James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher‚ 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar‚ who most famously published a chronology that purported to establish the time and date of the creation as the night preceding Sunday‚ 23 October 4004 BC‚ according to the proleptic Julian calendar.In 1619 Ussher travelled to England‚ where he remained for two years. His only child‚ Elizabeth‚ was born in London
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Choosing whether to consider him to be an entrepreneurial con artist or a social unifier relies on which focal point we utilize. Taking a gander at the First Emperor of Qin is itself a lesson in looking‚ in observing us seeing him. Initially‚ there is the self-anticipated picture of the Qin ruler‚ a picture now being remade through the things he deserted running from earthenware warriors to mountain engravings. Second‚ there is the focal point ground and cleaned by Sima Qian‚ the amazing historiographer
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influenced Japan with its writing system‚ architecture‚ culture‚ religion‚ philosophy‚ and law. The relationship between China and Japan is very complex‚ in different times‚ the relationship changes. At very beginning‚ when China was ruled by Qin Shi Huang‚ he “sent several hundred people to Japan to search for medicines of immortality”.(1996) Other records at the time show that Japan already had the same customs recognized today. These include clapping during prayers‚ eating from wooden trays and
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The Great Wall of China was first built by the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty (221 BCE- 206 BCE) won the Warring States Period in 221 BCE‚ a war between all the states (dynasties) in China. Qin took over the entire land of China! Once the leader‚ Shi Huangti‚ achieved this‚ he took down all the walls separating all the dynasties from each other‚ but he kept the walls in the North. He built the first 2100 miles of the Great Wall in the North to keep out the barbarians. When he ordered the construction
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Chinese MYTHOLOGY A TO Z Jeremy Roberts Chinese Mythology A to Z Copyright © 2004 by Jim DeFelice All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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(Vermilion) from Paleolithic painters due to its bright red pigment. Mercury colored the world of the primal people and it didn’t stop there. Many people believed mercury contained miraculous traits like immortality or forming gold. An emperor of China‚ Qin Shi Huang Di believed that ingesting mercury pills would bless him eternal life. While mercury appears benign it can be quite fatal once in enters the human body. The emperor took these pills‚ a mixture of mercury and jade‚ and sought eternal death rather
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An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China‚ 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E. Key Terms: 1. Roman Republic: The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E.‚ during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. 2. Roman Senate: A council whose members were the heads of wealthy‚ landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings‚ in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire. Under Senate leadership‚ Rome conquered an empire
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Trimester 1 Indo-Europeans: Were a nomadic group who came from the steppes. We know about them because of the roots of there language They tamed horses sheep cattle and goats. Language: Slavic speakers moved northwest‚ celtic‚ german italic moved west and greek and persia went south. Nobody new they moved from steppes but they started movement from one region to another in 1700 to 1200 bc. Hittites: Part of the Indo-europeans broke off and took over Anatolia: they were called the Hittites
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with fourteen other countries. Major cities‚ which developed and grew along the Huang He‚ Chang Jiang‚ Wei and Luo rivers‚ served as political‚ financial‚ and economic centers of the dynasties. “The dynasty is a series of rulers in a particular kingdom or empire‚ and each ruler in the series is said to be a member of the same family”. In approximately 350 BCE‚ Xianyang became the capital of China. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty‚ a new capital was established at the city of Chang’an near present day
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As control of these fanzhen devolved from central authority into the hands of the local leaders‚ they at times became powerful enough to threaten the imperial Chinese central government during the Tang Dynasty‚ particularly during and after the An Shi Rebellion 3.Yang Guifei (杨贵妃) the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years. 4.An Lushan (安禄山) rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in China. He rose to prominence defending the northeastern border from the Khitan and
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