The Emperor Kang Xi There were about five thousand years of resplendent civilization in the history of China‚ and 408 emperors (Kuaican) with forty (Dan) different dynasties were parts of it. Those emperors were like the stars of the Milky Way‚ as some of them were regard as real stars because of their feat‚ but some of them were looked as meteors from what they did. There was a twinkling superstar at the Milky Way of Chinese history. His name was Aixinjueluo Xuanye‚ who was also known as the Emperor
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who would become Roman emperor Constantine I‚ was born on the date of February 27‚ circa 280 (sources range from 272 to 284)‚ in Naissus‚ Moesia (now Niš‚ Serbia).His father‚ Flavius Valerius Constantius‚ was an officer in Rome’s army. Constantine’s mother‚ Helena‚ was from humble beginnings; it is unknown whether she was the wife or concubine(or a mistress) of Constantius. In 289‚ Constantine’s father left Helena to marry the stepdaughter of Maximian‚ the Roman emperor in the Western empire. Constantine’s
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China’s Greatest Unexamined Art Piece: The Tomb of the First Emperor Jay Gersonde IAH 211B 11/26/13 The story of this art piece begins with emperor Qin Shi Huangdi‚ the first emperor of China. He was the first man to unify all states of China in 221 BC. The greatest art piece ever built at the command of the first emperor was his tomb. At least this is what some like to believe. For the tomb has not yet been excavated. This is both in part to government restrictions and that of the archaeological
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Introduction: Ying Zheng‚ well known throughout history as the First Emperor of China‚ and his self-produced title Qin Shi Huang‚ was born on the 7th of February 260 B.C and died at the age of 60 on the 10th of August 210 B.C. Through his self-obsessed and tyrannical nature unified a culture and empire that’s has stood the test of time and through this has created a legacy for himself and nation based on strong and sturdy power. It is evident through primary and secondary sources‚ during his self-entitled
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Dynasty Essay The Qin Dynasty The first Emperor of China. The consequences of his work ensued in the unification of China. He had an ambition for immortality. Further‚ Ying Zheng or better known as Qin Shi Huang was an Emperor like no other; he was truly an epoch-making to China’s culture and history. From 221B.C. to 207B.C. Qin made many contributions to China. He ordered the construction of the Great Wall to protect from the Mongols. This structure took about 2000 years to finish. Moreover
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primary subject of art was civic leaders and military triumphs. Roman were practical people and far less dreamy or idealistic than the Greeks. However‚ not all Romans were as practical when it came taste in art‚ so was the case of the controversial emperor Commodus who reigned from CE 180-192. My focus in this text is to try to understand the meaning
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“Emperor of China; Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi” Emperor K’ang-hsi was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Ruling from 1662 to 1722 he was also one of the longest ruling emperors in Chinese history and for that matter the world. K’ang-hsi brought China to long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos. Jonathan Spence writes from the eyes of K’ang-hsi getting his information from K’ang-hsi’s own writings. Though a little biased towards himself this book still
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When The Emperor Was Divine In “When the Emperor Was Divine”‚ Julie Otsuka uses syntax‚ childlike tone‚ and evocative imagery to show the relationship between the father and the son affecting the boy’s coming of age. The author uses syntax to portray the experiences of the father by using repetition. The son’s coming of age is affected by this through the passing of knowledge gained by these experiences. Throughout the passage. Repetition of sentences beginning with “He knew” depict the knowledge
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gOf all the Muslim rulers who ruled vast territories of India from 712 to 1857 C.E.‚ probably no one generates as much controversy as Aurangzeb. He has been hailed as anyone from a “Saintly or Pauper Emperor” to one who “tried hard to convert Hindus into Muslims.” Depending on one’s religious rearing‚ one will favor one view over the other. For example‚ most Hindus castigate Aurangzeb as a religious Muslim‚ who was anti-Hindu‚ who taxed them‚ who tried to convert them‚ who discriminated them away
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Because of this‚ artists are no more than workers‚ people who do a job because they are getting paid for it. Art purpose is to portray the moral‚ social and economic factors of society. In Jacques-Louis David painting “The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine” the artist got commissioned by Napoleon to make a painting depicting an important moment in the bourgeoisie history. The patron’s motivations were to capture this moment and expose it with splendor
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