The Indus had an extensive trade history with the Deccan Plateau, Persia and Mesopotamia. ... Unlike China, they didn't (ew!). The Chinese instead focussed on scientific advancements. ... The Chinese most notably had extremely large palaces (forbidden city) and the Great Wall of China. ... As a result of these two civilizations, the advances in science, art, architecture and trade advanced throughout history. ...

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Although, this spirit of newly acquired friendship did not last long when Chinese maps were published showing portions of Indian territory as that of the Chinese. ... BILATERAL TRADE AND ECONOMICS According to Angus Maddison, a British economist and international scholar on macroeconomic history of the world, "India and China were competing with each other in the first sixteen or seventeen centuries of the Christian era. ... " India's export to China is nowhere in league with the import. ... Moreover, the Chinese strategy to occupy important sea routes from the South China se...

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According to "The History Place," website, The Great Potato Famine of 1845 in Ireland was one of the final straws in a class struggle that led to revolution of the Irish against the British Crown and, "as a result, violence erupted between British forces in Ireland and the Irish Republican Army (IRA)," [The14]. ... Other tactics such as peaceful activism have been used, some of the most renowned examples being the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's in the U.S. and the Chinese protests led by students in 1989 in Tiananmen Square. ... Besides social unrest there is also...

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Zen and Chan are, respectively, Japanese and Chinese attempts to render the Sanskrit word for meditation, dhyana (Coomaraswamy 94). ... Like other Chinese Buddhist sects, Chan first established itself as a lineage of masters emphasizing the teachings of a particular text, in this case the Lankavatara Sutra (Coomaraswamy 96). Bodhidharma, the first Chan patriarch in China, who is said to have arrived there from India in 470 A.D., was a master of this text. ... The subsequent history of Chan in China was mixed. ... During the Song dynasty (960-1279), Chan again prospered and was a leading ...

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Among those countries are China, India and Japan. ... According to iloveindia.com education makes a person a responsible citizen whether its history or our duties. ... Many kids in India and China are strongly forced to compete in school and become the best student in school. ... Another Country that has very high parental pressure levels is China, mainly because China now feels that they must do everything the best and they are competing with the US. ... " (China Seeks to Lower Pressure on Young Students, but Will It Work?) ...

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James Lull (1993) views this nightmare to be impossible since culture is dependant on history, and ultimately its involvement of the current culture. So since the history any society is different this globalization seems unlikely. ... Examples of such occurrences are frequent and one such example includes the STAR satellite, capable of broadcasting from China to India. ...

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India is bounded by Pakistan to north-west, Nepal and China to the north-east, Arabian sea to the south-east and Bay of Bengal to the south-west. ... Indian history can be traced back over some 5,000 years. ... The history of British India begins in 1600, with the setting up of the East India Company. ... Some Indian languages have a long literary history--Sanskrit literature is more than 5,000 years old and Tamil 3,000. ...

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(hollinshead, 2010) Mark twain said once "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.'' ...

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(hollinshead, 2010) Mark twain said once "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.'' ...

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The British Empire reached its peak at the beginning of 20th century, comprising over 20% of the Earth's land surface and more than 400 million inhabitants, being the largest empire in history. ... In 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. ...

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The history and immigration policy of the country are the building blocks in shaping modern country. Likewise, American history and its immigration policy are the basis of the modern America. ... Japanese and Chinese workers were welcomed to work in the farms as well at the time of the labor crisis. ...

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