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    The most significant cause of European imperialism in China during the 18th and 19th century was the desire for natural resources and goods in China, such as silk, spices, and tea, which were so highly sought by European powers that it indirectly led to the Opium Wars, which impacted China for years to come. There was a great request for Chinese silk and porcelain, but Britain did not have adequate silver to exchange with the Qing Empire (Ebrey, Buddey 32-33). Henceforth, a system of bargaining…

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    Nanjing, China. China was first an Empire. After the revolution in 1912, it became a republic. Ailin obviously has to get her feet bound as she becomes older. However, she does not want to. Her father agrees to let her be without bound feet. She then becomes an amah, (an “amah” is someone who takes care of children like a mother.) for a foreign family, the Warners. She is different than many other people.…

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    During this era, the earth’s population began to move from the small farming villages characteristic of the Neolithic period towards forming full-fledged civilizations (Duiker, 9). These initial civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and early China developed in fertile river valleys with abundant arable land. Over the next 3000 years, both the area surrounding the Mediterranean and Chinese society continued to grow, evolve, and increase in both size and sophistication. As the earliest…

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    others, but rather had goods that other nations desired. The Qing saw China as superior to Britain and Britain themselves knew this fact and desperately asked China to open up trade with them. The Qianlong emperor responded with two edicts stating the conditions of any foreign country trading with China which imposed unfair trading regulations and…

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    This relatively small but high quality antique was kept in storage until 1965, when it again became public, as the core of the National Palace Museum in Taipei. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, some damage was done to the Forbidden City as the country was swept up in revolutionary zeal. During the Cultural Revolution, however, further destruction was prevented when Premier Zhou Enlai sent an military battalion to protect the…

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    Ancient China Religions

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    Out of the current civilizations and religions in the world, China is the most ancient that still stands today. The religion of China today is a mixture of many different forms, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Chinese folk religion. Forms of these religions and former parts of Chinese religion has been dated to go back to 5000 B.C. The history of China has seen many of dynasties throughout the years. The first known dynasty was the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.).…

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    Westerners sought to control vast territories though the new imperialism by using their advanced technology to force nations and colonies to give control over to them. Before the 1800s europe had little control over china, india or africa but after the industrial revolution they gained so much influence they brought much of the world under their control. This matter because one of the reasons for the expansions was social darwinism. This Lead westerners to see themselves as superior and rob…

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    The Han Dynasty of China from 206 B.C.E-220 C.E. and the Imperial Roman Empire from 31 B.C.E-474 C.E., are two well known classical empires. They both contained many similarities and differences between their imperial administrations. In the Classical Period, the Han Dynasty & Imperial Rome both used their governments to establish a state religion and centralized bureaucracy. However, one major difference was that while the Han was a family dynasty, Rome was a republic. Under the rule of…

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    During the 11th century B.C.E, the Shang dynasty was replaced by Zhou dynasty in China. This new dynasty remained in power for several centuries, as it did not fall until 222 B.C.E. (Duiker, 61). While the Zhou kings retained much of the power that was present in the Shang dynastic period, a new idea, called the “Mandate of Heaven…

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    Political - Europe had political involvement largely with China, Latin America, and Africa, not so much with the Middle East. Within China was the Opium Wars over that also had largely to do with trade. Eventually, these wars resulted in the Treaty of Nanking that ended the war and gave Great Britain the colony of Hong Kong and increased sphere of influence. Involvement in Latin America was in regards to the vast amount of colonies had in Latin America, although many of the colonies did achieve…

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