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  2. Dynastic cycle - Wikipedia

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    Dynastic cycle (traditional Chinese: 朝代循環; simplified Chinese: 朝代循环; pinyin: Cháodài Xúnhuán) is an important political theory in Chinese history. According to this theory, each dynasty of China rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven ...

  3. Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia

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    Wang Chong correctly theorized the nature of the water cycle. 87: Yuan An was appointed situ. 88: Zhang died. He was succeeded by his son Emperor He of Han. 89: June: Battle of the Altai Mountains: Han and allied forces defeated the army of the Northern Chanyu and accepted the surrender of two hundred thousand Xiongnu soldiers in the Altai ...

  4. History of China - Wikipedia

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    The traditional lens for viewing Chinese history is the dynastic cycle: imperial dynasties rise and fall, and are ascribed certain achievements. Throughout pervades the narrative that Chinese civilization can be traced as an unbroken thread many thousands of years into the past , making it one of the cradles of civilization .

  5. Mandate of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    In the Goguryeo story, Jumong was born to Hye Moss, the son of the Emperor, and Yu Hwa, the daughter of Habaek, the god of water. When Yuhwa was pregnant, she entrusted her body to the king of Buyeo and laid an egg, and the person who came out of the egg was Jumong.

  6. Chinese historiography - Wikipedia

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    The book describes the general pattern of the official dynastic histories with regard to the structure, method, arrangement, sequence, caption, and commentary, dating back to the Warring States period. The Zizhi Tongjian was a pioneering reference work of Chinese historiography.

  7. Dealing with water weight? Why it's happening and 7 ways to ...

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    "The majority of the adult body is water, up to 60% of your weight," says Schnoll-Sussman, adding that the average person's weight can fluctuate one to five pounds per day due to water.

  8. Dynasties of China - Wikipedia

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    For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.

  9. Warriors on toughest NBA title run yet - AOL

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    By winning so dominantly, Golden State has actually lost a great deal. Motivation, no matter what your life coach or Michael Jordan tells you, is a finite resource.