Music of China

Ancient Egypt, ancient China, Mesopotamia, and Harappan have a very big impact on the way we live, and how our society is formed today. We still use many of the things they invented, and many of the things they learned on their journey. In order for a society to be termed a civilization, its citizens must share similar characteristics in five specific areas. Three if those specific areas of continuity include religion, government & social structure, and technological advancements & art &…

In the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911), many missionaries came to China with Western ideas following the invasion by Western powers such as British imperialists. Therefore, many Chinese students and intellectuals inevitably came into contact with Western techniques, religious ideas, and history. However, there always have been many differences between the original European ideas and the Chinese understanding of them. Under the hegemonic power of western civilization, Chinese scholar Kang Youwei…

The woman that stayed in China to embrace her heritage had to conform to society there, where her life was redundant and monotonous. Therefore she wasn’t treated as an equal to the men in their culture. She was happy with this life, because it was the only life she knew. Whereas the woman that left China to go to the United States, was given more opportunities that her counterpart in China was not given. She was given additional freedoms, rights, and opportunities…

Both China and japan responded completely different. China and Japan came under a lot of heat from the West to open to alien trade and association. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States have created a big opening among them and the West, fleeing the two Asian nations behind technologically and military. In that time, none of them had the potential to stand up to the Western nations, and soon enough both of them had to sign unequal treaties that made them open their ports and…

Essay II: Roman and Chinese Civilization Out of the numerous empire throughout our history, both the Roman and Chinese empires have had a lasting impact on our current civilization today. In terms of their civilizations, Roman and Chinese civilizations had many similarities and differences that showcase their strengths and weaknesses as ever-evolving empires. While the Roman civilization rose and fell as either the Roman Republic or the Roman empire, the Chinese empire lasted over 2,000 years.…

She grew up in California and in Switzerland. She studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University and the University of California. Amy Tan was a successful business writer, in 1987 when she took her Chinese immigrant mother to revisit China. Tan had difficulty accepting her Chinese heritage. She wanted to look like an American and wanted to be like an American. Amy Tan wrote, The Joy Luck Club, which contains many of her autobiographical elements from her life. “The Joy Luck Club,”…

Have you ever wondered how important trade really is in the world today and how it impacted human health? The Silk Road was a network of trade routes where goods, ideas, technologies, and diseases were passed along throughout Eurasia on camel caravans. The name “The Silk Road” can be misleading because silk was not the only item that was traded on this trade route. Other items, such as metals, gems, glass, horses, and spices were important items of trade (Upshur). Many people think trade only…

How did Cabeza De Vaca Survive? The ways that Cabeza De Vaca was the way he communicated, how he escaped his captors, and how he got in good with the Indians. The way he communicated helped him because he was able to communicate to tribes that he was safe. His escaping of the Indians that captured him so he wouldn’t be a slave until he died. The last strategy Cabeza used was the he got in good with the Indians when he helped cure the Indian that was stabbed with the arrow. His communication…

The silver trade served as a supply of silver that was being imported into China. While this was very profitable, the silver went to the government by taxes or to the merchants that were selling Asian goods. Poor peasants suffered because they were seeing little of the silver coming into China and the monetization of the economy would further cripple them as they didn't have the silver needed to live in such an economy. The privileged…

Over five thousand years ago China formed a society that nurtured from the developments of cultivation, skills, trades, family, administration, and control over water supply. The Great Ancient Chinese Civilizations was the first to build a dynasty from influences of earlier dynasties; such as The Shang, Zhou, and Qin! From 2200 B.C.E. till 207 B.C.E. the Shang, Zhou and Qin reigned throughout China. The Han Dynasty reigned from 206 C.E. to 220 C.E. through political organization, social order,…