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This collection of Middle English texts was assembled from works contributed by University of Michigan faculty and from texts provided by the Oxford Text Archive, as well as works created specifically for the Corpus by the HTI.

The English Emblem Book Project of the Penn State University Libraries in Pennsylvania, USA, has digitized older form of texts, the emblem books, for the 16th to the 19th centuries. "An emblem book is a collection of images with adjoining text. In an emblem there is a dialog or tension between image and word. Emblems are frequently allegorical in theme. Emblem books are a form of text not altogether familiar to us today. An emblem book represents a particular kind of reading. Unlike today, the eye is not intended to move rapidly from page to page. The emblem is meant to arrest the sense, to lead into the text, to the richness of its associations. An emblem is something like a riddle, a "hieroglyph" in the Renaissance vocabulary -- what many readers considered to be a form of natural language."

This is a great website with loads of information on the Great Wall of China

Along with Confucianism, "Daoism" (sometimes called "Taoism") is one of the two great indigenous philosophical traditions of China. As an English term, Daoism corresponds to both Daojia (" family" or "school of the Dao"), an early Han dynasty (c. This website provides extensive amounts of information which was useful for my assignment.

Wish I would have found this earlier!!!!

This website discusses the 5 major religions existent in modern day Chinese society; Taoism being the only indigenous belief system to China.

Really good website with lots of information on Legalism.

Detailed facts about the the purpose of the construction of the Great Wall and how it was built!

Confucianism became a major system of thought in Ancient China, developed from the teachings of Confucius and his disciples, and concerned with the principles of good conduct, practical wisdom, and proper social relationships. Throughout the feudal societies, it almost became dominant thinking.

Really good information on Qin Dynasty, and the Mausoleum of Shi Huangdi.