of 2 years and 10 months by Dowager Empress Cixi while at her deathbed. Because Henry Puyi was put into throne without a choice‚ he lost his mother and family at a very young age‚ and it affected henry puyi’s life on how he made his stand as the emperor of China. Growing up without her mother‚ made him hate her own mother and trusting her wet nurse more‚ that according to him‚ she was the only one who there for him whenever he needed help. And as a person‚ I would personally consider this tragedy
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“The Roman Emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps or fire fighting watchmen in 24 BC”. (NAED) In this primitive form of fire fighting the men passed water by buckets from hand to hand to the flames to put them out. Since then fire fighting has changed and grown immensely and will continue to. The description though of what they do has stayed the same. Firefighters are the men and women who take control of‚ and put out fires. They respond to emergencies in which people’s lives‚ possessions
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The “Fall” of Rome Rome was once a strong civilization until it broke into pieces. Rome was like a broken mirror‚ a puzzle that lost the pieces‚ a painting that was one a masterpiece‚ but became faded and ruined. Sometimes good things fall apart‚ so better things can fall together. One of the main causes of the fall of Rome was of Roman invasions. As Rome became weaker‚ people saw it as an open door to invade and attack Rome. Some civilizations succeeded invading and attacking Rome such as the
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collapse as the Eastern Empire did not collapse until “Fall of Rome at Constantinople in 1453.” The base of this theory is that the Eastern Empire became the Byzantium Empire‚ however it was no longer the Roman Empire as there were no longer any Roman Emperors. Another theory by Peter Wells is “The Roman Empire “fell” only in the minds of people who had a particular and limited view of what the Roman Empire was and who understood events such as Alaric’s capture of Rome in A.D. 410 as marking its end.”
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1433) was a eunuch in the service of the Ming emperor Yung-lo and commander in chief of the Chinese expeditionary fleet to the South Seas in the early years of the 15th century. Born into a family named Ma‚ presumably of Mongol-Arab origin‚ in central Yünnan Province‚ Cheng Ho was selected to be castrated by the general in charge of recruiting eunuchs for the court in 1381‚ when he was about 10. Assigned to the retinue of Chu Ti‚ who later became emperor‚ Cheng accompanied him on military campaigns
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During the Punic Wars against Carthage‚ the plebeian smallholders who had to serve in the roman legions found themselves unable to farm their lands‚ unable to pay their taxes. Ultimately they lost their lands and ended up as the Mob‚ an impoverished group in Rome‚ reliant upon handouts. Meanwhile‚ the rich consolidated their lands into huge‚ slave-worked estates that made them even richer. This caused profound social‚ economic and political problems for the Roman state. The upper‚ political class
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The origin of the ninja is obscure and difficult to determine‚ but can be surmised to be around the 14th century.[4] However‚ the antecedents to the Ninja may have existed as early as the Heian[5] and early Kamakura eras.[6] Few written records exist to detail the activities of the ninja. The word shinobi did not exist to describe a ninja-like agent until the 15th century‚ and it is unlikely that spies and mercenaries prior to this time were seen as a specialized group. In the unrest of the Sengoku
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soldiers rarely ever wore it. Therefore‚ they first asked the emperor to set aside the breastplates...And then the helmets. So our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers.” This shows that because of their
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most importantly religion. Throughout Constantine’s lifetime he became a well-appreciated military victor‚ effective ruler‚ founder of the Byzantine empire‚ and the first emperor of Rome to embrace Christianity. Despite these significant fulfillments‚ Constantine faced many obstacles under the supervision and training of Emperor Diocletian. Before Constantine‚ Diocletian rose to power in 295 AD he developed a strong military force in order to prevent barbarians from conquering Roman borders. This
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Khanh Luong & Derek Luong Chapter 10 Asia in the Early Modern Era The Early European Colonization of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is magnet for Europeans. Southeast Asia is kaleidoscope of states and cultures. Island Southeast Asia’s political fragmentation and desirable products made the region easy prey for European domination. The Malay Peninsula is the place for trading between East and South Asia. The Philippines is the place where Chinese sailing junks had been trading. The Portuguese‚ the
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