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…structure of the time. Although the origin of playing cards is unknown, most evidence indicates they originated in China. Early playing cards were first printed during the Tang dynasty, which was AD 618- 906. Early Chinese money and playing cards were identical…

…experienced Korean soldiers back to Korea from China just before the war erupted. The United States maintained throughout 1949 and 1950 that it would not support an invasion of the North by the South. As early as 1947, however, Acheson and his advisers had come…

…500 and 1,100 degrees. Earthenware was used in Korea until the early Koryo dynasty (10-11th centuries). Earthenware and bronze developed in parallel through the prehistoric age, and then the periods known in Korea as Silla and Kaya (from 57 BC until…

…in Okinawa many centuries ago, where it was based on combat techniques imported from China. It was not called karate until it was introduced into Japan early in the 20th century by Gichin Funakoshi. It was he who gave the art its present name in 1935…

…decision, due to the fact that Suyan had that dream for many years, but had never achieved it when she was back in China. In history, China was a very poor country in the early 20th century. Most people living there were unemployed, not educated enough…

…government. Because of this, the Japanese military launched a new phase of political expansion on the Asian continent in the early 1930s. Their primary objective was to protect Japan's existing treaty rights and interests in Manchuria and other regions of China…

…or marry into a patrician family. During the time of the Republic to the time of the empire, plebeians, who fought in many wars to help Rome gain power, demanded more rights. The government slowly began to change to appeal to plebeians who out-numbered…

…History of Modern China Chinese Architecture A Study of Feng Shui Architecture, by definition, is the art or science of planning and building structures. Those are the words used to describe architecture in a dictionary but architecture is so…

…with a level of sympathy, even indulgence. Hit hard by the Great Depression of the early 1930s, however, Japanese disillusion with party government grew and moderates gave way to militants. In 1931 Japan occupied Manchuria in northern China. Over the decade conflict…

…It is always present in you. You can use it anyway you want. Taoism is one of the philosophical and religious modes of thought that originated in early China. Taoism began at about around the sixth century B.C. The one dominant idea in Taoism…