the Great‚ served as emperor of Rome‚ and is seen by many as the vessel which delivered the spread and major acceptance of Christianity. Although Constantine was the first Christian Emperor of Rome; he paved the way for the success and growth of the religion through legal and religious declarations‚ military domination‚ and the creation of Constantinople as the new capital of Byzantium. The impact and importance of Constantine was so immense that even ten Byzantine emperors after Constantine used
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Michael Kim Ms. Jones World Since 1500 23/1/18 Why The Meiji Restoration Prevented Japan’s Colonization Prior to the arrival of Commodore Perry‚ Japan enjoyed peace and stability for 200 years under the Tokugawa Shogunate. However‚ Japanese society remained isolated and failed to integrate modern innovations from the industrial revolution‚ resulting in her being left behind in the feudal times. The Japanese proponents for progress began to show their dissatisfaction for the Tokugawa Shogunate
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"Lecture 12: Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana." The History Guide -- Main. 17 Oct. 2010. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2011. . "Roman Emperors - The Imperial Index." Roman Emperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman Roman Empire Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus Romanis Encyclopedia Byzantine. 17 May 2006. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. . "Roman Emperors - The Imperial Index." Roman Emperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman Roman Empire Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus Romanis Abigania
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Ancient Rome: Rise and fall of an Empire The persecution of the Christians ended and the world was changed forever by the hand of one man‚ Constantine the Great. Constantine is the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity. He not only initiated the evolution of the empire into a Christian state but also provided the Christian culture that prepared the way for the growth of Byzantine and Western medieval culture. It describes how Rome destroyed Carthage‚ was conquered by Caesar‚ how it suppressed
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DOMUS AUREA After the reign of Augustus came four emperors from the Julio-Claudian line‚ Nero being the last of these four. These emperors tried to not only to esteem Augustus but to construct and leave their own legacy within the Roman Empire. In this time‚ emperors usually sponsored the building of new aqueducts‚ temples‚ theaters‚ curie‚ and fora. They also built lavish fortresses for their own living and employed the most renowned architects and artist in Rome. The Domus Aurea‚ Nero’s
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that connects earth to heaven. A famous epic mentioned that magpies formed a long bridge by arranging themselves like a flight of stairs to enabIe the meeting of a farmer (Chien Niu)who was in love with a fairy (Chih Nu) of the Jade Emperor in the heaven. The Jade Emperor and Empress of heaven separated the two once they found out that they got married secretly. However‚ their genuine and strong love for each other had touched the Jade Emperor’s heart and therefore they were finally granted to meet
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a large extent‚ accomplished their intended objective of incorporating other countries into the Ming tributary system by securing a declaration of loyalty and submission from the incorporated Tributary States to the greatness of the Ming Court’s Emperor. As most of the countries visited over the seven (7) voyages were already a Tributary State of the Ming Court‚ it somewhat‚ invalidated the need to further continue any more maritime voyage. For instance‚ (Yamashita‚ 2006) “though from the 1st voyage
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training his soldiers at Nanjing base and as a result‚ many developed into brilliant generals. Gradually Zhu Yuanzhang defeated one rival after another until they finally came to the Yuan capital. The forty year old Zhu then declared himself emperor of the Ming Dynasty (ming meaning bright). Zhu wanted world in which people obey their superiors and that those who commit evil acts should be punished. In order to ease the strain on the poor Zhu ordered a full scale registration of cultivated land
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the value of their produce (Doc 3). A man named Wang Xijue presented the problem to the emperor of the Ming dynasty in 1593‚ explaining that the cultivation of land was at risk due to the scarcity of the silver coin affecting the price of grain. In 1626‚ the emperor makes a ban on foreign trade‚ but it is soon frowned upon and taken into the matters of court official‚ He Qiaoyuan in 1630‚ who reports to the emperor that he believes the ban should be repealed. Qiaoyuan describes the extreme amount of
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samurai warrior code‚ and championing the slogan sonno joi‚ “revere the emperor‚ expel the barbarians.” As a result of Perry’s arrival‚ Japan was headed in a new direction despite political turmoil and national disorganization. The Choshu and Satsuma daimyo (a feudal lord)allied together to remove the Tokugawa shogunate (the government of a shogun‚ who is a dictator ruler over daimyo) and instead restored power to the imperial emperor Meiji‚ thus this time period in Japan is known as the Meiji Restoration
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