Mongols

In the medieval era China was one of the most sophisticated countries in the world, superior to even Europe. In 618 China was unified under the reign of the Li family, who started the Tang Dynasty. during this time China expanded its influence by demanding tribute from Korea and Vietnam. A universal law code was made, and the dynasty reintroduced confucian scholars running the government. The 1,100 mile Grand Canal was built, which linked the Yellow River in northern China with the Yangzi River…

Understanding Japan Did Japan make the right or wrong decision when they attacked the United States? This was definitely the turning point in Japan’s history of its long political and military control. What most do not know are the events, which led to Japan’s attack to the world 's most leading country in mass destructive weapons. Due to Japan’s history, the local community continues to show tension between Americans presence. Japan’s history began in the year 13,000 B.C., known as…

The Great Wall of Ancient China is a monument that still survives to this day, although, the cost to build it was far more than it was worth. It was an idea that did not turn out as well as hoped. The costs ended up being, the lives of thousands of soldiers, their crops, and pounds of silk in China. High human costs was a problematic reason that the costs outweighed the benefits. Just during the Qin Dynasty alone over 30,000 soldiers were ordered to build, and guard the wall. In order to do…

From the time period of 1450 to 1800, both Russia and the Spanish had been striving to expand their empires to gain a better role in the global economy. For Russia, this expansion was limited to the Eurasian landmass while the Spanish looked to the Atlantic and set up colonies in the New World. Both of these empires broke free from their foreign rulers. Despite different branches of Christianity, within both of these empires' religions played key roles in terms of expansion. The Russians wanted…

We chose gunpowder as our project because of how much impact it has had on the world for the past twelve centuries. If you look at any country's history you are not going to find many countries histories without the mention of the use of gunpowder in war or trade. We also thought that it would be an interesting topic to do research on because of the broad range of information on it. Gunpowder changed how early civilizations hunted, instead of using spears they started using guns which…

In 629 C.E., a Chinese Buddhist named Xuanzang (shoo-wen-zahng) set out on a long journey to India. His goal was to spread Buddhist learning and form closer ties between India and China. He traveled by land, heading west on the Silk Road across Central Asia before turning south to India. All told, he would cover more than 10,000 miles on his remarkable journey.Xuanzang encountered many dangers along the way. He got lost in the Gobi Desert and nearly died of thirst. Snow and freezing conditions…

Haplogroup O mutated in East Asia approximately 35,000 years BP and it descends from Haplogroup NO. A man with mutated gene was likely part of a relocating tribe whose advancement was obstructed by high mountain extends; a percentage of the tribe was constrained north , prompting Haplogroup N , though another group, including the progenitor of Haplogroup O, proceeded to east over the southern Siberia and at the end crossed into Asia. Today, Haplogroup O can be distinguished crosswise…

History The plague was one of the most devastating widespreads in human history. It originated in China over 2,600 years ago and spread towards Western Europe along the silk road in October of 1347. The silk road was an international trade route between the Mediterranean and China. This was not an actual road, it was an interconnecting group of routes that ran across Central Asia. Although this route was very useful back then, it also had some negative effects to it, “the black death.” While…

of Rome . The creation of this new empire also further distanced the Byzantine Empire and church from the west, giving power of much of Europe solely to the Catholic church. By later in the 10th century, however, the church had lost a substantial portion of its power. Many officials in the church were being elected by political leaders. This resulted in a corrupt and secularized church, as many of the officials elected by the political leaders obtained the positions as favours. In 1050, Pope Leo…

as being a type of teacher and plays roles in religious rituals. Without just the lama there is two different types of lamas one being the well-known lama the Dalai Lama and then the not so famous lama the Karmapa Lama. The Dalai Lama comes from a Mongol word which meaning is ocean and refers to the depth of knowledge of each Dalai Lama. Buddhists heavily believed in reincarnation and that is why there have been fourteen Dalai Lamas, while the first two were not given the title until after their…