...China China remained very isolated, so its ability to learn was limited. This intellectual heritage stressed the basic harmony of nature: Every feature is balanced by an opposite, every yin by a yang. According to this philosophy, an individual should find a way, called Dao, to relate to this harmony. Patterns in Classical China China has maintained the clearest links to its classical past. Already a pattern was set in motion that lasted until the early part of the 20th century. Dynasties would start rule, develop strong political institutions, and encourage an active economy. But afterwards, the dynasty would grow weaker and tax revenues declined, while social divisions increased in the larger society. As one dynasty went down, another emerged and repeated the pattern. * Three dynasties covered the centuries of classical China: Zhou, Qin, and Han. Zhou The Zhou dynasty lasted from 1029 to 258 b.c.e. The dynasty only until about 700 b.c.e. flourished. They replaced the Shang rulers. It was then declined by political infrastructure and frequent invasions by nomadic people from border regions. * Government was not very powerful. * Rulers didn’t have the means to control their territories directly. * In exchange for land, supporters were supposed to provide the government with troops and tax revenues. * Extended territory by taking over the Yangtze river valley. (Middle Kingdom) * Wheat grew in the North and rice in the Southpopulation growth...
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...The Great Wall of China Introduction: Great Wall (China), popular name for a semi-legendary wall built to protect China’s northern border in the 3rd century BC, and for impressive stone and earthen fortifications built along a different northern border in the 15th and 16th centuries AD, long after the ancient structure had mostly disappeared. Ruins of the later wall are found today along former border areas from Bo Hai (a gulf of the Yellow Sea) in the east to Gansu Province in the west. The Great Wall is visited often near Beijing, at a site called Ju-yong-guan, and at its eastern and western extremes. The Great Wall is probably China's best-known monument and one of its most popular tourist destinations. In 1987 it was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Great Wall is not a single, continuous structure. Rather, it consists of a network of walls and towers that leaves the frontier open in places. Estimates of the total length of the monument vary, depending on which sections are included and how they are measured. The Great Wall is about 2,400 km (about 1,500 mi) long, according to conservative estimates. Other estimates cite a length of 6,400 km (4,000 mi), or even longer. Some long-standing myths about the wall have been dispelled in recent decades. The existing wall is not several thousand years old, nor is it, as has been widely asserted, visible with the naked eye from outer...
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...INS 313 GROUP 4 ASSIGNMENT 1. Highlight the factors that led to the rise of early Chinese civilization I. Agriculture: Agriculture led directly to the availability of food surpluses. II. Pottery: This allowed efficient storage of the surplus produced by agriculture. This means that not only can the surplus be used to feed mouths that are not themselves producing food, but the surplus can be stored to feed everyone at times when crops fail. This allows the population to be more stable and less subject famine cycles. Pottery was practiced in China only after 5000 B.C. III. Specialization of labor: The advantages of specialization of labor are better defense, better technology, more goods for trade, and the ability to support traders and better co-ordination and cohesion due to specialized leadership. IV. Urbanization: Towns and cities grew and they became meeting points for traders who exchanged surplus food and crafts items. Centers such as Anyang and Loyang in China grew and became a focus of migration for a growing agricultural population. V. Political factors: Presence of a king with distinguished roles. VI. Environmental factors: Stability of environment, natural boundaries. 2. Discuss the major features of the following in the early Chinese history showing those that have affected development of the modern world. 1. Political structures 2. The Chinese economy 3. Social structures 1. Political structures China had a government ruled...
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...I did not know it would take me going half way around the world and nearly killing myself to overcome my fears. My sixth grade year had reached the end and so had my years at Homer Pittard Campus School. I had been there for seven years and had grown to know everyone in my grade. Before the graduation we had a brunch. At the end of it the teachers passed out fortune cookies that were made specifically for everyone. I remember the crackling of the cookie and the sound of the paper being pulled out. The fortune inside stated, “You will walk the Great Wall of China.” I did not think much about it at that time. Eventually, everyone got their fortunes and had to go on stage and present. Most of them were comical. For example, one of the fortunes read, “You will work at Starbucks,” but when it was time for me to present, no one laughed. They just nodded their heads like they agreed with the fortune cookie. Three years later I saw a glimmer of hope for the prophecy to become true. It was a normal day of my ninth grade year. I survived another grueling day of high school and walked out of school with friends. We waited for our parents to pick us up, wishing we were old enough to drive ourselves. Our routine trips my dad and me made to get home, he always stopped at the mailbox and told me to get the mail. We had an old mailbox that would screech at you when you tried to open it. When I finally managed to open it, there was only one envelope reading People to People on...
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...north and Mount Li to the south. According to the plan of first emperor’s tomb complex (Appendix 1), there are two city walls around the mausoleum, the inner and the outer. The inner wall is found to be 1355 metres longitudinally and 580 metres latitudinally, with the tomb lying towards the south of the inner wall. It has a square base and is shaped like a funnel- like a steep hill if viewing from a distance. The tomb itself covers an area of 120,750 square metres- equivalent to about 17 football fields, with a length of 350 metres, a width of 345 metres and a height of 50.5 metres, decreased from the original height of about 150 metres due to erosion by wind and rain. It is believed that the creation of the vast mausoleum is greatly related to the traditional concept of Qin people towards death and the personality of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang himself. The Qin people believed that such funeral customs, the building of monuments and the existence of various sacrificial activities, are necessary to ensure the welfare of the decreased in the next world. And, by preserving the body, and providing protections and entertainment in the afterlife, they think that it would give immortality to the soul. Also, as they deeply believed their ancestors would continue to influence affairs even after death, they honoured the deceased like they were living people. Under the great influence of these sets of principles, Qin Shi Huang was like other monarchs, put the best efforts into the construction...
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...5/28/2011 Per: 6 Greece and China are different because of their response to geographic challenges. First off, According to the World History book, Greece has 70 to 80% of mountains, (Carnine, pg.355), and you think that might not be a lot of mountain range, but to them it is a lot. Greece was also surrounded on three sides, (Carnine, 355), so they had nowhere to trade, no roads, they had nothing. So, Greece had to trade by sea to get to the places that they needed to go. They also lived near the lowlands so that they could trade, and farm. Did you know that 20 to 30% of Greece landscape was good for farming, (Carnine, pg. 356)? The rocky farmland and hill made it good to grow olives and grape. Other than that, Athens did not have a lot of natural resources. The country of Greece was broken into city-states. Each city-state was full of mountains but divided by water. Also, the Acropolis is falling apart because of the pollution and acid rain, (top 5 endangered heritage cites), because of this some of the concrete that was covered in bronze is now turning grey. There architectural heritage is falling apart as fast as its citizens. Only men qualified for citizenship and only males that were above 18 years of age became a citizen. Women were lower than men and anyone that was a non-citizen was a slave. Know let me tell you about China. China is surrounded by deserts, mountains, and water. There were only two major river systems in China, (Carnine...
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...is being discussed in Robert Frost’s poem the “Mending Wall.” Having a good fence allows for privacy and is the right of a homeowner. “The central theme of "Mending Wall" is whether it is wise to erect walls and other types of barriers.” not this period (Cummings, 2008).this period is correct An immediate reading seems to suggest that walls or fences are obstacles and if you tear them down you can open up the door to friendship, unity, and better communication. Nevertheless, the one neighbor insists that “good fences make good neighbors.” same here (Davis and Lynn, 2006, p. 82). The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 demonstrates the point that Frost is trying to make that walls or barriers are obstacles. The Berlin Wall, which had divided Berlin since 1961, "fell" on November 9. For almost 30 years, the Wall and the heavily fortified border between East and West Germany kept East Germans as prisoners in their own country, tore families apart, and caused many deaths when East Germans were shot trying to flee. I am not going continue to correct them as you get the point by now. (McGill, 2009, p. 1-2). The original Berlin Wall was a collection of wire and loose cinder blocks; however, over the years, turned out to become a concrete barrier that stood fifteen feet high. There were sections of the wall that included watchtowers, electric fences, and automatic guns. In addition, there was a smaller wall that enclosed West Berlin completely which kept all of...
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...Course: Date: The Great Wall of China painting by William Simpson The Great Wall of China is an extremely significant item of art with exemplary features that would make any artist outstanding if he or she was able to fit extensive elements like color, shape, space and symbolism as show in the wall. One of the main artists who engaged in painting the wall is William Simpson who was from Scotland. Simpson was born in Glasgow in an extremely poor background. Simpson is an extremely unique artist of his time. He was born in 1823 and died in 1899 (Simpson, 2007). Simpson went to school in Perth, where he undertook the formal education. After school, Simpson was employed in a lithographic firm. The first artistic work that Simpson was engaged in is where he was required to develop an image of the Alma that was based on various features that had to be involved in the image. The image was to be used in a lithography work by a London publisher. Simpson was also involved in the artwork for the development of images that represented Colnaghi images, and the fall of Sebastopol. The other image that was drawn by Simpson is the Bombardment of Bomarsund (Simpson, 2007). This is an indication that Simpson was an extremely famous and skilled artist. One of the most distinctive features in any piece of art is color. It is exemplary in the development of an image. One of the major roles of color is to indicate the real representation of a given art work. The Great Wall of China is representation...
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...Review of China Buffet Restaurant I am a food lover, and I enjoyed eating in a Chinese restaurant. I tried different restaurants in our place, but what interests me most is the China Buffet Restaurant. China Buffet is located at Madison Avenue at the heart of Mankato, one of the biggest cities in Minnesota. The restaurant has a seating capacity of approximately 100 people. They have several food stations. Although the name China Buffet speaks for itself, their food stations consist of American, Italian, and Japanese food. The owner purposely includes a variety of food because of competition. I enjoyed eating at China Buffet because of its affordability, delicious food, and the beautiful setting. The price of their buffet is $10 per person, and it includes beverages. There are a variety of salads in their salad station: fruit, vegetable, and seafood. Their main meal is composed of chicken, pork, beef, and fish. For dessert, they serve ice cream, cookies, and different kinds of cakes. For their beverages, they serve soda, milk, juice, and chocolate milk, but tea is my favorite. The food is excellent so it’s well worth the price. China Buffet’s food is excellent and healthy. They have food stations for meat lovers and vegetarians. Their newly-opened sushi and hibachi bar is the restaurant’s crowning glory. Sushi and California maki is my starter with matching wasabi sauce. I tried their hibachi too, but it fills me up right away. The seafood station is...
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...Achievements of Human Kind Matrix It goes without saying that humans have had some remarkable achievements over the course of humankind. For this assignment, please identify 3 projects and 3 programs that represent some of these great achievements. For each achievement, complete the matrix below and provide justification in project management terms on why you think this achievement is either a project or a program in 25-30 words. This description should provide some specifics about schedule, cost, key stakeholders, uniqueness, specific objectives (requirements). Example: Achievement Number |Name of Achievement |Established objective (yes or no) |Defined beginning and end (yes or no) |Involvement of several functional departments or specialties (yes or no) |Unique (yes or no) |Specific time, cost and performance requirements (yes or no) |Project or Program. 25-30 word justification for this classification |Instructor Comments | |1 |Great Wall of China |YES |YES |YES |YES |YES |PROJECT: The Great Wall of China’s primary objective was to keep out invaders from Mongolia. Although the project lasted hundreds of years, it had clear requirements, beginning/end times, involved many workers with different specialties, and remains unique as the largest wall in the world still today. |This project meets all criteria in the definition of a project. | | Assignment: Achievement Number |Name of Achievement |Established objective (yes or no) |Defined beginning and end (yes or...
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...China’s Great Wall Name: Institution: Course: Date due: Purpose of the Great Wall of China There are various reasons why the great wall was constructed. One of them was for security. That is because it was built with the aim of protecting the empire of the Chinese people from the war like communities and the Mongolians (Webster, 2008). Beacons towers, forts, and passes were also build and they were used to store foods for the military and they were also used as a means of spreading military information thus making them always alert. The wall also helped in the development of infrastructure and economic activities. That is because it helped in protecting culture progress and economic development. Challenges faced when building the great wall The constructors of the wall went through many challenges. One of the challenges is that it led to the deaths of very many people. That is because the work was very tedious and it did not allow them to rest and as a result some people were not strong enough to carry one thus they died. Another challenge is the foreign attacks (DuTemple, 2003). The attacks made the work to be challenging and slow since the constructors were always afraid of being attacked. They also got to live in fear since most of the times they were attacked when they least expected. The attacks, therefore, led to the deaths of very many people and at times some people were left with great injuries or even crippled. It, therefore, discouraged them...
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...Robert Frost says in “Mending Wall”, “Good fences make good neighbors.”(27), which implies exactly what it’s saying, a fence between two people will keep them in good terms. Although it talks about fences between neighbors, it can go into a further context, such as a mental barrier between two friends or a wall between nations. The reason a barrier or wall between two people is good for them is because it helps keep conflicting ideas and beliefs separate and makes lives easier. Fences do make good neighbors because of different outcomes it can help achieve. A mental barrier between two people is healthy in any type of relationship for various reasons. In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” he says, “We keep the wall between us as we go / To each the boulders that have fallen to each” (15-16). It may be that the first line gives the thought that wherever two people go, there will always be a wall between them, keeping each other’s ideas separate, but keeping them, as people, together. “Boulders” may symbolize heavy events that have happened to a pair that caused the wall between them to strengthen and help them achieve greater things further in life. The poem also reads, “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out,” (33-34). This can symbolically represent the struggle that people often face when they do not know what problems persist between themselves and another person. It is possible for someone to just put up a wall between them and someone else...
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...having to make a working prototype. This has the potential to change the way we live our everyday lives in that it takes out the need to physically go somewhere. One would be able to just slip on the device and slide into a new reality. With the idea of new technology and the concept of going somewhere without actually leaving the comfort of your own home, could drastically affect how we travel the world. This technology would be capable of making you feel as if you are in a new and unknown place while still in the safety of your own house. There would be no point in traveling all those hours and all those miles away when within only an hour the user could experience sunrise at the grand canyon, or a tour of the Louvre or even see the great wall of China. There would be no need to spend money on commercial travel when this technology will be...
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...Great Saint Bernard Pass was a valley between the Western Alps, between Italy and Switzerland. Forty-nine miles long and more than eight thousand feet above sea level, it was snow-covered almost year round. Augustine monk Saint Bernard of Menthon founded a hospice and monastery there in 1050 to provide shelter and warmth for tired travelers. Sometime between 1660 and 1670, the first Bernard dogs arrived. They were slightly smaller than the ones today and were descendants of the Asiatic dog, which were similar to mastiffs and from the ancient Romans. These dogs, originally used as hunting dogs, guard dogs, and cart dogs, were born on farms and given to the monastery. They first served as watch-dogs and companions for the monks. Marroniers, or servants who were sent to accompany and help travelers, brought the dogs with them because their broad chests plowed a way through the snow. They saw how the Bernards’ powerful noses could help find people buried under the snow and how they somehow could sense an oncoming avalanche. Using this ability, they sent packs of two to three dogs to find the buried and lead them back or return to show the monks where if they needed help. They could dig people out with their big paws and use their body for warmth. Their...
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...Name: Organization: Age: Qualification: Lateral thinking puzzles that challenge your preconceptions. 1. You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus |An old lady who looks as if she is about to die. | |An old friend who once saved your life. | |The perfect partner you have been dreaming about. | |Knowing that there can be only one passenger in your car,whom would you choose? | 2. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man? 3. A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. Upon his return, however, he can only travel halfway up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way - unless it's raining. What is the explanation for...
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