European & Chinese Inovation

This mind set lead common people to work compulsively and therefore making the European culture a much more productive one.

             The Chinese culture was far different than the European culture and vastly superior. During the Ming Dynasty provinces, districts, and counties were developed as forms of government. These forms of government were used to organize power and control taxes, military, and irrigation projects. This era also introduced civil service exams. Exams were given to decide who would become part of the bureaucracy. This opportunity lead to the creation and promotion of public schools. Perhaps the most valued institution in China was the family. The family was used as a form of order and security. It would often extend into joint families where several generations would live with each other. The joint family helped the younger generations work and gave the elderly a pace to be cared for. This gave way to clans which contained any number of joint families. Members of a clan supported each other in times of financial difficulty and gave poor families of the clan an opportunity for education. Though religious and political wars often emerged in China they would have a long standing as the most advanced civilization on Earth because of their ability to invent new products that were used for a wide range of purposes.

             Many of the common and most genius inventions in common use today were originated by the Chinese. The clock for instance was created by the Chinese but there were many problems with it. They used the water clock which wasn't very accurate and because it wasn't used by the worker it was fairly useless. However most inventions were of great use, though perhaps not for their use. They had made gunpowder which was used for both fireworks and weapons of war. Paper and ink were also invented the Chinese which were used to print sacred text. Since the government controlled what was printed these sacred text were the only things allowed to be put into print.

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