In China, the males practiced polygamy, which means he was allowed to have numerous partners and wives. When a man’s wife got “old”, he would be allowed to go out and find a new one.The women of China were also expected to birth a son, and the females were disregarded. In both societies, a woman’s purpose was to mainly reproduce, and stay loyal to her husband.. The women were considered their husband’s property rather than their own individual person. In China, the only way a woman could possibly get ahead in life and become a functional member of society was to have a son, and have that son respect her greatly and protect her.
India and China are also considered “classical” because of the way they ran society and because that method is still used today. India and China are similar in the fact they both have patriarchal societies in which the male is the predominant figure. In both India and China, the women are inferior to the men. The only role of women is to take care of the home. Women were ranked socially by their husband or fathers rank socially.
The Code of Hammurabi was based off of gender relations, and/or class structure. The women were basically property because they were women and they had no power. The men that had a lot of money was given more favor. The third component is the Political System, it determines who governs, who makes the laws and who provides community service. An example of this is “Mandate of Heaven.” It is a concept in China: The ruler had moral authority so long as powers granted it to him on the basis of his good character.
Latifah McCollough Dr. B. Jack HIS 1302-08 April 20, 2010 Primary Source Analysis In 1949 China, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, China passed a law that granted women the same rights as men in a marriage. This was a big step in China because China’s traditional values grant men all authority. Because it was a law that broke the traditional values of the Chinese, Chinese men and women of the 1940’s may not have respected the law as well as they did others. This was the beginning of China moving forward and catching up with countries such as the United States and Europe. Many women in China were typical house wives in the 1940’s.
Suicide upon the death of one’s husband was considered very honorable and virtuous, especially when committed in order to avoid a rape (an act of unfaithfulness.) A woman would inherit her husband’s business upon his death if she had a son, but upon her son’s coming of age, the business would be his. There are numerous examples throughout the book of wives being traded and used to pay for goods, as though women were goods themselves. The third chapter focuses on the difficulties of the seventeeth century Chinese widow. A woman was expected to always remain loyal to her husband, even after his death.
This type of exercise can have one of two outcomes, one the village people will get a taste of voting and democracy and will demand more of political control and influence. The other outcome will be that people are satisfied and feel that there is no need for change as mentioned above. The one political party in China roughly consist of 60 million members. The US government was established in 1787 when the constitutional convention voted for George Washington for president after defeating the British. Although the US has exercised democracy longer than the Chinese have practiced socialism, they are one of the oldest civilizations in history.
Rulers generally had many advantages, and the lowest class was slavery. The Shang dynasty had burial practices where family members would be buried to each other. This is just one example of how China views families of the most important thing to a man or woman. China is all about respecting your parents and never dishonoring your family. P- The Shang dynasty had a network of fortified cities, which means they were protected.
Cindy Zhang 1/4/13 While China and Greece were similar in their social aspects in that they were both hierarchal empires and favored the men oppose to the women, they differed because they believed in different philosophies and philosophers such as Confucius of China and Plato of Greece. China and Greece are both hierarchal societies. Women were always considered inferior to men. Also in both societies, women were loyal to their family. The China had this law of filial piety where there are five different relationships including husband to wife where the wife was obedient and subservient to the husband.
One thing they had in comen was that they both had natural barriers separating them from other meager civilizations. Another major similarity was that religion played a big role in leaders staying in power because in china the Zhou claimed that gods gave them the through as long as they guided the people wisely and called their rule “mandate of the havens” and in Egypt it was believed that the pharah was a god on earth and he was son of Re. Finally another similarity is that they both depended on annual floods for the grouth of there crops. Differences: even doe Egypt and china have many things in common they also differ a lot. A way they differ is that Egypt has more of a dry flat land and china is mostly raised wet land.
Increasing trade with all major regions of the world c. A dislike of the arts and sciences d. A powerful centralized government 18. A “dynasty” in Chinese history was a. Any emperor who lasted more than two decades b. A family that passed the imperial title from generation to generation c. Powerful bureaucrats who ran the state d. Big business families who monopolized trade 19. Merchants in China were considered low prestige according to Confucian ideals because: a.