The government influence from China led to an increase in the government's stability and unity. China's Central Government was the most successful idea that Korea incorporated. The government
TANG & SONG 1. How did government affect your dynastic era? Tang Dynasty: The administration was organized into 10 political districts called “Dao” which was then later increased to 15. In each political district there were towns, villages, and families. The official system of the Tang administration involved the central official system and local official system. The central official system followed the Sui Dynasty's (581 - 618) three departments and six ministries system. The six major…
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Daniel Serrato 5/7/17 Document and Essay Question Assignment 12 Assume for the moment that the Chinese had not ended their maritime voyages in 1433. How might the subsequent development of world history have been different? What value is there in asking this kind of “what if ” or counterfactual question? Starting off when I first read this question I thought to myself that this is a interesting question. The way the history would have been different if the development of the world history might…
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How did the Mongols influence Russia, China, and Europe? Well as far as Russia goes, The Mongols threatened the majority of Asia and Europe for quite a long time. In 1237, Batu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, drove 150,000 and 200,000 Mongol trespassers into Russia. They demolished one Russian town after another. They hit Kiev over and over. They were intrigued just in loot. Russia was incorporated into a self-sufficient area of the Mongol Empire called the "Brilliant Horde". They constrained the Russians…
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Ch 18 Questions By: Madison Mendenhall 1. Who was Guillaume and what did he do? - He was a goldsmith who lived during the early and mid decades of the thirteenth century. He lived in Paris and left to go to Budapest, a part of a kingdom of Hungary. He was captured by Mongol warriors but the warriors appreciated his talents and the warriors took him with them when they left Hungary. He was known to make great creations like a fountain made of silver shaped like a tree. The fountain had wine and…
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN CHINA "Let China sleep. For when China wakes, it will shake the world." Napoleon Bonaparte Ancient China was arguably one of the strongest, richest empires in existence - so much so that her rulers saw little value in contacting anyone else in the world. So it was easy for western leaders like Napoleon to see China as a sleeping giant. Since western countries first began exploring the world several centuries ago, they…
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hose exchanged via the Silk Road (Do not simply list the goods traded within each network; explain how the types of trade goods compare). Silk Road traded luxury goods and would be exchanged from merchant to merchant over many years to get from one end to the other and Indian Ocean traded bulk goods that went straight from one area to another in afairly quick amount of time . How did monsoon winds impact Indian Ocean trade (think in terms of price, quantity, regularity, etc.)? It made it more predictable…
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eastern coast of Africa to the great empire of China, nations were hopping onto the maritime trade bandwagon to acquire the vast number of valuable resources found in the various lands on the Indian Ocean. The overland Silk Roads were likewise extensive and influential during this time period. Despite the similarities, these overland routes did not foster as much direct interaction and exchange of cultural ideas among the participants along the route as did Indian Ocean trading. This dichotomy was brought…
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following statements concerning the situation at the end of the Qin-Han period is most accurate? a. Non-Chinese nomads ruled much of China and a foreign religion, Buddhism, eclipsed Confucian teachings. b. The central authority of the imperial government was rapidly reestablished under the Chou dynasty. c. Aristocratic families rapidly lost ground to the growing influence of the scholar-gentry. d. Patterns of life established during the Qin-Han era faded rapidly. e. Despite the disappearance of imperial…
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Rome and China, despite being so different in geography and culture, are quite parallel in their pattern of empire. Until the 6th century, both Rome and China experienced both the growth of a new empire, along with its downfall. These empires are two of the greatest the world has ever seen. During their highest point these empires had very developed and sophisticated cultures. There was a strong government system with a more or less social balance. After the fall of these empires, however, chaos…
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Chapter 12 Study Questions Jeffrey Fewell 1. How did the Sui rise to power? (Remember the Chinese dynasty cycles.) After the era of division, the Sui emerged as a strong and unified force that signaled the return of a strong dynastic control. 2. What happened to the Sui Emperor Wendi? Wendi was murdered by his son Yangdi although he strengthened Wendi's foundation of political and economic unification and prosperity. 3. Explain the tension between the scholargentry and the aristocratic elites…
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