The Sextants Of Beijing
Beginning of paper
A book by Waley Cohen view China from a Western point
of view. In this book Chinese emperors, Chinese governments, and Chinese
people were engaged by the outside world, and wanted to study and learn
foreign goods and ideas. However, at the same time they were feared that they
might lose political ....
Middle of paper
.... during
the Tang dynasty. The first was simply the attractiveness of the success and
cosmopolitan Tang court and society. The second was an increase in seafaring
skills and risky attempts that were learned through trade. The third was the
change of goods that the China was exporting. Skills that China learned was
the most wanted product for all the Chinese. However, ceramics began to up
rise as the leading of exports and the trade of silk production lost when
silkworm cocoons were smugg ....
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Word count: 1024
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
