Chinese Dynasties Research Papers Samples For Students

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China is home to the most ancient and enduring human civilization. This civilization flourished for thousands of years and have survived through many succession of rulers and dynasties. The study of China’s civilization is important in order to understand China’s contemporary society. Chinese civilization can be categorized into three broad historical periods: ancient China, Imperial China and modern China. These periods, however, only serves as an imaginary partition in order to identify a certain time in the history of China. But in reality, Chinese civilization is continuous and was never interrupted even through there ...

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History reveals that dynastic authoritarian governing had many challenges in most countries where it was exercised. Dynastic involves a succession of rulers from the same family lineage; a family maintains power all throughout through hereditary means. A country that had such ruling, for example, was ancient China in which there were various dynasties. China for a long period was faced with wars, bloodshed, and conflicts because of the dynastic ruling, people killed each other in order to succeed a power. The succession alternated from competent rulers to incompetent ones and vice versa, and the government was marred with corruption, discrimination, and dictatorial leadership. ...

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The Discovery of Shang Dynasty Bronze Vessels 3
The Shang Dynasty 4
The Bronze Age 6
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The Beauty of Shang Bronze Vessels
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The Chinese culture has been identified as one of the oldest and most complex of its kind to have ever existed on planet Earth. The fact that the Chinese, despite intermingling with other cultures throughout history, have maintained a unique writing style provides an insight into this complexity. However, the Chinese are also famed for their culture, which is unique in many ways. One of the cultural practices that the Chinese have maintained over ...

The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) is considered one of the most influential and greatest dynasties in Chinese history due to its four hundred year old reign and role as the foundation of Chinese culture. The establishment of the Han Dynasty began when peasants started to revolt against the Qin dynasty, which lost most of its power by the death of Qin Emperor Shi Huangdi. With the Rebellion gradually removing the Qin Dynasty officials, two rebel groups emerged for the throne: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Liu Bang managed to defeat Xiang Yu and took over the Dynasty by ...

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Throughout history, women have had to struggle to make their voices heard in the public sphere. In many ancient societies, including China, patriarchy was the norm and women were forbidden to be a part of the outside world. Because of the influence of Confucianism and its strict social codes, women’s voices were silenced in history. However, this very social environment gave women a chance to express their feelings, often camouflaged, through poetry. As a result, Chinese literature has become a wonderful storehouse of women’s experiences during the rule of the Ming and Qing dynasties. This essay aims ...

The art of calligraphy can be traced back in time, when technology did not provide people with the modern conveniences people of the 21st century enjoy. Calligraphy was considered a means of giving things -and life itself- a meaning because “sound couldn’t travel to another place and couldn’t remain, so writings came into being to act as the track of meaning and sound.” (Qian 36) From the first picture-like calligraphy works found about 4,000 years ago (Lu and Aiken 25) to the so-called Modern Calligraphy of the 1980s and 1990s (Zhuzhong and Desheng 109), a lot has changed.

Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy

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Silk Road used to be popular transportation route used for trade between Europe and Asia. The name originated from the delivery of silk. Despite no ancient Chinese document of “Silk Road”, German F.V. Richthofen (1833-1905) used the term Silk Road for the first time in his book China which was published in 1877. Post that The term Silk Road was used universally and became widely accepted. Silk Road used to be the communication bridge for economy, politics and culture between the West and China. At the helm of Han Dynasty, the Hans and Huns used to compete over the ...

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The Tang Dynasty that existed between June 18, 618 and June 1, 907 was an imperial dynasty of the Republic of China. It was lead by the Sui Dynasty while other five dynasties and ten kingdoms. The dynasty was brought up by the Li family, who apprehended power during the turn down and collapse of the Sui Empire. Tang Dynasty is referred to as high civilization point for China. The region is defined by massive cultural values, which make it unique from other regions in the Republic of China. This dynasty has had extensive influence to the culture of ...

Many scholars consider lyrical poetry as the epitome of Chinese traditional literature. While the literary aspect of Chinese poetry is conventional knowledge among Chinese Literary scholars, there is a conventional agreement that the Tang Dynasty 618- 907 played a critical role in the development of Chinese Poetry. In China, poetry played a role that was distinct form that in the West. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry became a language of communication that went beyond literature and entertainment. Poetry became a tool of communication, a demonstration of affection and a custodian of secrets among the members of the society.
In such a poetic world, defining a poet became a ...

The Terracotta Army, which is also called The Army of the First Emperor or The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, was built during the Qin Dynasty (221-201 BCE) in China. The local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shanxi province, discovered The Terracotta Army in 1974 while digging a well. This immediately caught the attention of historians because it was important historical material for them to study regarding the Qin Dynasty. Today, there are more than 8,000 sculptures discovered in Xi’an. They were in three main pits covering a total area of about 19,120 square meters. The Army was buried ...

Analysis of Herodotus and Sima Qian

History as we know it today as a means of self-knowledge, political enlightenment, and a critical account of the past has its origins in two ancient civilizations in Eurasia, which are Greece and China. Two of the best-known canonical formulations are the “histories” of Herodotus in Greece and “Shiji” of Sima Qian in China. Since the time and works of Sima Qian and Herodotus, history has been the study and analysis of human exploits in different geographies and ethnographies (Stuurman, 2008:1).
Thomas R. Martin is an American-based historian who specializes in the field of Greco-Roman studies. He teaches courses in ...

Once there was a dynasty in China that ruled for a long time. The achievements they made for Chinese culture were many. But then the unthinkable happened the Shang dynasty was forgotten, and to some nothing more than a myth. In 1899 the Oracle Bones were rediscovered when a man went to the pharmacy to fill a prescription for dragon bones. He bought an old bone. He realized that the scratches were not random markings and showed it to his brother in law a notable historian. The two quickly went back to the pharmacy to find out where the ...

Compliment of the Chinese Writing System

Writing is an essential way of expressing some feelings that a person may have. In the ancient world, a writing system of an individual community varied from another because people had limited contact that resulted in fewer interactions, hence, was not able to exchange ideas and develop new systems. China has had a unique culture, and this is evident in the writing system they use. In the current world, there have been interactions between China and other nations, and this has brought some changes in the writing system due to the exchange of ideas. The main reason for changes ...

China is located in East Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. The area is 9.6 million square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than that of the whole of Europe. China is the third largest country after Russia and Canada, surpassing the United States. It stretches over 5,200 kilometers from east to west and 5,500 kilometers from north to south. The most eastern point of China (135 ° 2'30'' E) - the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri, the most western (73 ° 40'E) - Pamir Mountains, the southernmost (3 ° 51'N) - Lydie shallows of the Spratly ...

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China was one of the most triumphant of the earliest civilizations. The Chinese today can brag that their civilization has the longest history recorded. The Chinese conquered the eastern part of the Asian land and extended independently from Europeans and Asians from the Middle East.
Giles, Herbert. Religions of Ancient China. London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1906: P. 46 Print. The Shang Dynasty came to power in the Huang He River Valley sometime between 1750 B.C.E. and 1500 B.C.E. The Shang were farmers. Their most significant crop was millet, which is a type of grain. ...

Zheng was born in the year 1371 a period when the Chinese and European had crafted the art of boat building for exploration purposes. The main contribution of Zheng was commandeering exploration ship on behalf China to the Far East Asia. The purpose of exploration was to look for minerals for china and look for territories to expand. The main areas that Zheng He explored included the South Asia, coast of Somalia, and Coast of East Africa. The mystery remains on Zheng being the greatest ship builder in his time. Zheng He was named Ma He at the date of ...

The modern world is changing up so quickly, and getting connected with a really crucial speed. One of such sufficient processes is globalization. Globalization in simple terms is usually known as the process during which the world is transformed into a single unified system.
At the end of the last century, globalization has become a hot topic for debates all around the world and it has not yet stopped. However, globalization is not a new process, since it implies the integration of the economic, cultural, political and religious spheres. Today globalization caused both positive and negative consequences and this ...

The economy of China occupies the first place in the economies in the world by the nominal GDP, the first by GDP at the purchasing power parity (from 2014).
The paper deals with the aim to consider the Chinese modernizing process and economy and to identify the main stages of evolution of the ideas of modernization. This research topic is very interesting, firstly, because of the rapid and successful development of China on the world stage (Songhua).
Economic modernization process, acting as the main force of the growing in the sphere of economy and progress of the state is ...

Many Ancient Chinese emperors used eunuchs not only to work in the harems, but also to perform all sorts of tasks of economic and administrative order and allowed eunuchs to carry out a significant role in governance.
Era of Ming dynasty was characterized with the confrontation between the two groups vying for the actual control of the state apparatus. Mandarins were highly educated officials who represented "official" state apparatus. Mandarins were proud of their knowledge, adherence to Confucian ideology and loyalty (Tsai 19).
Often, Ming emperors communicated with the outside world, including senior mandarins, mainly through the eunuchs, which ...

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Li Bai, One of the World’s Greatest Poets
In the greater scheme of things, it’s very rare that a poet is published in multiple languages. We may hear of it a lot, especially if you study poetry, but it’s usually the same group of names, from roughly the same time periods; a select hundred or so poets from the last couple centuries. They come primarily from the Western Hemisphere, and primarily in the Western Hemisphere their poetry remains, no matter how great it is. I know it’s great, because I’ve gotten to experience it now that ...

There are a small number of extremely significant archaeological discoveries that were made by chance without scientists’ intentional efforts and search. Among such exceptional finding are the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Terracotta Army, which is situated in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Qinshihuang. The significance of the latter has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1987 by way of being inscribed in the World Heritage List as one of the World Heritage Sites to be specifically preserved and safeguarded by the Chinese government, a home for the Mausoleum (" ...

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The Opium Wars refer to two wars fought in the 19th century between Imperial China and Britain initially, then the combined forces of Britain and France with the support of Russia and the United States. The Western powers emerged victorious while China, as the vanquished party, signed treaties favoring the West. The war’s name is somewhat a misnomer. Although the opium trade triggered the wars, Eastern and Western civilizations fought in the wars for other issues deeper than opium like free trade (Allingham, 2006).

Background to the Wars

China was the richest and most populous nation in ...

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The Persian Empire is one of the most essential regions and dynasties to look at, especially, when focusing on past empires, their activities as well as the successful ventures in which they engaged themselves in. This is because it was one of the best organized empires, and as a result, gained a lot of popularity, as well as power and success across the modern day Europe. After Alexander the Great ventured into the region of Persia and established a colony, he managed to come out successful, especially, through the establishment of the Hellenistic kingdoms. These ...

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Slavery is often considered as a social institution or an established practice that has existed since the early history of mankind and is present in almost all regions of the world. Among the earliest accounts of slavery were found in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia as early as 2,300 B.C.. However, it could not be fully established as to when slavery actually started as its genesis was lost in the passage of time. An important point to consider though in studying the origins of slavery is that it could not have existed during the time ...

China joins Babylon, India and Egypt as the four ancient civilizations. The nation has a vast geographical space and has a rich history with elaborate and magnificent culture that has been written for over 3,600 years. The diverse and unique Chinese culture can therefore be traced hundreds of years back. For the Chinese, their culture presents itself as an asset that defines their position as a landmark in the world. China’s cultural heritage can be examined by analyzing the different aspects of culture that include Chinese food, festivals, kung Fu, language, medicine and the China World Heritage Sites. In this ...

Many civilizations throughout history could claim to be the greatest. Several Chinese dynasties contributed to the mysticisms and sciences that mankind now enjoys. The Europeans gave the world much of the art that the is still cherished in museums throughout the world. South American civilizations, as well as civilizations in Africa constructed conventional tools used for hunting. More progressive were the Roman and Greek civilizations, that gave mankind theater, the Olympics, and a love of the universe. However, before all of these civilizations could be appreciated, there had to be the Sumerians of Ancient Mesopotamia. The Sumerians were the greatest ...

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Wu Cheng’en’s Novel Journey to the West is strongly rooted to the Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, the pantheon of Taoist immortals, Buddhist philosophy, as well as, Buddhist bodhisattvas who are still reflective of various Chinese religious attitudes at present. Arguably, the novel is at a comic adventure narration, a spring of spiritual imminence, and an extensively allegory in which an assortment of pilgrims journeys to enlightenment that they can obtain with the help from all the others. This paper analyzes how Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) reflected in the novel Journey to the west. First, Guanyin is renowned in the entire ...

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Japanese food commonly referred to as Japanese cuisine has radically changed over the last centuries. The centuries were distinctly marked by eras where each had its own characteristic food being eaten at the time. The four eras that mark changes in Japanese cuisine are: Jomon, Heina, Kamakura, and Modern periods all of which experienced great social and political changes. Before, 300 BCE which is referred to as the Jomon era, Japan’s culture was influenced by its neighbors such as China and Korea. Food was also one of the aspects that were influenced, which ultimately made Japan unique in ...