The Pilgrimage of Grace is regarded as the most serious rebellion in Tudor dynasty. It is a rising against reforms of Henrician government took place in Yorkshire on October 1536. The rebels were discontent about the government’s new policies accompanied by Reformation. In this popular rising they expressed their grievances in December Petition (Bush‚ 1996). Its participants did not constrained to commons; evidence showed that gentlemen and clergy also protested against the government since their
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The fall of the Qing Dynasty was triggered by the ‘Double Tenth’ on 10 October 1911 at Wuchan where troops refused to obey an order to suppress a group of dissidents causing a mutiny. This undermined the control of the Qing government as their imperial army was no match for the Chinese military who had invested in modernisation. However‚ it can be argued that other factors such as Sun Yatsen’s influence‚ Yuan Shikai’s double crossing‚ the existing weaknesses of the Qing‚ and foreign intervention
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Comparison of Han Dynasty and Imperial Rome from 300BCE to 400BC Two classical empires were taking shape – the Roman Empire on the far western side of Eurasia and china’s imperial state on the far eastern end. They flourished at roughly the same time (200BCE to 200CE); they occupied a similar area (about 1.5 million square miles); they encompassed populations of a similar size (50 to60 million).The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were both giant empires of their time‚ shaping
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Compare and Contrast the Fall of the Han Dynasty with the Fall of the Roman Empire. During the late Classical Period (200-600 C.E.)‚ all the great empires collapsed. The collapse of the empires did not happen abruptly but was a process. The fall of the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire showed similar characteristics. Both empires simply got too big‚ too overextended‚ and when weakened were overrun by barbarian tribes. However‚ there are profound differences as well. The Roman Empire proofed too expansive
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SHANGHAI TANG: THE FIRST GLOBAL CHINESE LUXURY BRAND? When he created Shanghai Tang in 1994‚ Hong Kong businessman David Tang intended to launch Chinaís first bona-fide luxury brand. The idea was ìto create the first global Chinese lifestyle brand by revitalising Chinese designsóinterweaving traditional Chinese culture with the dynamism of the 21st centuryî.1 In the first few years‚ Tangís flamboyant‚ cross-cultural style and ties to international celebrities fuelled the buzz surrounding the label
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Assess the long-term and immediate factors that led to the fall of the Romanov Dynasty. With over a century of military and civil discontent the Romanov Dynasty was bound to fall sooner or later. The fall of the Romanov Dynasty was a result of long-term causes including Tsar Alexander’s inability to satisfy his people and Tsar Nicholas II’s inability to rule to throne all together. The collapse was also an outcome of immediate causes; the effects of World War One on Russia and the 1917 revolution
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COMPANY CASE: SHANGHAI TANG: China’s First Great Luxury Brand One rainy October night in 2002 in a 1‚300 year-old Confucian temple in Shanghai‚ journalists from three continents‚ local bigwigs‚ style-conscious Chinese yuppies (chuppies)‚ and three Chinese soccer stars gathered to watch a fashion show. Raphael le Masne de Chermont‚ CEO of the Chinese lifestyle brand Shanghai Tang‚ is unconcerned about the weather and its possibly detrimental effects on 46 expensive garments which were about to
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Explain the significance of the wars against the Hyksos for the establishment of the 18th dynasty The “Rulers of foreign lands ” or Hyksos as referred to by modern historians were an ethnically mixed group of Western Asiatic people from Syria-Palestine who appeared in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. The Hyksos were responsible for the introduction of the horse into the area and the use of the animal for war purposes gave them a distinct advantage in battle‚ they introduced
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Strategic Management Shanghai Tang Case Study MGT 302 - Strategic Management Shanghai Tang Case Study 2013 TRAN Ngoc Phung (Fiona)-00026680T Lecture name: Mo Kader 5/12/2013 2013 TRAN Ngoc Phung (Fiona)-00026680T Lecture name: Mo Kader 5/12/2013 Shanghai Tang Case Study Shanghai Tang offers a unique women and men ’s fashion. Discover a new elegance‚ from clothing to accessories and home decoration. It was founded in 1994 by Hong Kong businessman David Tang. The brand’s global expansion
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causing a fierce competition in Chinese luxury industry. This article aims to explain the underlying reasons for Chinese luxury boom in the aspects of economy‚ society and psychology. By studying the case study of traditional cheongsam company Shanghai Tang‚ the bright future of domestic luxury brands can be seen. Through SWOT analysis of local apparel companies‚ accessible advice to build Chinese luxury brands is provided‚ especially in the apparel industry. Keywords: luxury brands‚ clothing‚ apparel
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