Answer: Rows of stars (4-5-4 or 3-2-3-2-3) were common, but many other variations also existed. The new Stars and Stripes formed part of the military colours carried on September 11, 1777, at the Battle of the Brandywine, perhaps its first such use. U.S. flag commonly attributed to Betsy Ross The U.S. flag commonly attributed to Betsy Ross. In the context of combinatorial mathematics, stars and bars is a graphical aid for deriving certain combinatorial theorems. It was popularized by William Feller in his classic book on probability. It can be used to solve many simple counting problems, such as how many ways there are to put n indistinguishable balls into k distinguishable bins.
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It seems like we have a number of precedents in the past as well. <span>For example Confucianism
is a popular philosophy found in Chinese culture, looking at the teachings
given by the Confucius it seems it had more of a practical and worldly approach
than religious, the reason why Chinese elite were struck by the phenomenon.
Another example is of Greek rationalism from where even the modern Western
philosophy and secular thoughts seem to emerge. According to this religion had
its own dominion separating scientific and philosophical issues. Similarly,
legalism can be another example.</span>
The Tang dynasty fostered the most advanced trade network of the four.
the Eiffel Tower was built to to commemorate the hundred year anniversary of the French Revolution. It was also supposed to be a temporary structure, but due to its odd shape and popularity, they didn't destroy it.