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    The Period of Warring States was a time in China lasting from 479 to 221 BCE in which over 100 Chinese states dwindled down to seven through warfare. The major effects of the Period of Warring States was an increase in philosophy, a change of ruling, and a change of ruling style. During the Period of Warring States, there was a surplus of philosophical beliefs and because of the warring, those beliefs were widely spread. Confucianism was prominent because of its emphasis on self reflection

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    Qin Dynasty The Qin Dynasty was the first united empire after the Warring States Period (Hyde). During the Warring States Period, the area of the Zhou Dynasty was separated into eight states. These states were ruled by kings and the states would often go to war, fighting for land. However, around 221 BC, Emperor Qin conquered all of the states, and combined them all into the Qin Dynasty (Wu). The Qin Dynasty was the most significant dynasty in ancient China’s history. During this dynasty, the walls

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    Zhou dynasties. The main music genre and them were music dance, worship, and ritual musics. In the period of 西周, collected and developed the ritual music into a set of systematic social rules; Rigid ritual music system; use music according to social position was invented and most famous The Book of Songs was also written in this period. In The Spring and Autumn period and the Warring states period, regional music and ya yue was famous. Historical records show, the “eight sound” classification merited

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    The warring states period in Japan was one of constant military dispute. It started in 1467 and went for 136 years and only ended when all the clans unified under the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603. This period definitely had a large effect in the making of modern Japan because it was a time of growing culture and strong economics. The economy grew despite the wars raging and trade was big this indicates the sophisticated craft and manufacturing industries in Japan. These are the main reasons for the

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    family structure, private property, or class distinction, to a society based mainly on family and private ownership. Little is known about the Xia dynasty except for that it had lasted four hundred years and was ultimately overthrown by the Shang,a state that was east of the Chinese establishment.      All history before the Shang dynasty is largely legendary with very little or no material evidence of neither the Xia dynasty nor the rulers Yu, Huang Di or Yao Di. However

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    was only last for 15 years (221 to 206 B.C.E). Although Qin had such a transient period to power the country, it played a fundamental role in Chinese history. In historians’ view, they also consider Qin Dynasty was the first dynasty to unify the country. Qin ended the Warring States period and gave people a breaking period after a long term of wars. But being “the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in the Chinese history” was not the only achievement that Qin had. The huge impacts

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    Confucianism. Han Fei Tzu: Legalism, is an ancient Chinese philosophy concerned with the art of rulership and the stability of the state. Along with hundreds of other philosophical schools, legalism emerged during the Warring States Period (453-422 BC), a time of intense political and intellectual turmoil. Unlike other schools of thought, legalism defined the strength of the state, through a system of punishments and rewards, propagated by common laws. Neither concerning itself with Confucian idealization

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    historical state of Lu at a time when Zhou Dynastic power was crumbling. The Zhou Dynasty has started to lose control and Ancient China erupted into a struggle for power. Many ruling elites craved for unification thus granting them total control of the Zhou household, known as the Warring States Period. Confucius believed the founders of the Zhou Dynasty had established a well-developed government and principled actions, but he only kept seeing war and greed among the rivaling states around him,

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    Legalist Qin Dynasty

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    The Period of the Warring States was a time of turmoil and unrest in Chinese history. It started during the decline of the Zhou Dynasty in 479 BCE and lasted until 221 BCE. The 100 Chinese states fought and conquered one another, until the state of Qin triumphed over the rest and formed the Qin Dynasty. Some of the largest effects that came from the Period of the Warring States were the forming of the Legalist Qin Dynasty, the spread and adoption of Confucianist ideas, and the influence of the Daoist

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    The Qin and Han dynasties changed many things regarding how China was governed. Like when Qin Shi Huang standardized the units of measurement, currency, and the width of roads to ease trade within his country, strengthening the unity between areas. Another change is the Han dynasty’s usage of education. They let all boys receive an education to a certain extent, however, if they wanted to further their education more they would have to travel to the capital. One of the several changes Qin Shi Huang

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