our society. The excellences human made are unprecedented‚ and the experience theses civilizations cumulated can also be continuously studied by the people nowadays. This year‚ we learnt many great civilizations‚ among the civilizations in ancient China‚ the Shang dynasty and the Han dynasty are the most outstanding civilizations. Their cultures are distinct and their contributions are tremendous. Although now we can find their stories‚ cultures and inventions only on history books‚ their contributions
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Autumn periods. During these periods‚ China consisted of small states and the Warring States. Also‚ Confucianism‚ Legalism‚ and Daoism were around this time. The Zhou Dynasty had expanded so much that it was becoming impossible to handle and all the Warring States went their own separate ways. The Qin Dynasty‚ 221-206 BC‚ redefined China by uniting the Warring States. During this time‚ legalism was the only given official authorization. The only way the emperor kept his nation together was to have
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Emperor Taizong‚ Li shimin Emperor Taizong was named Li Shimin. He was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty and he ruled Tang for 23 years from 626 to 649. He was a statesman‚ militarist‚ and poet. He is considered as one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. His name in Chinese means world and people. When he was young‚ a fortune teller said he would save the world. This is where his name Shimin comes from and it also indicates his life. In his early life he launched lots of wars to unify
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Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi was the last Dowager Empress of China to hold power. Contrary to tradition and policy she exercised enormous power‚ opposed foreign influence and supported the 1898-1900 Boxer Rebellion. Unfortunately‚ Cixi is often characterized as vicious‚ treacherous‚ cunning‚ and crazed by many historians. Cixi was born on born November 29‚ 1835‚ to a noble Manchu family in China. Her father’s name was Kuei Hsiang of the Yehenara clan‚ but her mother was unknown
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from the emperor’s concubine‚ to the emperor’s consort‚ and eventually to the position of empress of China. Her significance as a Chinese ruler is exemplified through her use of the Chinese secret service‚ her influence over the civil service examination‚ her edicts to relieve the lower classes‚ and her lasting impact on China’s military and diplomacy. Wu Zetian was born during the Tang dynasty in China and had an advantage in when she was born as she was born during a time when women were not expected
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was a lithic manufacturing site. Excavated Neolithic artefacts suggest cultural differences from the Longshan culture in northern China and settlement by the Che people prior to the migration of the Baiyue.[47][48] Eight petroglyphs were discovered on surrounding islands‚ which dated to the Shang Dynasty in China.[49] In 214 BC‚ Qin Shi Huang‚ the first emperor of China‚ conquered the Baiyue tribes in Jiaozhi (modern Liangguang region) and incorporated the territory into imperial
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In this primary source document‚ it describes how a country such as China should be ruled‚ in order for the country and it people to prosper. According to this document‚ ancient China was well organized‚ and had an efficient system to run their country as well as allowing their people prosper. In this document it mentions Zuo Chronicles‚ which comes from around the Han dynasty that would be most likely that this document is from the Han dynasty period. A scholar or an officer‚ who have experienced
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Zizhao Zheng‚ WH 10‚ 08/20/14 Wu Zetian In China‚ Express Wu‚ a woman‚ is known to every household and whose history records are studied as crucial academic materials in schools. Wu Zetian is one of the women who I respect the most in Chinese ancient history. In the male – dominated society‚ Wu Zetian was a special woman who had ambition that no one dares to try as a female‚ studied predecessors’ wisdom and assimilated it into her own new thoughts. Her path of being an express consort was filled
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The founder of the Ming Dynasty‚ Zhu Yuanszhang‚ began life at the bottom of society. His home region in Anhui province (Southeast China) was hit with drought and plague around 1340. Zhu Yuanzhang also lost his family at the age of sixteen. He went on to be a leader in one of the peasant uprisings that overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. When Zhu was twenty five he joined the Red Turban rebels and rose quickly among them. He even married a commanders daughter and within a couple years Zhu had between twenty
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Cambridge History of China: Sui and Tang Dynasties $$f ^ iSPtfJifjfe‚ Beijing: China Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House‚ 1990‚p.263 Dong Gao Wm.Qin Ding Quan Tang Wen &Xfsllk$iJC‚ "Anthologies of Prose of the Tang Dynasty Compiled by Imperial Order". Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju‚ 1983. Du You t±ft. Tong Dion MM "Comprehensive Compendium". Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju‚ 1984 Renmin Press‚ 2003. Guisso‚ R. W. L. Wu Tse-T ’ien and the Politics of Legitimation in T ’ang China. Western Washington University
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