and take advantage of the Chinese; ultimately exploiting them and causing their economy and advancement as a nation to falter. The largest and perhaps most significant set of events concerning economic conditions in China in the 1800’s were the Opium Wars. However to fully understand their economic significance the events leading up to these wars is important. By examining previous events to this war‚ Great Britain’s aggressiveness and ill motives can be
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“Talk about the poem‚ ‘Kubla Khan’‚ your opinions of the poem‚ which part you thought were interesting. Use quotes.” (600~ words) Kubla Khan is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ supposedly under the influence of opium. The effects of the drug on Coleridge are somewhat reflected in the description of Xanadu (inside the dome). He portrays an area which appears to be tranquil and serene‚ typical of a drug-induced sensation. Even though the poem doesn’t convey a direct message‚ its
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PIAPI HIGH SCHOOL Dumaguete City In Partial Fulfillment To The Subject ENGLISH FOURTH YEAR S.Y 2012-2013 Submitted to: MR. Claudio Albina Sun J.R English Teacher Submitted by: Janicarl rubin Researcher‚ IV Sun February 22‚ 2013 Title: the dangerous effects towards health of taking drugs Thesis Statement: the dangerous effects of drugs into the body of a person Introduction: II. History of Drugs: III. Types of drugs: 3.1Narcotics 3.4 Steroids
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As early as 2700 BC‚ the Chinese used marijuana under Emperor Shen Neng as prescription for gout‚ constipation‚ and absentmindedness. The Egyptians used opium in 1500 BC‚ as prescription for inducing sleep and curing mental disorder. Its widespread use‚ however‚ took place between 1805 and 1832‚ when morphine and codein (methylmorphine) both opium alkaloids were discovered. With the invention of the hypodermic needle in 1843‚ narcotic addiction spread throughout Europe and America. Among the prominent
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foreign influence and ultimately‚ after losing the Opium War‚ and was taken over by Western powers while Japan allowed foreign influence and used it to their own advantage. China clung to its xenophobia and ultimately lost its independence. China sold tea to Britain but refused to buy British products. Consequently‚ Britain smuggled opium into China in order to balance trade between the two countries. The Chinese government became angered that opium addiction became rampant. China and Britain dealt
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window into Roman gynecology‚ and later‚ Roman women’s medicine. Therefore‚ we are adorned with impeccable illustrations of how ancient midwives were‚ their surgical techniques such as C-sections and many other methods. It is well-supported that opium poppies were vastly grown and harvested in the Roman Empire. Two core topics of disputation‚ to my understanding‚ are the degree of expansion and growth in the poppies’ adoption
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A Short History of English Literature Chapter I. The Anglo-Saxon Period (the earliest time---1066) 1. Social background: the making of England; the invasion of Roman Empire in 4th AD ; the attacks of Danish Vikings‚ etc 2. Literature: Beowulf ‚ the earliest literature‚ the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon‚ one of the striking features - the use of alliteration *epic------a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in a series of adventures which form an organic
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first Opium War in 1839 until the 1940’s and the rise of the Communist Party‚ forced Western ideas into China and caused doubts of and the eventual fall of the Middle Kingdom. Many factors of the Century of Humiliation‚ ranging between the Taiping Rebellion‚ the ‘rice bowl’ mentality of the Chinese in the face of reform‚ and World War 1 influenced the cultural shifts and the humiliation of China‚ but the most significant of the contributing events of the Century of Humiliation was the Opium Wars
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the British and the French. 2. During the Second Opium War in 1860‚ the allegiance of European imperialist occupied the Chinese capital of Peking (Beijing). The Old Summer Palace‚ the Qing Chinese equivalent of a national museum‚ was looted and subsequently burnt down. 3. British started selling Opium to the Chinese to make a profit and eventually try to gain power over them by getting the Chinese addicted. This eventually leads to the Opium War. B- India 1. During the 1700s‚ a joint-stock
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also produced beautiful silks‚ high quality cottons‚ and fine porcelain. The Tea-Opium Connection • Because of their self sufficiency‚ the Chinese had little interest in trading with the west. • European Merchants were determined to find a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities. Eventually they found one… Opium. • Opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy pant. Used to relive pain. The Tea-Opium Connection (Cont.) • In the late 18th Century British merchants smuggled it into
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