History ReCap Questions .

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1.What were the iternal threats that the ancient china face?

Answer:The more powerful fedual states conquered the weaker ones hence they grew in size .As the fedual shi's became more greedy for land,they start fighting over land,the king could not control them.Hence they started fighting among themselves .

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1.What were the iternal threats that the people of ancient Southeast Asia faced ?

Answer:There was warefare and rebellion,in 1511 CE , Meleka was attacked and conquered by a Eurpoean power,the portugese.The defeat was caused due to the weak leadership.The fall was also caused by the several unwise and unpopular.The Leader made many wrong choices,hence causing the fall .

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1.Compare the iternal threats that the people of ancient india,China and southeast asia faced.How were they similiar?

Answer:Both civilisation showed poor leadership,the Ruler trust their people too easily,hence the greed of more land caused war and chaos among themselves.The Ruler was also biased,taking as an example ,the leader of Meleka,do not have efficiency and charged those non-muslims higher taxes.Whilst the ancient china ruler,gave power to not trusted people,which is the fedual shi's hence war started.

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1.What were the measures taken by ancient china against foreign invasion.

Answer:They build physical barriers and strong armies,the greatest physical barrier is the Great Wall Of China which was created during the period of Warring States.During 221 BCE , Qin ShiHuang than strengthened and lengthened the existing wall.They also developed their weopens.There were remarkable technology advancement was made between the 12th century CE and 13th Century CE this tells us what measures were taken by ancient china .

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1.What were the external threats that the people of Southeast Asia faced?

Answer:There were foreign invasion , even as they build physical barriers.Due to the inefficiency,they were hence defeated.