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    Have you heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the most extravagant and controversial construction projects of all time? Under the Qin and Han dynasties (c.221 BCE-220 CE), its construction began. When construction on the wall commenced under Emperor Qin, nobody in China had seen anything like it before. Not that it was the first wall in China, but it was the first wall that was quite to that scale. The wall was primarily built for security, specifically to keep the Xiongnu Mongols from invading

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    As everyone knows, Chinese people are all around the world, and they do not like living with local people, so there is a place for them to do everything, such as work, live, and entertainment, its name is Chinatown. There are many Chinatown in this world; Chinatown may be located in London, UK, Chinatown may be located in Australia, also Chinatown may be located in New York. Whereas, today I want to write about the Chinatown of San Francisco, because there are many historic things I can illustrate

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    Introduction a. Thesis: Addresses issues or themes to be compared. TAKE A POSITION!!!(1 point) Unlike he classical age Han Dynasty that was destroyed by rebellions of the poor, the classical age Roman Empire’s overreliance on slaves and a divided empire left them with no loyal citizens to extricate them from collapse. However, while the pair differs in their downfalls, both the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty collapsed due to bad leadership driven by greed for power and land that caused them to overextend their

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    Close your eyes, put yourself in the place of an immigrant coming to America in the 1890s from poverty or war. Arriving in America and before you can even smell the air of your new life you are shoved into an island (such as Angel Island) to be vetted and integrated. You spend years trying to convince the government officials that you are who you say you are. When you are finally released, are you are homeless and jobless. The only jobs that the government will help you get are low income labor

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    What does it mean to be American? The American identity has always been a complicated discussion. It is by nature identified by diversity. Many think it has to do with the birthplace of the person and others think it has to do with their inheritance. In 2011, Amy Chua published Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother as a memoir. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother presents the evolution of this American woman. The elements of Chuas evolution seemed to involve; native identity; inherited identity; resisted identity

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    Achievements is 40% the strength of the Ming Empire because of the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China of the Ming Dynasty has grown from Jiayuguan, surrounding Mongolia and around the yellow river, into Shanhai Pass, and going to the Hushan Great Wall portion in the North Korean border. The Great Wall of China purpose was to stop North China from being retrieved by the Mongols. While the Great Wall of China was continuously being fixed under imperial rules. The Great Wall of China was built

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    Have you wondered why Islamic art and ancient Chinese art look similar sometimes and look different at other times? The art styles of ancient China and the Islam world have some similarities and some differences. I’ll be going over the similarities first. then the differences of the two styles of art. There are less similarities in these two styles of art, so it’ll be easier to talk about them first. The first thing these two styles have in common are that they both used were funeral buildings. Islam

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    predominant part of China’s military, crucial to their military defense, and played a significant role in imperial desires to expand and maintain territory. Chinese rulers obtained superior breeds of horses from Central Asia. Zhang Qian, a traveler of the Han Dynasty, observed horses in the Fergana Valley that were much larger than those in China. Central Asia also exported camels, which were very valued in Ancient China. The Noria, also known as the irrigation wheel, was invented in Roman Syria and reached

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    trade between empires across Eurasia, particularly through the development of the Silk Road, which was a trade network connecting China with civilizations in Central Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe. Although it was first established during the Han Dynasty around 141-87 BCE, Silk Road truly developed after the dynasty’s fall, even as China fell into nearly four centuries of chaos. Along the Silk Roads, culture travelled alongside goods, enabling a continuous exchange between diverse people and

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    The Analects, the Mencius, and the Xunzi Confucius was China’s first moral philosopher, and his ideas influence people all over the world even in the present day. Confucianism is a philosophy, a political ideology, and a way of life. Confucius had many followers, two of which are especially significant and would continue his teachings long after his death. These two were called Mencius and Xunzi(Xun Kuang). However, even though they would continue to spread his ideas throughout the realm, they also

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