y the assembly for one year (Watson 83). The legislative was composed of the senate, centuriate assembly and the tribal assembly (Watson 83). The senate was made up of 300 members, chosen for life who control foreign/financial policies, and advise consuls (Watson 83). The centuriate assembly was made up of citizens and soldiers who were chosen for life (Watson 83). They selected consuls and made laws. The tribal assembly was made up of citizens who were members for life and they elected tribunes and made laws (Watson 84). The judicial were composed of praetors: eight judges chosen for one year by the centuriate assembly (Watson 84). Two oversee civil and criminal courts while the others govern provinces (Watson 84). Also, Rome was famous for their legal code. This was known as the Twelve Tables, which was a list of rules that were the basis of the Roman legal system (Watson 84).The Golden Age of China took place during the Tang and Song Dynasties. At this time, education, government, and technological advances flourished the most. In the educational fields, China was talented in poetry and art. Li Bo was a poet who wrote about life's pleasures (Cotterell 184). Also, Du Fo was another poet who praised orderliness and confucious virtues (Cotterell 184). He wrote about war and the hardship of soldiers because he was once captured and taken to Chang'on, the capital city (Cotterell 185). In Chinese art, beauty and expression were important areas to focus on. There was an obvious Daoist influence on the art because artists emphasized the beauty of natural landscapes (Beck 290). The artists usually focused on loft mountains, rippling brooks, or even single branches or flowers. The artists did not like bright colors, and black was their favorite paint (Beck 290). The Song Dynasty had many technological advances because of the many inventions that occurred during this time. Porcelain was a valuable export. It is a bone-hard white ceramic that is...
