An empire is an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority. Most empires rise because of a strong personality or a ruler/king that conquers other land to make it his own. Usually a ruler has good ideas and a plan that will make his empire stronger and bigger. For example‚ discovering new technology‚ desire to become an empire‚ and good economy. While all empires fall because their ruler dies‚ the enemy finds better technology‚ fighting themselves‚ natural disasters‚ and
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Characters 1. a) Lispeth is a young girl who was left at a mission as a baby in time of famine. She grows up‚ finds an Englishman suffering from fever on the road‚ and takes him to the mission‚ announcing that she will take care of him and then marry him. He flirts with her and then he leaves her alone. At the end she finds that he hasn’t intention of marrying her. b) The Chaplain’s wife is the person who takes care as a mother of Lispeth when her parents die. She lies Lispeth when she said
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E to the 200’s A.C.E the Roman and the Han Empire’s fell. The Roman Empire had 2 centuries of Pax Romana (Peace in Rome) that ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius and started the decline and fall of the empire. In the Han Empire Liu Bang ruled the Empire very peacefully and restores unity to China‚ Bang established a centralized government‚ lowered taxes and softened punishments. Following Bang’s death Wudi ruled the Han empire and was known as the Martial Emperor because he wanted to expand China
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McDonald’s 1 McDonald’s Empire Kay Kolalowski‚ Tyler Laudette and Annette Compo University of Phoenix Management 330 Professor Dr. John Seinrukos February 24‚ 2008 McDonald’s 2 Abstract Ray Kroc once said he did not know what his company would be selling in 2000 but he knew it would be selling more of it than anyone else. (Kroc‚ 1978). McDonald’s is the predominant leader in the fast food industry and the corporation continues to grow each day globally. This expansion
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The legacy of the battle of salamis established the influence of Athens as a power amongst the Greeks given its influence as a cultural and commercial power. Athenian authority and power in the Aegean world was already immense when it became necessary for the poleis to form an alliance against Persia war and dominance. The Persian invasions on Athens propelled it into super military power and therefore becoming an actual rival to Sparta in its leadership to the Greeks. So this alliance that is formed
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Day of Empire Essay In Day Of Empire‚ Amy Chua throughout the book explains the rises and falls of the most powerful hyper powers‚ large empires being able to maintain large areas while being stable in history. Her thesis of the book states tolerance was the rise and fall of the first empires in history. Where tolerance is the cause and decline of an empire. The empires had tolerance‚ Chua explains in her book that tolerance is the freedom of the people to do as they please and coexist with each
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The fall of The Roman Empire The Roman Empire gave the world many good things. Rome gave the world Christianity‚ which is now the world’s largest religion. The Romans also gave the world their language. The Romans spoke Latin‚ which is the base for most languages used today. Many of these languages include English‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ French‚ and Portuguese. This leads to the question. If Rome was such a powerful empire‚ then what led to the decline of the Roman Empire? The fall of the
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Mongolian was very good at fighting wars; China was briefly ruled by Mongolia in Yuan dynasty. From 1691 to 1911‚ Mongolia was controlled by the Manchu‚ China was also‚ thus Mongolia was a province of the Qin dynasty at that time. After the Manchu fall in 1911‚ the Russian Government forced the new Chinese Republican Government to accept Mongolian autonomy under continued Chinese control. At long last the Mongolian People’s Republic was proclaimed on November 25‚ 1924. The relationship between Tibet
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Roman Empire declined and fell because of politics. However‚ the empire was strong at a point until the third century crisis happened. The last emperor before the crisis began was Marcus Aurelius‚ and the empire went from peaceful and Pax Romana to catastrophe and they called it “the anarchy.” There were both internal and external conflicts throughout the empire. The external problems were the violations of the borders by the Germanic tribes and‚ “full-scale war with Sassanian Persian Empire on eastern
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THE FALL OF SINGAPORE SPEECH The Battle of Singapore was fought in South-East Asia during World War II‚ when the Japanese Army was severely underrated. Nobody could have predicted the outcome of the battle that commenced on the 31st of January 1941 and lasted til the 15th of February in 1942. Singapore was a great strategic naval base for the Allied Forces‚ and they anticipated an attack. The British had the numbers‚ but it seems as though the Japanese had the luck. Let me start by telling
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