Comparative Questions?

1. What role did the Chinese government play in promoting religion throughout China?
2. How does the status and daily life of women in China, as described by Ban Zhao (Document 7-2), compare with that of women in India, according to The Laws of Manu (Document 3-4)?
3. What features of Buddhism made it successful throughout East Asia?
4. Why would people in less developed areas of the world at this time, such as Sri Lanka and Japan, want to borrow cultural, religious, and political ideas from their more advanced neighbors?