events and places have been fictionalized for greater dramatic appeal. This film does not claim to be a complete historical account of Asoka’s life. It is an attempt to follow his journey.” (actual quote from Asoka) These are the words that launch Santosh Sivan’s 2001 historical drama film Asoka. Alas‚ this attempt has been wrongfully directed at one of Asoka’s love interests and later wives‚ Kaurwaki‚ and not at his actions following the Kalinga War or even how he came to know the teachings of the
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History vocab. Pd.6 by Brian Briggs Loess- an unstratified usually buff to yellowish brown loamy deposit found in North America‚ Europe‚ and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind Dike- Bank‚ usually of earth‚ constructed to control or confine water. Dikes were purely defensive at first but later became a means to acquire polders (tracts of land reclaimed from a body of water through the construction of offshore dikes roughly parallel to the shoreline). After a dike is built‚
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ASOKA: Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler? World History‚ Bernard NAME: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Your task is to read and analyze several primary and secondary sources about the Mauryan leader Asoka. You must use these sources to help you decide if Asoka should be remembered as a ruthless conqueror or enlightened ruler! STEP ONE: -Read the sources provided and answer the reading questions. STEP TWO: -Fill out the
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on Asoka Asoka: Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler Asoka was one of the greatest rulers of ancient India. He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya of Magadha who established the first Indian empire. Chandragupta reigned for twenty-four years before relinquishing his throne in favor of his son‚ Bundusara (Asoka’s father)‚ who left no noticeable mark upon the empire. My thesis would be that Asoka was an enlightened ruler and not a ruthless conqueror. The first reason why I think Asoka was
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known as the Mongol warriors. The Mongols were ruthless and very barbaric. While the Mongols conquered many countries they didn’t care who they hurt. Even though they did benefit some of the areas that they conquered‚ they did too many bad things that over powered the good things. Their law was very confusing and at some parts it was unreasonable. They would torture survivors and they conquered more land than any of the greatest world conquest. As ruthless as the Mongols could be‚ to my surprise they
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Ruthless Macbeth Macbeth is King Duncan’s cousin‚ a courageous warrior and a loyal nobleman. He comes back from the battle against the Norweyans with his new title‚ Thane of Cawdor‚ since he defeats the former Thane of Cawdor‚ the traitor. He then meets with the three weird sisters and the sisters tell him about his “bright” and “successful” future‚ the sisters tells him that he will become king and Banquo’s descendants will become king. This awakens Macbeth’s inner ambition and leads to Macbeth’s
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In Chicago‚ one gains power that is attained only by being ruthless. This can be shown in the book My bloody Life‚ by Reymundo Sanchez‚ that takes place in Chicago. Throughout this book‚ Reymundo points out the ruthlessness in the main character that gains his power only by being that. Reymundo quotes‚ “I was digging up my own grave because I wanted to be accepted. I wanted to be looked up to. The only way I knew of achieving this status among the gang members was to commit as many violent acts
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Our topic is on how people in this world will step over other people to get what they want .Whether it is morally right or wrong. In the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz‚ the main character Duddy is a ruthless manipulator who will stop at nothing to pursue his dreams. Other than his own family‚ he walked over any person in his path to achieve his goals. Most people would look at this as a very shrewed way of living and find it morally incorrect. On the other hand‚ you may hate the way Duddy
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served the state.” This shows that Peter had so much power to himself that he challenged the nobles and took away their powers‚ something no one else but a monarch could achieve. Another autocratic ruler was King Louis XIV of France‚ King Louis fit perfectly for the characteristics of an autocratic ruler. Louis limited the nobility‚ he used the military to increase his power‚ tried to control religion constructed palaces for himself and the nobility. To limit the nobility he built
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Asoka ruled the Mauryan empire over 2‚000 years ago. Asoka then added kalinga to the Mauryan. Asoka is an enlightened ruler because he decided to spread Buddhism‚ he became friends with kalinga and he became a Buddhist. First‚ Asoka started to spread Buddhism in India and parts of Asia. He became a Buddhist and sent missionaries to spread Buddhism to India and some parts of Asia. When he spreads Buddhism it makes him good because it means that because he believes in it and doesn’t want
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