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After mile upon mile of the walls were taken down Zheng ordered that the resources be used to build fortifications along the border of the Qin territory and to begin the construction of a new defensive wall that fully encompassed China along its borders. This new wall was to protect the populace of the empire on all sides against the Mongolian invasions from the north. This grand wall became…

outside forces. The Great Wall of China was and still is a very significant man made feature. It is made of stone, bricks, earth, wood and many other components that the people of China could find. It was ordered to be made by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, so that the northern border would be protected against the enemy, such as the Mongolians. All the other borders of China were protected, until 221 BCE, when the Great Wall was opened. The Pacific Ocean protected the Eastern border. The…

After the fall of the Han, China separated into many rival kingdoms, these kingdoms consisted of foreigners from north of the great wall, and what remained of past dynasties. The kingdoms were locked together in a desperate struggle for power, their goal was to gain control of all of China. During this period of complete disunion, new philosophies such as Legalism, Confucianism and Daoism were introduced to the population. Some found refuge in these ideologies, giving them hope in the hard times…

emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, and what he left behind today, his mausoleum containing the terracotta warriors. The Terracotta Warriors demonstrate the relationship between the ancient world and the modern world by connecting the past to the present. The Terracotta Warriors were created in an assembly-line style production by large groups of people, similar to the production style in China today. The Terracotta…

that was ever designed was The Great Wall of China. In Chinese The Great Wall of China is called the “Ten thousand li Great Wall”. The Great Wall of China represented China and their long intense history. During the Qin dynasty in 1368-1644 The Great Wall of China was built. Emperor Qin Shi Huang visualized The Great Wall Of China…

Shortly after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, a new empire known as the Song Dynasty unified and implemented a new government that ruled the Chinese empire for roughly three centuries. At the time when the Song Dynasty took over, they faced a major challenge regarding the old aristocracy. Adler & Pouwels (2017) stated that the previous aristocracy provided a substantial amount of skilled men who were recruited to perform duties in the government properties. However, they were brutally…

Mesopotamia “Land of rivers” is the name of the Euphrates- Tigris river system. The Mesopotamian religion was the first recorded religion. Their religion was Polytheistic and Enlil, the god of air, was believed to be the most powerful god. For religious worship, Mesopotamians sang and danced in their homes and market places to songs originally written for the gods. A cultural expression and social activity ancient Mesopotamians participated in was monthly rituals and festivals where they…

else. That enduring issue has the ability to influence or control people. It affects the relationship between the superior and its followers that can either be positive or negative. Shi Huangdi, Qin Dynasty's tyrant, was a power hungry man. Augustus, on the other hand, used his power to benefit the country. Qin controlled China for the most part. He was also a legalist(believing that everybody was bad) and because of this, he thinks that it is necessary for him to control everyone’s lives. He…

ancient China the afterlife was an integral part of all integrated Chinese society. However, it was not until the year of 221BC that the warring states of China were unified. The unification fell under the power of China’s first and most famous Emperor Qin Shihuangdi. In modern society, a majority of Shihuangdi’s jurisprudences and installations which advanced China’s initial growth, still stand prominently. Not only famed for his input to the development of China but more recently for the…

the Mongols, China considered Mongolia or anyone from Mongolia a barbarian. The reason for this is because they didn’t really wear armor and China just viewed them as ‘savage and resisting.’ They often invaded China. So China’s emperor at the time, Qin, devised a plan of building a wall to keep Mongolians out. So people were hired, peasants and soldiers, to work on the wall, many people died, but it was still worth building if it…