There are many conflicts that exist around the world today. One of these conflicts includes the conflict between the Uighurs and Han Chinese. This conflict has been occurring within the Xinjiang region for many years now. The Xinjiang region is located within China in the upper west side of the state. In 1775 the Qing dynasty had a region of various Turkic, Mongol, and Chinese groups under control. The Xinjiang Province became the first establishment of the Chinese Imperial in 1884. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 the Xinjiang province was ruled by the Uighur group known as the East Turkestan Islamic Group. The Uighurs is a Muslim and ethnically Turkic population that regard themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations. East Turkestan lies in the heart of Asia and is the homeland of the Turkic speaking Uighurs and central Asia people such as Kazaks, Kyrgyz, Tatars, Uzbeks, and Tajiks. …show more content…
The region of Xinjiang was under the rule of the Chinese government in the 18th century. An East Turkestan state was declared in 1949 but their independence was short-lived and became part of the Communist China. Xinjiang is a region is home of the ethnic Muslim minority called Uighurs who chafed under Chinese rule and protested the steady influx of ethnic Chinese into the region. There was tension between he Uighur population and Han Chinese ethnic western China that resulted in violence and terrorism. For many years, many Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang have agitated against China authoritarian government. The Uighurs protest to oppressive official policies, religious restrictions and widespread discrimination. At any rate, there are multitude of reasons for the conflict that exists between the Uighurs and the Han Chinese, such as conflicts over political religion and natural resources (mainly oil), as well as the struggle for regional
The Han China and Classical Athens’ culture also had a huge different to how the arts were created. The arts of the Athenians were more focus on themselves, the human body. For example, on the front cover page, there is a drawing or statue of a Greek man, the Greek man is standing in a weird position with his arms pointing down, there are a few lines emphasizing his muscles, torso, biceps, etc. (Front Cover). While the art of the Han China were more focus on the landscapes and scenes surround them, along with the serenity and balance of the world drawn on to canvases in great details (document L). In most paintings, the five Chinese elements called Wu Xing will most likely be included in the paintings; the five elements are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Looking at Ch’iu Ying’s painting, you can clearly see the how Wu Xing is being presented in the painting, how the trees and mountains were presented in the background (document L). However, as you can see in the painting, there are only two men in the painting, this could mean that humans were inconsiderable in their arts (document L). As a conclusion, the two artistic styles were complete different from each other, the Han’s arts were more focus on nature in great details, while the Athenians’ art were more focus on the human body.
The Han and Roman civilizations developed during the classical age with dates, beginning around 1000 B.C.E. and lasting till around 600 C.E.. The Classical age is a period of time in which civilizations unearthed many new ideas and innovations, which stood the test of time, such as Greek and Roman architecture, and influenced many later civilizations through the development of these ideas and innovations in what is called a “Golden Age”. Whenever a golden age happened, it didn’t happen at the same time in all civilizations with some lasting longer than others, and some starting numerous years before another’s. Within the time of the golden age civilizations experienced many new advancements in the arts, culture, and technology. While all of
Systems of government have a major influence on the development and success of a civilization and culture. This can be said about Athens during its Golden Age and about China during the Han dynasty. Han China was ruled by an imperial bureaucracy based upon the teachings of Confucius which allowed only a tiny part of its population to participate in government. In contrast, 5th Century Athens was a direct democracy which allowed a greater number of its inhabitants to take part in governing. These civilizations differed greatly in geography, population and size which influenced their development. They also held contrasting beliefs regarding the source of political authority and how it was maintained. However, these civilizations also shared
First, the Han Dynasty was more important to the development of China because it created the idea of a Civil Service Exam. The Han Dynasty readopted the idea of having families rulers after the Qin Dynasty strayed from the tradition; however, they kept the idea of bureaucrats from the Qin Dynasty. They used appointed government officials to oversee the day-to-day work of their government. This lead them to implement the Civil Service Exam. The exam was meant to help chose the bureaucrats for the government. It was a test centered around the ideas of Confucius and how to apply them to everyday life. By making this a normal part of Chinese society, the Han Dynasty was able to extend government official job opportunities to people of all social classes. In addition, because the exam gave these opportunities to all people, all people put more emphasis on
The Han dynasty collapsed in 220 CE bringing with it a great deal of destruction. Buddhism, which was founded in India in the 6th century BCE, made its way to China in the first century. As it traveled it gained many followers and popularity, especially with the lower classes of the Chinese Dynasties because they were greatly disrespected. Buddhism rejected the idea of the social classes thus appealing to the impoverished. Many people accepted Buddhism, however some used it as the basis for many political and social injustices. Furthermore, a group of people remained indifferent and tried to unite the two groups.
of the “golden age of empires” as so we call it, welcome to the Gupta Empire. I am Candra Gupta II, and this empire can last for many of years if you take it right and keep from the mistakes that the falling empires of Han and Rome. There are two mainly mistakes that both Han and Rome made to fail their empire and they are Taxes, and their bureaucracy.
The Roman and Han empires flourished in culture, wealth, and technological advances at their pinnacle, leading not to future stability, but to greed, corruption, and ultimately their downfall.
When the Chinese and Europeans first came into contact with each other, there was a mutual fascination for the other's culture, or way of life. The Chinese began to look at the European culture. They became interested in Western thinking. They were also beginning to look at the religion that the European missionaries were preaching about, Christianity. On the other end, the Europeans who came in contact with the Chinese were fascinated by their culture and their philosophy, mainly the philosophy of Confucius. While the two cultures seemed to be a good match, each respecting and admiring the other, it came to an abrupt halt. The end result was China and Europe both rejecting the other culture.
The Han dynasty was a golden era for China. It saw the greatest land confiscation of the nation’s history and economic success. In this paper I will be focusing on the structure of the national government, the monopolizing of iron and salt, the Yumen Pass and the Yellow Turban rebellion. Join me as we take a trip back in time to visit a time in Chinas history that is highly revered.
There was many dynasties and empires to come about between 200 BCE and 600 CE. One specific dynasty was the Han dynasty. This dynasty was involved in the unification of China. This dynasty was formed by Lia Bang and lasted from 206 BCE to 220 CE, with an interruption phase from 9 CE to 23 CE.The Han dynasty was between decentralized and centralized. Han Wudi was the greatest emperor of this dynasty, who pursued centralization and expansion. There was constant attacks from Xiongnu nomads of C. Asia; however, Han Wudi briefly came to control Xiongnu. Wang Mang, the regent for a two year old emperor, took power himself. He tried to redistribute land, but the wealthier people that did not want to get some of their land taken away assassinated him. In the later Han dynasty, emperors manage with struggles to control resentment. Another succession to come about was the Roman empire. The Roman empire started out as a republic, but soon Julius Caesar Seized Rome in 49 B.C.E. Julius Caesar centralized control but was eventually assassinated in 44 B.C.E. After Julius came Octavian, who ran a monarchy that was disguised as a republic. Octavian continued expansion and integration of the empire. There was an extreme amount of poor people; in fact, one third of the population was in slavery. One of the only things that was attempted was giving them bread and circuses to distract them. There was no policy developed for them. The Roman empire went through many rulers. Although these
The unification of China was under the dynasties Qin and Han. There were formed schools of thought called Confucians, Daoists, and Legalists. These school of thoughts worked to bring political and social stability to China during the rule of the late Zhou dynasty which were chaotic years. Legalist principles and imposed centralized imperial rule were adopted by rulers of the Qin and Han dynasties. Political stability was the foundation of economic prosperity for the Han dynasty. There was a search of political and social order, unification of China, and a transition from economic prosperity to social disorder.
Disputes over land seem to be a catalyst for almost every hostility and war since the dawn of time. The addition of politics and religion into the matter only serves to aggravate an already tense situation. Kashmir knows this all too well. The conflict between Hindus and Muslims seems to be an ever reoccurring battle. This is also evidenced in population battles. Hindus make up the social majority of the population of India by almost eighty percent. Feelings of tension and uneasiness are a natural reaction to being dominated by a majority and are a problem unto itself.
Evaluate the reasons for the success of Mao and the communists gaining support during the Chinese Civil war.
Referring to the map we see what China claims as their territory, we see the area defined by the dashed lines, which stretches hundreds of miles all the way south and east from Chinas most southern province of Hainan. Now China claims that this territory it claims comes from 2000 years of history where the small islands of Paracels and Spratlys have been regarded as an integral part of China. That is because China has a strong sense of irredentism towards the South China Sea. Irredentism is any movement to reclaim a land that was once theirs, by justifying that the land or territory they want to reclaim has always been theirs and it is only right to have it back citing either real or imagined historic events or tying it with an ethnic affiliation. Today the South China Sea has become more and more of a global issue, with the U.S navy presence the increasing demands of natural resources is also a key factor as to why a country such as China wants to claim the South China Sea. China depends heavenly on gas and oil, and the notion of unclaimed land and resources in the South China Sea is too great of deal to
In deciding on which course of action would be the most appropriate in resolving the Taiwan-China conflict, it would be necessary to understand the conflict and the attempts made to resolve such conflict to have a proper perspective on the issue. It would also help to analyze why the previous techniques were not successful before adopting any policy recommendation to resolve the conflict.