Some of the world’s greatest inventions came from China. Throughout history, emperors inspired the development of science and technology, and for centuries China led others into these areas. The world is forever in debt to China for its inventions and ideas. Some of the most important innovations were paper, gunpowder, and silk. The first important invention from China is paper. In Document 2, it shows how important paper was to China. Obviously writing on pure wood is a lot harder than writing
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In creating gunpowder weapons, European engineers took a Chinese innovation and made a deadly weapon of war. From the start, this was as much about artillery as handheld weapons. Artillery has changed dramatically over the years. Some of the earliest records of gunpowder artillery are found in the 14th century, and as far from China as they could possibly be and in the hands of English armies at that. An English manuscript of 1327 shows an early depiction of artillery, which would then see use
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Exhibit of Terry Winters Terry Winters is a painter who was born in New York City in 1949. Terry winters went to the high school of art and design and Pratt institute. Over the years as a painter he became a draughtsman, and a print maker. His approach within his work was to address the concept of spatiality, and the concept of creating abstract art. While observing Terry winters exhibit what I liked the most is the positive, and negative approach he put into his pieces. Positive and negatives
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Dzou Yen, or Zou Yan, was an admired alchemist from China born in 305 BC. China was the third independent location to discover and pursue the study of Alchemy with Dzou Yen at the forefront. He lived during the Zhou dynasty. At the height of his popularity, during the 4th century BC, he was credited with many things including being an incredibly talented and intelligent human being. He was remembered as being just as, or nearly as, skilled as Nicholas Flamel in the ways of alchemy. His main alchemical
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It is obvious that not only the Northern and southern dynasties, but also various ancient China’s scholars cherished the five criteria of legitimacy in their legitimization practices or academic discussion. To deepen our understanding about the legitimacy in ancient China, this section will discuss why these dynasties and scholars have the different emphasis on these criteria. The distinct legitimization mold could account for the different emphasis on these criteria by the Northern Wei and the southern
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The passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 solidified the United States hatred for the thousands of Chinese immigrants who had gone to find better jobs. The number increased dramatically when gold was found in California in 1848 causing “thousands to stream in(Moon)”. The passing of the act was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the country. When President Hayes passed it, it reversed the then open door policy. The Chinese immigrants were seen as inferior and an undesirable
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Work and Study in America I was born and raised in China. Before I was admitted in university, I still study and work in China. After that, I wanted to get more experiences in my life, then, I joined in “Work and Travel Program” in my university so I work in America. It was one of the most memorable things in my life, through this work, I made many friends who come from different countries. I feel this kind of experience is interesting, so I also wanted to know more about the difference in study
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As the dynastic cycle continued in China, Chinese responses to the spread of Buddhism changed drastically. After being founded in India, Buddhism spread to China during a time of decentralized government that followed the fall of the Han dynasty. During this period, before the Sui and Tang dynasties rise to power, people are generally accepting of Buddhism. However, the centralization of China and certain laws, such as Edict on Buddhism written by Tang Emperor Wu, lead to an ethnocentric society
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The article by Robert Bagley concerns the topic of the ancient Chinese art and the transformations that it has encountered in the flow of the centuries. One of the central ideas expressed by the author is that the modern popular Chinese art form as we know it, with an essential symbolic of dragon image, is the result of the combination of the initially Chinese art tradition with the Near Eastern motives. This article proves that the idea of picturing the dragons derives from the distant past when
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The time period of 1872 until 1900 was called the Gilded Age. In this time period there was a lot of settlement going on in the West. There were more jobs for the settlers, and there was also more land to explore, claim, and build homes or businesses. America even had new people from other places, such as China and Ireland, that were coming to work for the railroads and the mining companies. There were many things that led to the settlement such as economic, social and cultural, and political factors
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