CCOT Essay Structure & Pre-write

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intro sentence: (GENERALLY include: topic, time period, location, etc.)

Although, China was inaded !" #ongol inasion in the !eginning period much o$ their structure
sta"ed the same.
thesis: (argument $or each categor" is either Change %R Continuit")
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*hile, religion and culture sta"ed the same, goernment changed.
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e,ample A (!eginning) - $acts: .e$ore the #ongols inasion period, Chinese practiced Con$ucianism,
.uddhism, and /aoism !ecause the" were loo0ing $or spiritual escape.
e,ample . (middle) - $acts - !ecause: /uring the middle period, Chinese religion sta"ed the same
!ecause o$ the tolerance o$ the #ongol empire
e,ample C (end) - $acts - !ecause: 1ost #ongol period, the Chinese religion still remained the same
!ecause o$ Chinese religion resur$acing a$ter the Chinese recon2uering their Empire.
wrap+up - lin0: 3n addition to the religion remaining the same through the #ongol inasion,
Adancements remained the same as well.
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mini+thesis (: Chinese adancements also remained the same. (()'''''''''''''''
e,ample / (!eginning) - $acts: .e$ore the #ongols inasion, the Chinese were in a period o$ cultural
height and creatiit" !ecause o$ the e,pansion o$ trade and trade o$ ideas.
e,ample E (middle) - $acts - !ecause: /espite the #ongol inasion, the culture remained the same
!ecause o$ the #ongol4s adoption o$ the Chinese culture.
e,ample 5 (end) - $acts - !ecause: A$ter reclaiming their land $rom the #ongols during the 1ost #ongol
period, the culture changed !ecause o$ the isolation mentalit" o$ the Chinese.as the hatred towards outsiders
grew.
wrap+up - lin0: 6imilarl" to the religion remaining the same throughout the #ongol inasion and 1ost
#ongol inasion, culture o$ China remained the same until the 1ost #ongol period where their isolation
ideolog" sur$aced.
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mini+thesis ): 7nli0e the religion and culture, goernment o$ the China changed throughout the
#ongol inasion. ())'''''''''''''''
e,ample G (!eginning) - $acts: 1rior to the inasion o$ the #ongols, the China was diided into
two /"nast" !ecause o$ the strength o$ the nomads in the north and 8urchens to the north.
e,ample 9 (middle) - $acts - !ecause: /uring the inasion, the d"nasties trans$ormed into one
under the #ongol empire !ecause o$ the uni$ication !" :u!lai :han.
e,ample 3 (end) - $acts - !ecause: A$ter the inasion, the goernment o$ China changes once more
!ecause o$ the reolts to oerthrow the Yuan /"nast". As a result, the #ing /"nast" was created.
wrap+up: *hile the religion and culture changed er" little through the period o$ the #ongol
inasion, the goernment changed drasticall".
Religion Culture Goernment
Chinese religion remained the same.
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rewrite thesis: