Song Dynasty

Accomplishments of the Sui and Tang Dynasty were both of architectural importance, allowing cities to flourish and trade practices to advance. For the Sui Dynasty, the Grand Canal changed trade within two major regions and the Tang developed an urban development scheme that can still be seen today. Noticeably contributing factors that separates humans from each other are religion and sheer geographical distance. During the 570’s and 580’s, there was a period of division within China that…

social system in medieval Europe but it also opened the Japanese eyes to Zen Buddhism. Japanese Zen has attempted to preserve much of Song dynasty. A difference between them is that the Japanese clergy are generally married and the Chan dynasty is against clergy having any sort of romantic, sexual or marital engagements. The modern Chan went through three extra dynasties and in general has embraced what they call modernization. So, ideas like Humanistic Buddhism were new to them. The…

way to popularity. Zoroastrainism is a monotheistic religion with the belief that the individual has the responsibility to choose between good and evil. This choice during daily interactions will determine whether that person goes to the Abode of song or the Abode of wickedness. Kings also embraced this teaching and felt it was their responsibility to do their part to create a good society. Zorastrainism coupled…

In prehistoric art, the term "Jomon", which means "cord pattern" in Japanese ,refers to the ancient pottery produced by Japan's first Stone Age culture, during the period 14,500 and 1000 BCE. It was named Jomon pottery by the American zoologist Edward S. Morse (1838-1925), who excavated the first known examples of Jomon ceramic art from the Omori shell-mound near Tokyo. Because all the recovered sherds had marks of twisted cords on their exterior surfaces, Morse gave them the name "Jomon". In…

Annson Pagura The Shang Dynasty Introduction Over 150,000 oracle bones have been made by the Shang Dynasty, and have been discovered by archaeologists. The Shang (Sometimes referred to as the Yin Dynasty!) have existed from 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE, and had writing related to current Chinese writing. They used oracle bones to ask questions, and that alone holds a lot of valuable information. To sum that up, the Shang Dynasty ruled for 550 years, and was an advanced civilization because they…

stopped warfare with the Jin, resumed the war. He personally led his troops into battle. Many battles were won due to his excellent leadership. Later in the war his general, Subatai, defeated the capitol city of the Jin and soon thereafter, the Jin Dynasty collapsed. The Mongols were now in control of Northern China. Ogedei Khan also ordered one of his generals to attack Persia and the remaining Khwarizmian Kingdom. The Mongols were successful and took control of Persia and Central Asia and now…

#1 Hi! The song I will be talking about today is “Scars To Your Beautiful” by Alessia [Aless-sia] Cara and hopefully, you will learn something valuable from this presentation. #2 Alessia Cara is a twenty-year-old R&B Canadian singer and songwriter from Brampton, Ontario. She empowers young women and men as well today about self-acceptance and the obstacles that she has experienced in her youth, from the many songs she writes about. Growing up, Alessia enjoyed writing poetry and theater as a…

ancestors. The ancestors are prayed to by the family, and are greatly respected (Mulan). The main example of Confucianism is in the song “Honor to Us All”, which speaks about how women should be perfect porcelain dolls, and how they should find husbands to bring honor to their families (Fowler). In the legend, Mulan would have been Buddhist. She was living in the Northern Wei dynasty, which was a highly Buddhist society where Confucianism was looked down on (Editors). Buddhism’s goal was to…

The Tang Dynasty’s political philosophy, meritocracy is one of the most exceptional, innovative methods of choosing government officials. The dynasty shows it’s trustworthy and fairness to the people of China by giving people even the peasants and the traders a chance to see if they have the skills and the brains to help China become a prosperous, successful country it had ever been. The government…

benevolent governing thought were the necessary theories for the feudal dynasty to consolidate its rule and national stability. Also, the ideology of Confucianism was such political ideas that were especially suitable for the need of restoring the economy at the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wudi even employed Dong Zhongshu’s proposal which is to “Ban from hundred philosophers, venerate Confucianism”. In this dynasty, Confucianism gradually merged with the feudal regime and started to…