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Hist 103 Tamu Mcglone Exam 2 Questions And Answers 2024 Update
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Hist 103 Tamu Mcglone Exam 2 Questions AndAnswers 2024 Update
axial age ANS✔✔ -first millennium bce seen as an "axial age"
-old empire steadily declined- new empire emerges
-new communities meant: innovations in cultural & religious beliefs. more social and political options.
-complex urban-based societies emerged
-second-generation societies benefitting from old empires and looking for ways to improve it
eastern zhou ANS✔✔ divided into two eras
-spring & autumn period (722-481bc) at least 500 battles and 100 civil wars.
-weapons are cheaper to gather & more lethal
eastern zhou pt 2 ANS✔✔ -warring state period (403-271bc) 7 large territorial states.
-nobles ruled land and called themselves kings
-they started to use coinage
confucius ANS✔✔ -"the 100 masters"
(551-479bc)
-worked in court of lu in lowly gov positions
-opened own school aged 22- "1st teacher of China"
-private schools where elite in society could attend
-believed humans behaved ethically not for salvation rather inherently good
-human left alone= harmonious existence
, confucious pt 2 ANS✔✔ family the foundation of proper ethical actions
economic: everyone in the family gets financially supported
political and social : benefits from having a strong family If you are disciplined it's better when you go
out to society
moral & psychological: you know where you fit in society, sense of stability
state a patriarchal family: respect heaven & protect subjects
ruler has to respect god & his subjects: harmonious society only possible by keeping everyone fed
confucius pt 3 ANS✔✔ the analects
teachings preserved by followers in the analects
doesn't talk about god or gods when talking about morality (or in the book)
social reform can only come from within & not from above
believed in perfectibility of human character
daoism ANS✔✔ attributed to lao tzu (500bce)
contributed to the religion of China
emphasizing doing what is natural- "go with the flow" in accordance with the tao (dao)- a cosmic force
tzu scorned rigid rituals & social hierarchies
followers collect his sayings in a book "the dao de jing"
main principle= "wuwei"- spontaneity
ruler who interfered least= most successful
zhou ANS✔✔ politically:
leaders created administrative districts- stewards, sheriffs, judges
peasant household registered- tax collection & conscription
bureaucrats (superiors) "junzi" paid with grain, titles, gold, silver
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