Conference Presentations by Polina Smirnova
ISRAEL ENERGY SECURITY, 2019
The goal of this presentation is to provide very brief overview on Israel Energy Security situation.
Shang Dynasty Brief History, 2019
Brief history of Shang Dynasty through extensive photo materials from Anyang and various historic... more Brief history of Shang Dynasty through extensive photo materials from Anyang and various historical records.
Papers by Polina Smirnova
Essay for the Belt and Road Seminar at the Silk Road School, Renmin University of China, 2020
Nowadays The Maritime Silk Road remains a huge and important trade network. It started around the... more Nowadays The Maritime Silk Road remains a huge and important trade network. It started around the 2nd century B.C. This route flourished in the middle ages, during the Song dynasty (960-1279). That would be impossible without such a simple device as it occurs to us now – compass.
The paper is dedicated to the topic of the Chinese private garden, or the scientist's garden, and... more The paper is dedicated to the topic of the Chinese private garden, or the scientist's garden, and its functions in the social life of the Chinese aristocracy. The garden is presented as a kind of ideal environment for the "cultural leisure" of the Confucian scientist.
The article develops an understanding of the Confucius background of Mr. Xi Jingping policies. Th... more The article develops an understanding of the Confucius background of Mr. Xi Jingping policies. The culture of China is a culture of harmony, concord, and unity. The basic principles of China's ideology and religious teachings are striving to maintain order, stability, and peace. These main traditions of Confucianism and other teachings have defined the specifics of Chinese ideology as a harmonious set of ideas.
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