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5.[[Sun Tzu]] was a [[military]] strategist who lived during the [[Warring States]] period of China and wrote the famous Art of War.  Having not read this, I cannot choose a “favorite” insight, but I like this one: “Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful.”  This quotation demonstrates how logic, strategy, and ingenuity are more useful and honorable than brute force alone.  

5.[[Sun Tzu]] was a [[military]] strategist who lived during the [[Warring States]] period of China and wrote the famous Art of War.  Having not read this, I cannot choose a “favorite” insight, but I like this one: “Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful.”  This quotation demonstrates how logic, strategy, and ingenuity are more useful and honorable than brute force alone.  

   

   

6.6.The major empires (dynasties) of ancient China were the Shang Dynasty from about 1760-1120 BC, and Zhou Dynasty, the longest in Chinese history, from about 1130 to 220 BC.  The dynasties of Imperial China were the Qin Dynasty (about 220 to 205 BC) and the Han Empire (206 BC-AD 220).  After the Three Kingdoms period, China was reunited in AD 590 by the Sui Dynasty.  

6.The major empires (dynasties) of ancient China were the Shang Dynasty from about 1760-1120 BC, and Zhou Dynasty, the longest in Chinese history, from about 1130 to 220 BC.  The dynasties of Imperial China were the Qin Dynasty (about 220 to 205 BC) and the Han Empire (206 BC-AD 220).  After the Three Kingdoms period, China was reunited in AD 590 by the Sui Dynasty.  

7.B) The [[Silk Road]] was similar to the [[internet]] because it served to connect geographically far away areas.  It facilitated cultural borrowing (such as the spead of Buddhism), the spread of technology, and trade.  The internet has similar functions.  However, the internet uses cyber-technology to do this, while the Silk Road used physical means.

7.B) The [[Silk Road]] was similar to the [[internet]] because it served to connect geographically far away areas.  It facilitated cultural borrowing (such as the spead of Buddhism), the spread of technology, and trade.  The internet has similar functions.  However, the internet uses cyber-technology to do this, while the Silk Road used physical means.