorizing characteristics and territorializing differences among nations. For instance, in Marco Polo’s description of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo claimed that the festival of Easter is European and Christianity is the best religion. The territorialization sets the foundation of nations being limited for mass print capitalism and language to reinforce the notion. “A gradual…

kept were lost with time. Despite this, Bernstein does incorporate a few primary sources into his work. This includes The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, translated by Ronald Latham. He uses Polo's accounts of serving the Mongol leader Kublai Khan to support his idea that gold can motivate entire societies…

Stemming from the idea that humans are inherently fallible is the idea that mankind requires some guide to define morality and control its wills. When a government is established within a community, that entity becomes the lawmaker and the law enforcer, and this system is upheld as long as it maintains the safety and prosperity of its people. So one must then wonder: in order to maintain order, must a government be centralized and authoritative, or can the success of a civilization solely rely…

and its environment as well as western perspective on the issue but also how globalization and the march for modernity have contributed to this. what originally started as a relationship between conqueror and the conquered when the Mongols led by Kublai Khan invaded china and Tibet and established the yuan dynasty, centuries later the then Qing dynasty then established a sporadic protectorate with Tibet starting from 1720 onwards a relationship that eventually began to vex the Chinese in 1792…

In China the cultural golden age of philosophy was the spring and autumn period as well as the warring states period, many of Chinas most famous philosophies were conceived of in these periods, including; Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism. There are countless other schools of thought of this era hence why it is commonly known as the hundred schools of thought period, which includes both the times of the spring and autumn and warring states. The majority of Chinese Philosophies are concerned with…

Definition and History of Islam and Uighurs in China Despite how the current government may treat religion, religion has been a major driving force throughout China’s history. There is hardly a time when China wasn’t affected or influenced by religion, or peoples of a certain religious group. There are two major native religions in China that have played important roles not only cultural and socially, but within the shifting governments of the dynasties as well. The most major and influential…