“Dynasty‚ a political tool in the hands of the ruling class‚ has become the catalyst for a new colonization of a country whose soul has already been deeply scarred by centuries of it”. This is perhaps the pithiest observation in “Durbar”‚ the newly published autobiographical account of well known journalist Tavleen Singh. The purpose of this piece is not to review Tavleen’s well written book but more an attempt to understand how a dynasty in a democratic polity evolves over multiple generations
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Essay Question: Discuss the economic‚ social and political grievances in Russia at the turn of the C20th and their contribution to the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty. Nicholas II‚ the last tsar of Russia‚ had neither the qualities nor the desire to rule imperial Russia. Born in Tsarskoye Selo in 1868‚ Nicholas was the eldest son of Alexander III‚ the fearsome tsar who had reimposed autocracy and oppression on the Russian empire after the murder of Alexander II. Those who met the young tsarevich
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Baghdad. Later he was purchased by Iltutmish and brought to Delhi. From the beginning‚ he was in the good books of his master. He became one of the Chalgan‚ a group of the forty most important nobles of the court. He was most powerful amongst them‚ during the rule of the Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. He became the Sultan of Delhi‚ after the death of Nasir-ud-in in AD 1266. After ascending the throne‚ he considered himself as the deputy of God on earth. Positives The royal treasury was practically
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as the role of Confucianism within the Qing Dynasty‚ through different approaches of writing and thinking about history. In the modern period‚ there has been an ever-growing
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Raymond Trombley The long reign of the Ming dynasty bridged two periods during which China was ruled by foreign invaders‚ the Mongols (1271 1368) and the Manchus (1644 1912). The first Ming emperor‚ Chu Yuan chang‚ drove the Mongols from Peking in 1368. After providing China with nearly three centuries of relative peace‚ stability and prosperity‚ the Ming dynasty lost the capital city to a Manchu army in 1644. The Mongol Empire‚ which in its heyday included Central Asia‚ most of Russia and
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The Han Dynasty was one of the greatest dynasties throughout the history of Ancient China. It was founded by Liu Bang who was known as Emperor Gaozu of Han. The Han Dynasty lasted for over 400 years‚ from 206 BC to 220 AD. It was the second Imperial dynasty after the Qin Dynasty. There were great achievements in politics‚ economy‚ technology‚ and culture. In terms of politics‚ Chinese society was highly structured under the Han Dynasty. At the top was the emperor‚ who was believed to
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The Fall of the Qing Dynasty Author Zhang Weiwei in The China Wave‚ Rise of a Civilizational State‚ argues that Japan became a national state during the Meiji Restoration‚ but China was unable to accomplish this due to its decline in the mid-19th century. He claims that this decline was a result of its inability to cope with modern states‚ as demonstrated by the loss of wars against such powers as the British‚ French and Japanese (49). The primary question is how a formerly world leading power
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Han Dynasty (China) vs. Mauryan/Gupta Dynasties (India) The Han Dynasty lasted from 206 BCE – 220 BCE‚ and was in China. The Mauryan and Gupta Dynasty lasted from 322 BCE – 500 CE‚ and were in India. The Mauryan Dynasty ended by 185 BCE. The Gupta Dynasty started in 320 CE. In my essay I am going to be comparing and contrasting the 3 dynasty’s (2 of them as 1)‚ and their control through religion‚ trade‚ male dominance‚ and how they fell. The Han Dynasty controlled their empire through Confucianism
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Female characters are portrayed as males The short fictions written in the Tang Dynasty emphasize the strength and the independence of the female characters‚ specifically their male-like personalities and behaviors. In Chen Xuanyou’s “The Departed Spirit‚” Shen Jiji’s “Miss Ren‚ or The Fox Lady‚” and Yuan Zhen’s “The Story of Yingying‚” the female protagonists are depicted as male characters in three ways. First‚ their external and internal intelligence make them different from conventional
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based on Han Chinese regime for the most of times‚ nevertheless‚ we are able to trace dynasties that either partially or wholly conquered by foreign powers within the scope of Chinese history; among all of them‚ Qing China under the Manchu’s rule is considered as one of the most prosperous and well-known period in the Chinese history which lasted nearly three centuries with visibly economy growth and stable political rule.To managing a multi-ethnic state like China where the majority people are Han
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