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    his philosophy to better China and its people. Confucius’s Analects is a critique of the dire rulers and China’s government, and tries to provide solutions to better China. Confucius lived in China during the Spring and Autumn period, which is 571-449 BCE. During this period China’s government and its rulers were corrupt, and because of this Confucius’s philosophy heavily revolves at trying to fix the current problem his society faces by trying to issue solutions within his philosophy. One of the

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    According to recent studies, the average American takes about 3,500 to 5,000 marketing messages a day and spends about 41 hours per week using technology such as cell phones, TV and internet. Living rooms of the modern era are centered around a TV, in our modern age we all grow up drowning in a sea of technology and social media. Videos, movies, books, television, internet and the social media sites all clamor for our attention. From an early age, television, movies and books provides a false idea

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    My Hometown

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    My hometown is in tengzhou, he is located in the east of weishan lake - the largest freshwater lake in north China. Tengzhou is an old beautiful place full of vitality. From the blue green trees cheng brightness jinghe park, to the simple beautiful longquan square, from commodity full of beautiful things in eyes of pedestrian street, to the full of artistic breath Wang Xuezhong museum of art, mozi memorial hall, etc., as well as the national famous, racing to open ten thousand mu of lotus red river

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    The visual sources provided throughout 14.1 – 14.4 assist in showing what items were used, and why they were there at the time; while the descriptions give us evidence of how the products were collected. In 14.1, there’s many foreign items to take note of in the visual source provided that is Tea and Porcelain in China. For example, the Porcelain tea cups, teapot, and saucer are all in the image to show what materials were used at the time. Though the tea cups were manufactured in China, they were

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    and intellectual pursuits. Though set in the past, the book shows the influences of his environment within his nine ghost stories. The continued urbanization and commercialization of society influenced the literature produced in the early modern period, as well as views on the supernatural, by expanding on the themes of travel, loyalty, and philosophy as shown in Akinari’s Tales of Moonlight and Rain. As Japan became more urbanized and roads improved, many commoners became enthralled by the opportunity

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    Europe Between the Oceans states, “By about 12,000 BC dense forest covered much of the western part of the hilly flanks region, giving way, around its borders, to more open areas where extensive stands of wild wheats and ryes could flourish” (91). This period of warmer weather is referred to as the Holocene. The thawing ice sheets also caused water to rise, and subsequently change not only the structure of the land, but the plant life as well. As the hunter-gatherers adjusted to these changes in their

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    Iodp Site 913 Glaciations

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    The Onset of the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation By Christina Ohrazda Student at Stockholm University 28.09.15 Introduction The Northern Hemisphere Glaciation (NHG) is believed to have initiated into large scale, permanent ice sheets ~2.5 Ma, which is almost 31.5 Ma after the initiation of the Antarctica ice sheets. There are many possible causes for the onset of this climate event, some of which we will be reviewing in this essay. In this essay we will look at the cores from IODP and ODP sites 302

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    notification, and unity of the people as a whole. The Great Wall was built through many different generations of time; each generation adding on to the Great Wall in order to receive the benefits from it. It all begin in the early Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC) through the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) (“Great Wall History” 1). The

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    The Quin unification of China was a major milestone in Chinese history. This unification took place in many ways. Through conquest of territories outside of china, uniting of the countries territories under one leader and government, as well as other social reforms the Quin Dynasty was able to bring China together like no group ever before. Emperor Quin, the first true Emperor of China, began his unification by destroying the six remaining territorial states. This fully united the nation, while also

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    communities were formed around the local lord and he owned everything in it. After the fall of the Roman Empire, a lot of the Roman culture and knowledge was the lost. This included items such as art to technology. The Medieval period went from 500AD to 1500AD, it was a long period in history which lasted for 1000 years. This time in history was a time of castles and peasants and the main leader was Joan of Arc. It was seperated into social hierachy which was called feudalism. Most of the people living

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