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    History Paragraph about the Role of women in Ancient China Mulan is a Disney classic but does it contain historical facts? Is it a reliable or non-reliable source? There are many primary and secondary sources that show, that the 1998 film, is a reliable and un reliable source. I will discuss about Mulan as a reliable and non-reliable source and the changes that has happened from the Sui dynasty to the 21st century. Women in ancient China were inferior to men. This meant that their whole lives were

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    The civilization of ancient China was the most successful civilization with their inventions,food,and religion. They had the best inventions like fireworks these were amazing because some inventions they’ve made are fireworks. Fireworks were used for many things in China, and now in many countries. reason we use them is for celebrations or 4th of July. China made fireworks around 2,000 years ago. people say that a chinese cook created it in a field kitchen and accidentally mixed, charcoal, sulphur

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    Ryan Zorn Rachel Gatto Riley King Brianna Vinup Ancient India and China The ancient civilizations of India and China were possibly the most advanced of their time. Both countries had much to offer in that time including new technology, governments, religions, and items to trade. The two countries have and had had many similarities and contrasts. The geography of ancient India was a little different than what is to this day. The Himalayan mountains are located in the Northern part of India and

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    Ancient India and China The ancient civilizations of India and China were possibly the most advanced of their time. Both countries had much to offer in that time including new technology, governments, religions, and items to trade. The two countries have and had had many similarities and contrasts. The geography of ancient India was a little different than what is to this day. The Himalayan mountains are located in the Northern part of India and the Hindu Kush are located in the North West. Three

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    Throughout ancient China and Japan, many people would assume that monsoon Asia was isolated with no connections with Europe. However, even though China and Japan are known for their own independent and distinct culture from being isolated from foreign countries, trade routes spread the Chinese and Japanese cultures with European countries and the Roman Empire through the Silk Road and coastal sea ports. Some of the effects of trade with Europe can be seen in some modern day instances in Japan and

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    From the long history of china, Chinese created a splendid culture, however, under the imperial system, Chinese also had a cruel and vulgar systems, the human sacrifice system is particularly cruel. Some people believed that human sacrifice was unique to slavery period, but according to history record, they show that from slavery period of Shang Dynasty to the end of the Qing also found human sacrifice in tombs. Chinese society since prehistoric times, people have to take the person as sacrificial

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    China, located in the far north easterly corner of the globe is the largest country in Asia and home to over 1.3 billon people. Some sources claim China to be the oldest known continuous civilization in the world, with more than 5000 year of culture (see bibliography). Therefore it comes with no surprise that ancient China had some of the most influential ‘thinkers’ of that period who helped to shape their world. The early Chinese left behind a great number of legacies which were the forerunners

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    In ancient china there were two main cultural religions.These were Taoism and Buddhism. 
Taoism is China’s oldest religion. At one time, the land called China was the home of numerous peoples with different racial origins. All these ethnic groups probably had their own special gods and religious beliefs. Over time, kingdoms and empires grew in various areas and started incorporating more and more people into them. One common theme in these kingdoms and empires was a belief in life after death as

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    motivation for this seemingly strange tradition. Some view footbinding as “an expression of male dominance” or as a “demonstration that families did not need their women’s labor” (Modern China 348). Others interpret footbinding as vital towards understanding standards of “sexuality, fashion, prestige, and beauty” (Modern China 348). The practice of binding feet can be viewed as an expression of male dominance, or a sign that women with bound feet did not have to labor outside. Feet were often bound at a

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    China, as a communist country discredits Confucius, who is associated with all things old, commonly. In 2004 a public memoriam and nationwide celebration was held for Confucius’ 2,555th anniversary. Buddhism and Christianity had experienced a revival in China as well. Religion is an example of a cultural aspect that surfaced during the classical period. Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi, mirroring others from Eurasia in the time period, started belief systems, Confucianism and Daoism. In India, the

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