In documents 2 and 3 you can easily tell that event the population is divided into social class going from the top of the class to the bottom. Mencius said “there are those who use their mind, and there are those who use their muscles.” Mencius is saying that the philosophers, the ones who use their mind, are most important or at the top of social class. He is also saying that the people who use their muscles are lower in the social class in the “mean people.” This is because Han China saw these types of people as unskilled workers. Some of the people who were classified as “mean people” were merchants, artists, and slaves. In Athens if you were actively involved in politics you were high in class.
The two civilizations also experienced social differences, like India had a very strong caste system, and China valued its peasants more than India. Both China and India had societies dominated by males. A male dominated society is known as Patriarchy. These patriarchal societies were very common back then, and still are today. In China, the males practiced polygamy, which means he was allowed to have numerous partners and wives.
The ruling class also have the power to prevent the introduction of laws that would threaten their interests. Thus, for example, there are few laws that seriously challenge the unequal distribution of wealth. Laureen Snider argues that the capitalist state is reluctant to pass laws that regulate the activities of businesses or threaten their profitability which is why the crime statistics show the working class to be the largest perpetrators of crime. Selective enforcement is another Marxist view on crime and social
When comparing Matteo Ricci’s characterization of the Chinese people to Sepúlveda’s and Las Casas’ earlier characterizations of the Native Americans, there are many differences. However, there are some similarities between Ricci and Las Casas' views. Ricci characterizes the Chinese as being a highly intelligent people just as Las Casas' describes the Native Americans. However, Sepúlveda describes the Natives as being quite the opposite and refers to them as wild barbarians. Both Matteo Ricci and Las Casas characterize their groups of people in a positive way.
In the Han and Roman empires, the two cultures felt extremely different about their attitudes towards technology, but even within the cultures themselves, these attitudes were not necessarily the same. Hans believed that while technology was primarily for the lower class people, upper class people should invent these, and sometimes use them. However, the Roman empire seems to be thoroughly divided on their attitudes towards technology. Some of the documents seem to think that technology is not for the upperclass, and is in fact vulgar, but others seem to think that it is beautiful and useful, created by the lower class but used by both. The first four documents are from the Han dynasty, and two of them are from government officials, which would probably mean a weak bias on their part towards the government.
China is a really huge area compare to Athens, and it related to their civilization. In addition, the geography made the different also. Han China and Classical Athens have some similarities, but the differences are geography, government, also the art. Chinese and Athenians were different, and the differences are society, running of the government, and the laws.
All banking staff are free to join this, but as it’s an elitist group, power is mainly concentrated way up with the shareholders of the banks, who have the ultimate say in things to do with the group. This is mainly due to them having important financial ties with the banks, hence their voice would be much more important than the frontline staff who work at these banks. This group, like most elitist groups has a closed membership, as it only allows in banking staff and shareholders and the like, not the regular citizens who have genuine concerns with the banks and the way they are run. Another example would be the Farmers association. These only allow farmers to join, but power is concentrated within the top of the hierarchy of the
Also, Rome suffered some bad luck, perhaps, in the form of invasions. “According to Adshead's book China in World History, comparing Han China and the Roman Empire gives context and assists understanding of China's interactions and relations with other civilisations of Antiquity. In his opinion, the Roman Empire bears the closest similarity to the Han Empire of the ancient civilisations. He also compares the two to assess their "relative standing" in the ancient world. Despite the similarities between the two, Adshead concludes that when examining Han China and the Roman Empire before Constantine, their "differences outweighed the similarities".
They prefer spicy more than others. However, Chinese food is hard to cook and needs a long time to prepare, also you need to use fresh vegetables, meet to cook the best dish. Sometimes Chinese people care more about the flavor rather than nutrition. Conversely, food in Canada's mainly it is humdrum, such as: pasta, salad, steak, and burgers, but Canada they have their special food, suck like Canadian bacon and some invent by their self. That kind of food is easy to cook and prepare, but it is a little bit single, sugary and unhealthy sometimes, so they need to eat more vegetables and do more
The essay begins by describing the Chinese knights-errant followed by a description of the Western knights then a comparison between the two. After a careful analysis, it is established that while the Western knights were conformists, Chinese knights-errant were not. Moreover, existence in the same time made it possible to register several similarities. Discussion There exist different views as to who knights-errant actually were. Moreover, the Chinese knights-errant are seen as having been those unemployed peasants, professional warriors, merchants, craftsmen among others who socially rose against the politically, economically and intellectually domineering ideologies (Liu 1).