China Y Japon

Ministry of Education
Bilingual School Saint John
Second Quarter
China and Japan

Course:
History

Facilitator:
Lirieth Herrera

Presented by:
Javier Prado

Level:
12 Science

Delivery date:
August, Thursday 30

Year:
2012

INDEX
CONTENT NUMBER OF PAGE
INTRODUCTION------------------------------------------------------------------- 3CHINA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/15
JAPAN-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16/27
BIBLIOGRAPHY------------------------------------------------------------------- 28

* INTRODUCTION

Then study key points of China and Japan, Nations of great importance in the world for all they have contributed. Bothhave a rich history of nationalist progress in struggle for freedom and the position of each today.
China, like Japan are major competitors in the foreign trade, giving us products for global benefit.
I hope you enjoy the work.

CHINA
CHINA

* BACKGROUND.
The People's Republic of China is a country located in East Asia.

China borders 14 countries:
To the north by Russia and MongoliaNorthwest with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
West with Tajikistan and Afghanistan (through the Wakhan corridor).
Southwest Pakistan, India and Nepal
South with Bhutan, Burma, Yellow Sea, North Korea and Laos
Southeast with Vietnam, North Korea and the East China Sea
And on the east by the East China Sea, and Northeast Russia.

With an area of 9,596,961 km2, is 4. º country of the world'slargest and the most populous with a population of 1,339,724,852 people.
Has capital in Beijing, but the largest city is Shanghai. The territory is divided into 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and 2 special administrative regions.
Is a member of the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Forum Asia-Pacific.

* MAIN DYNASTIES OF CHINA
Major dynasties of China are:Xia Dynasty (1994 BC-1776 BC): First hereditary dynasty of China, which only disappeared when its last ruler was expelled due to tyrannical power he held over his people.
Shang Dynasty (1776 BC - 1027AC): The Shang Dynasty ruled over the territory they occupy the provinces of Henan, Hubei, Shandong, in the central and northern China.
Zhou Dynasty (1050 BC-256 BC): Spread from the south to theYangtze valley. The first capital of the dynasty was Hao near modern Xi'an. The Zhou Dynasty is divided into two periods: The Spring and Autumn period (771-475 BC) and the Warring States (475-221a.C.).
Quin Dynasty (221-207): The most important emperor of this dynasty was Shi Huangdi, the first emperor who unified the Empire.

* CULTURE OF CHINA
The culture of China is one of theoldest and most complex cultures of the world.
The area in which the culture is dominant covers a wide geographic region with large variations in customs and traditions between towns, cities or provinces.
Some exponents of Chinese culture are its mythology, philosophy, music and art.
Adopted many of the surrounding culture and Buddhism Hindu, giving rise to Chan Buddhism.
China was home to twomajor philosophies, Confucianism and Taoism.
Traditionally, Chinese literature is not the oldest in the world, but it is one of the oldest in the world for scripts. In the seventeenth century, had written texts produced over the world.
Chinese painting dates back some 5000 years, when the Chinese drew pictures of human beings and animals in the rocks made ​​with mineral dyes, and madedrawings of various ceramics.
Then designs and patterns recorded mystical bronze pieces, which have not appeared in large numbers due to the long period of time since its appearance. However, the few that we found was verified as the painting is painted on silk and are calculated to be painted around 2000 years ago.
The traditional Chinese architecture is influenced by the Greco-Buddhist art of the...