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…that the use of child labour was widespread before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. The use of children was a fundamental part of China's first attempts to industrialize. The following description of a Tianjin cotton mill is the early 1930…

…MAO: A NECESSARY EVIL The lecture that Philip Short gave on his book Mao: A Necessary Evil was a very interesting insight into the life of the controversial leader of China. He started by talking about Mao’s early life, growing up in central China…

…. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born…

…The Aztecs were a great empire in Mexico during the 1400’s and early 1500’s. They were one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas. They built many great cities, the biggest being tenochitian. This city lies within the borders of what is now…

…they left Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17 year old Marco and two priests. Early life, despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family…

…revolution created a party with the help of Germany lead to the fall of imperialism and capitalism. Soon after Russia became a communist country. Revolutionary change is apparent when looking at China's development as a government. China and Russia's political…

…languages who had inhabited the region for a long period before then. During the first millennium, strong Indian and China influences brought Hindu and Buddhist beliefs to the area. Some of the groups that adopted these beliefs were the Mon of Myanmar who were…

…Chinese Buddhism There is evidence of Buddhists in China as early as the 3rd century, but Buddhism was not popular in China for years. Buddhism was probably introduced after the Han emperor Ming Ti had a dream of a flying golden deity…

…In the late 2nd century or early 3rd century, I for get which one, Rome was being transformed from a small agrarian city-state to the center of a successful empire. However, its political structure had not quite evolved to deal with these major changes…

…noticed everything in his path and along the way. It was very hard for the people in the village to do anything near early dawn because only oil lamps gave off light. Gandhi had a younger brother. Before Gandhi had gone to high school he had been used…