Historians puzzle over the fact that, as advanced and rich as Ming and Manchu China was, it did not develop full-scale capitalism and industrialization. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Discuss the dominant attitude toward commerce and merchants in China, the role of the government in encouraging or discouraging trade, and the nature of the local Chinese economy. How did these factors differ from the conditions that prevailed in Europe?
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since A) 1954. B) 1944. C) 1934. D) 1964.
The end of the Revolutionary War brought _________
A) financial and commercial stability B) general prosperity C) a boom in international commerce D) widespread economic depression
New Light preachers like Gilbert Tennent shook the foundations of the social order by sowing seeds of doubt about
A) ministers. B) merchants. C) royal governors. D) scientists. E) tax collectors.
Nietzsche's explanation for the historical victory of Christianity includes all the following EXCEPT
a. the triumph of Christianity in the ancient world was the victory of the weak over the capable and the virtuous. b. Christians were society's failures who redefined strength and love of life into sin: Christianity is life-denying. c. Christianity spread without resorting to the guilt that other faiths employed to shame those who deviated from their principles and practices. d. "Christianity is a revolt of everything that crawls along the ground against that which is elevated." e. Christian praise of love, compassion, and pity is actually a mask for envy, hatred, and revenge.