3. The millennia-long domination of the Chinese state(s) from the core area had created a graded and concentric hierarchy as well as an unifying cultu
{"Image DocumentName": "3. The millennia-long domination of the Chinese state(s) from the core area had created a graded and concentric hierarchy as well as an unifying cultural ideology (Confucianism)", "Image ImageDescription": "a) The mandate of Heaven to rule all humankind of the emperor; b) A 3-tier political system beyond the core area \u2013 the sinic zone (Korea, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands & sometimes Japan); the Inner Asia zone (tributary tribes & states of the nomadic/semi-nomadic peoples of Inner Asia) and the outer barbarians  The two combined together to create a tributary system of China-other states relationship and official trade centered in China based on the political and cultural legitimacy of China.  The Chinese World Order: Traditional China\u2019s Foreign Relations, ed. J.K. Fairbank, Cambridge, 1968, p.2.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}