became a concubine to Emperor Taizong. She was given the title Cairer. Her perspicacity set her apart from others in the palace and her knowledge of literature and history and talent quickly found favor with the emperor. He bestowed Wu Zetian the title Meiniang which means ’charming lady’ and she was assigned to work in the imperial study. Here she was introduced to official documents and quickly became acquainted with affairs of state. When she was twenty-six years old‚ the emperor died. He was succeeded
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Describe your favorite food. You should say: What it tastes like When people eat it How it is made and explain why you like it. Describe a child you know well. You should say: Where you met him/her What he/she looks like What personality he/she has and explain how you feel about him/her. Describe a close friend of yours. You should say: Who he/she is How you got to know each other what activities you do together and explain why you feel close to him or her. Describe a toy you used to play
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From my webpage at http://cappsfamily.hypermart.net/justinian.htm Byzantine Emperor Justinian was the bold architect of a revitalized Byzantine Empire that would leave a lasting legacy for Western Civilization. As much of Europe entered the Dark Ages‚ Justinian ’s vision of a restored Roman Empire would reverse the decline of the Byzantine Empire and lay a firm foundation that would allow the Byzantine Empire to survive for centuries to come. Justinian‚ whose full name was Flavius
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The Plight of Female Slavery is a document written by Francis Anne Kemble who shares her experience on the cruelties of slavery in the south. She discusses the brutality of slavery the women and children there and she also gives her own views on the subject. According to Mrs. Kemble these women were being extremely mistreated and it was caused by the harsh working conditions and lack of health concerns from their masters. These women were forced to return to the fields 3 weeks prior to giving
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The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill The first question that came to me while reading O’Nelil’s play “the Emperor Jones“ was: “would anybody seriously still bring that play to the stage today?“ The answer is‚ as I found out with a quick look into the Internet: “Yes!“ I found a review of a production of the “Irish Repertory Theatre” that was not dated but seemed to be pretty recent. The review doesn’t give a lot of detail about the production‚ but only that the lead actor is brilliant and the
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court.” Qin Shi Huangdi was a ruler of the Qin Dynasty who became a ruler at the age of 13. He died when he was 49 but before his death‚ he was still a ruler. Emperor Shi Huangdi did not treat his people well. The people of the Qin Dynasty were under absolute control and had to serve harsh punishments if they did something bad. Even though‚ Emperor Shi Huangdi was a mean and harsh ruler‚ he made a lot of great Changes for China and the whole world. A couple changes are that Shi Huangdi unified government
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fabulous British poet‚ printmaker‚ and painter. He composed Songs of Innocence in 1789. In this book of nineteen poems‚ Blake maintains a simplistic style in order to bring the human experience and truth to anyone young and old‚ or black and white. “The Little Black Boy‚” the poem I am analyzing critically‚ is about an African child who comes to reality and accepts his own blackness. At first‚ the black boy seemed to accept the supremacy of the English boy. But the last line states that he has come to an
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As night fell in the ancient city of Cajamarca‚ the important Emperor Atahualpa had to make one of the most important decisions in his life. With the fate of the Incan empire in his hands‚ Emperor Atahualpa took a step toward the Spanish conquerors‚ who were after the riches of the copious Incan empire. As the diplomatic meeting was about to commence‚ Atahualpa made the gutsy decision to commence the meeting without any weapons‚ believing in a true diplomatic meeting with Francisco Pizarro and his
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Emperor Hirohito was the 124th emperor of Japan. He was the longest living ruler in modern history. During Emperor Hirohito’s occupying the throne as ruler he tried to stay out of things and wasn’t a hand on man but as war started his military and government got out of his control and gave him a bad reputation that would live with him the rest of his life. Hirohito was called on to act as ruler in time that his father was experiencing mental illness. Hirohito tried to escape from being ruler and
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Napoleon Bonaparte was the first emperor of France from 1804 to 1814. He is famous for his efforts to form a connected Europe that France would lead. His career as a military and political leader led to many big accomplishments‚ but unfortunately he became too greedy over time leading to his exile. The Napoleonic era began in 1799 with Bonaparte’s coup d’état‚ which overthrew the Directory and by that established him to be the youngest new French Consulate in the history. In France‚ Napoleon showed
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