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__The article Chinese Paleoanthropology by K.C. Chang, reveals that the politics of East Asia were influenced by a large group of people, that were not all from the same region or separated from the world (13). The implications of this suggest that many different kinds of people attributed to the political structured that developed in East Asia, and continues to thrive to this day. One of the most prominent of derives from Confucius thought and culture. This religion and spiritual thought, created some boundaries and ideologies that founded some of the cultures in the area and created some of the rules and laws that formulated some of the culture in the East (Wei-ming 14). The conception of thought may have been what could have bounded many groups of people together under a common ideology, creating thriving systems of political structure. However, even though its influence was on country wide scale, the peaceful aspects of the religion and ideology did not prevent groups of people from deliberately seeking out power and control over large groups of people. From warring and political strife small groups of people sought out power under self-entitled religious structures that formulated a monarchy (Sofue). These structures could have been formulated by a need to have a centralize ruling structure or common ideology to form and thrive a culture. In addition these also may have been full by an individuals need to empower themselves. When considering ancients East Asian society, like the Han, individual people decided it was a requirement to empower themselves. According to the article "A Han Painted Tomb at Loyang" by Jonathan Chaves, the Han tried to preserve their individual powers after death. This suggest that in these societies people already sought out greater power.__ __Module 12:__



__This Google Earth image shows the location of the Xi'an which is the ancient city once known as Chang'an. Located within the region are the Banbo Museum that harbors the remains of ancient villages dating back to the neolithic era. Included in the area are artifacts and remains from the Qin Empire and Emperor housed within a mausoleum dedicated to him.__

__[|A Han Painted Tomb at Loyang]__ __Jonathan Chaves__ __[|Artibus Asiae]__ __Vol. 30, No. 1 (1968), pp. 5-27__ __Published by: [|Artibus Asiae Publishers]__ __http://www.jstor.org/stable/3250440__

__[|Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity]__ __Tu Wei-ming__ __[|Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]__ __Vol. 50, No. 2 (Nov., 1996), pp. 12-39__

__[|Chinese Palaeoanthropology]__ __K. C. Chang__ __[|Annual Review of Anthropology]__ __Vol. 6, (1977), pp. 137-159__ __Published by: [|Annual Reviews]__ __http://www.jstor.org/stable/2949329__

__[|Anthropology in Japan: Historical Review and Modern Trends]__ __Takao Sofue__ __[|Biennial Review of Anthropology]__ __Vol. 2, (1961), pp. 173-214__ __Published by: [|Bernard Siegal]__ __http://www.jstor.org/stable/2949221__

__[|Ancient China Life]__ __http://www.ancientchinalife.com/ancient-china-architecture.html__