According to the American Gas Association, 62 million homes in the U.S are heated using natural gas. As of 2009 this number represented about 56 percent of households in the United States. Approximately 23 percent of the total natural gas consumed nationwide is used for residential purposes.
The Tao Te Ching, as this writing came to be known, has influenced millions during the last 2,500 years. Learning to be human was the goal of Confucianism. According to Confucius, each person should act with virtue in all social matters; family, community, state, and kingdom, to ensure order and unity. Man's virtue in all its forms is called jen..
One of the major goals of Genghis Khan was the conquest of the Jin dynasty, allowing the Mongols to avenge the earlier death of a Mongol Khan, gain the riches of northern China and to establish the Mongols as a major power in the East-Asian world.he Mongol force which invaded southern China was far greater than the force they sent to invade the Middle East in 1256. While the Mongol forces had success against the non-Han Chinese ruled states of the Jin and Xia, conquering the Song took much more time.