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People were painted very small to let the viewer embrace the beauty of the landscape.

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chinese made compasses with a mineral called lodestone. they crarved the lodestone in to a spoon shape and placed it onto a bronze slab the plate represented earth. they marked the plate with lables such as north, east, south, west.

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Daoism influenced the way they showed people in paintings. Humans were very small to express the idea that people are part of nature but don't control it

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The paintings reflected Daoists belief that a person cannot know the truth about everything.

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Compasses - Lyndsey (Serafifi making another)

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Compasses - Lyndsey (Serafifi making another)

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The Chinese used lodestone and shaped that into the shape of a spoon, they then placed the spoon on a flat shape of bronze that represented earth. The bowl of the spoon was always in the center pointing north and the handle always pointed south, it acted like this because it's a magnet, and the south and north poles are magnetic. Source : https://www.joliet86.org/assets/1/6/An_Ancient_Compass_Reading1.pdf

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The tang dynasty is also the great age of poetry in china. The most famous writers were poets that express the Daoist appreciation of the world. Li Bo was one of the most  popular poets of the tang dynasty. He was known for living a carefree life writing about nature.

only source: Charlemagne book

Fancy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w

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Paper was invented during the Han Dynasty, however, the mass production of paper led to another invention, printing to make writing way easier. This method was called woodblock printing where they put ink on the block and then rub a paper against it. This meant a paper could have thousands of copies. Printing also lead to the invention of paper money to make it easier.

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Printing was invented by a Chinese printer by the name of Pi Sheng. Before printing writers had to copy down words in books which was expensive. To print stuff, people got wood blocks and put them together to make sentences. Then they painted the symbols with led or ink and pressed a paper on it. The Governments also used printing for paper money.

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to make paper currency they printed out a design of the money they had already made copper coins but they couldn't make them fast enough so they started to print paper money. I had the same value of money but lighter to carry, and it a lot cheaper than coins.

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ships....  😐 typed by bomi olivia helped

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ships....  😐 typed by bomi olivia helped

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ships helped with trade they built ships with rudders and sails whatever that means

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paper was made in large amounts
paper was used and helped for creating printing systems
paper was a good invention because it was lighter than bamboo and animal bones and made the books easier to carry around.

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Because of a lack of wood, China needed to find another source of burning fuel. They discovered that coal could be used as fuel. China made a coal mining industry. However, when iron was heated in a coal furnace...

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The invention of coal caused people to heat up iron with coal, This created a stronger material called steel. They used this new metal to make armor and weapons for their soldiers. They produced Stoves farm tools and drills as well. Many products were made out of steel because of how useful it was.

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Chinese gunpowder could shoot flames and objects 40 yards and make the first fireworks with gunpowder. Gunpowder is made of Saltpeter, Sulfur, Charcoal. Gunpowder was used for explosives and weapons.

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PORCELAIN PLATES <3 (aashmi and chidhvi hehehehe)

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PORCELAIN PLATES <3 (aashmi and chidhvi hehehehe)

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Porcelain plates. You eat your samosas on them (you better eat samosas 😡).. It was first made in China, the form best known in the west was made in the Yuan dynasty. It's made out of fine white clay baked at high temperatures. Sometimes people today call it china.

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Apparently, the Chinese wanted not to draw/paint the exact area, but instead they wanted to portray the idea of rivers, lakes, and mountains. They left spaces to prove that.