Name Professor Course Date Greater Diversity of Chinese American Oral History in Arizona Most of the historical literature on the Chinese in United States focuses on the experiences in the western United States such as in California. The Chinese were laborers and construction workers on railroad sites in the late nineteenth century. The literature sometimes neglects the role of the Chinese in the Arizona territory. Records show that the earliest Chinese settlement in Arizona took place after the United States made Arizona it territory from Mexico in 1863. The Chinese had realized that the land had value and opportunities.
Marco travels to many other cities and towns of China and is able to experience the great beauty and many riches the county has. Marco also mentions how the people throughout the country are loyal and faithful to the Khan. He is able to observe the many different customs of the people from each town and he mentions the variety of living conditions and trading goods. One of the cities Marco is fascinated by is also one where merchants travel to for trade. This is the city of Kin-sai, it is the capitol of Manji.
China saw itself as defending the Middle Kingdom against outside barbarians. Dehli/Agra/Fatehpur Sikri Reasons for significance: Agra is a magnificent city both for its size and it antiquity. All the necessities and conveniences of human life can be obtained in this city. There were a great number of artisans, iron workers and goldsmiths. Economic status: Agra is a vital center, with wonderful monuments, which include the Taj Mahal.
“Under the Abbasids, the center of the Moslem world was the city of Baghdad…not chosen by inadvertence…” says Document A. One of the reasons the city of Baghdad was chosen as the capital city of the Moslem world was because of its location near the silk road so that, as said in Document A, “if the pilgrimage caravans made only one round trip a year in the prescribed season, it was the traders, who as always, kept the Silk Road active all year round.” The location near the Silk Road gave traders and advantage to trading in China, which created a vital link in trading. Page 132 in the World History book says that” Muslim…traders traveled the Silk Road toward China and were a vital link in the exchange of goods between East Asia and Europe.” This trade helped to spread culture and technology; Arabic
The commercial businesses are mostly Asian high fashion boutiques, nightclubs, 24 hour businesses, and restaurants. History Koreatown is located along Wilshire Boulevard. In 1800, this area saw its first settlement. Then in 1888, Henry Gaylord Wilshire bought many lots in the area after the real estate market crashed. The street was named after Wilshire when he agreed to let the city build a street across from his property.
Yeh sheds light on what Americans commonly consider Chinese paraphernalia, such as paper lanterns and fortune cookies as being “unchinese”. These misconceptions of Chinese culture are important to understand because of the fact that the Chinatown has been built for the tourist. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest in the world, it has become a sub culture of mainland China. It is a melting pot brimming with a concoction of American ideals and Chinese culture. What Yeh ends up with is a chronicle of a Chinese community shaped by politics, immigration and the 1960s social
Within Daring Harbour, 500m from Pyrmont the SHFA runs restaurants, shops, marinas and attractions like the Chinese Garden of Friendship. This provides accessible lifestyle options to nearby Pyrmont residents. It is also a factor drawing residents into Pyrmont, leading to Sydney’s structural reshaping and emergence as a world city with cultural dominance.
Precious ivory and gold, food items such as pomegranates, safflowers, and carrots went east out of Rome to the west; from the east came jade, furs, ceramics, and manufactured objects of bronze, iron and lacquer. Animals such as horses, sheep, elephants, peacocks, and camels made the trip, and most importantly perhaps, agricultural and metallurgical technologies, information, and religion were brought with the travelers 4. How did Buddhism become the most popular faith in all of East Asia? When the Han Dynasty of China extended its power to Central Asia in the first century B.C., trade and cultural ties between China and Central Asia also increased. In this way, the Chinese people learnt about Buddhism so that by the middle of the first century C.E., a community of Chinese Buddhists was already in existence.
Other books were the Book of History, Book of Etiquette, and Book of Songs. The books tell the Chinese how to act, live, and so on. T- Bronze was an obvious item in China at this time. In the Shang dynasty, bronze metallurgy was introduced. There are many vehicles and horse-drawn chariots were used.
Since the tang dynasty is gradually into north Korea, Japan, Vietnam and southeast Asia, and then to Europe, North America, Australia and other countries. In addition to the Chinese christians, local residents have believed in the Taoism. In New York, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Houston all have Taoist temple. New York has day palace, should way palace, the Arizona have zhongfu road, San Francisco, California purple silver cabinet, Hawaii have the too xuan Taoist temple. Houston has a larger guandi temple, for Chinese traditional architecture, QiaoJiao eaves, ancient sweet patina.