Zheng He‚ originally named Ma He‚ was a Chinese Muslim born in 1381. At the age of ten he was taken to North China and assigned to serve Zhu Di (“Zheng He” Gale). Almost twenty years later‚ In 1402‚ Zhu Di‚ who was once the prince‚ came to be the Yongle Emperor and appointed Zheng He as an Admiral. Three years later‚ in 1405‚ after Zheng He had proven his worth‚ he was appointed as a commander of a fleet of “treasure ships”. At this time‚ the Ming dynasty was not known to the world. It was Zheng
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If the Shoe Fits‚ He Did It. Romeo and Juliet was not originally from Shakespeare; Arthur Brooke wrote a poem and Shakespeare turned that into a marvelous play. Many characters could be blamed since most of them are either Montague or Capulet. They don’t seem to like the other family and they fight. Benvolio is the one who is mostly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he forced Romeo to go to the dance‚ and then he pushed Romeo to search for a girl‚ and after threw him under the
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Mr. Qua AP U.S. History 9/15/10 Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Was Christopher Columbus the first to discover America? Nowadays if you ask someone who was the first to discover America‚ most would say Christopher Columbus. But if you ask a real historian or a history professor‚ they would go back as far as 70 years before Columbus discovered America. Columbus may have been the first to discover America‚ but evidence shows that there was another man who discovered America 70 years before Columbus
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Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia‚ Sumatra‚ Java‚ Ceylon‚ India‚ Persia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Arabia‚ the red sea Egypt‚ and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division‚ but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30‚000 men and seventy ships at its height. He brought back to China many
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the course of a war? In the poem‚ "The Man He Killed‚" by Thomas Hardy‚ he illustrates a narrative of a man who questions his own actions of doing harm to another individual. Throughout the poem‚ Hardy uses the techniques of tone and word choice to get his ideas across the poem. Though the poem is a bit short‚ is does have a very strong atmosphere that give off very different tones. At the beginning it is very heartwarming when the narrator suggest that he and the person in front of him could have
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word‚ every moment and every hurt How could you ever understand? [emphasis‚ become angry] I’m sorry [retreat‚ quickly] [angry] You don’t know my story You haven’t walked my path You don’t have him You don’t know our love My past doesn’t define me He does He defines me I am unseen‚ unheard‚ unwanted‚ If I am even anything – without him When you hear a police siren you assume there is danger But I ignored those signs The call from the sirens could never get me to leave him to be with them I’m sorry
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Careful He Might Hear You‚ by Sumner Locke Elliot‚ is a complicated novel‚ revolving around the story of a six year old boy named PS and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. The narration of these conflicts‚ as well as the history behind their origins‚ forms the basis of the novel‚ and while the different types of relationships between the characters are not the main focus of the novel‚ the author links them with each of the characters’ sense of identity
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Unlike the author of “How’d He Do That” I believe the narrative of “Araby” is like the book of Genesis as a sense of gaining knowledge rather than loosing purity. Throughout the beginning of “Araby” the boy is content with his friends and daily rituals just like Adam and Eve were happily content with the garden they inhabited. However‚ when the boy lays eyes on a girl who is older than he‚ and in a sense “forbidden fruit”‚ his vision begins to tunnel and she soon becomes an idol to him causing him
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The Irish are a remarkable people. By that‚ I mean other people often make remarks about them. Remarks such as "Hey‚ that’s my bicycle!"‚ or "That’s the one‚ officer. He did it." But of course I’m joking. The Irish have many extraordinary talents. They are unsurpassed in the arts of literature and story-telling‚ and when they sing they will make you cry for losses you don’t understand but which need no understanding to be real. They are master brewers and distillers. They can wipe the morning dew
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