Brianna R. Smith Modern China Final Paper 11/05/2013 Cixi the Empress Dowager A major fault the country of China continuously experienced was having poor leaders at critical times. For years the leaders of China thrived from the self-sustaining country‚ but the pretentiousness led to the idea China was the center of the world. This false ideology caused a lag in the full development of the country‚ and China fell far behind the rest of the world in terms of military‚ technology‚ and government
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Empress Dowager Cixi was one of the most powerful women to have ever ruled China‚ the mention of her name struck fear to any one that dared to defy her. She ruled China with an iron fist‚ she was cruel and unjust and she is said to have killed any one that stood in her way. She was born in to low middle-class family and was able to rise to the top because of her beauty‚ but soon after she was able to rise to the top she became power hungry and corrupt. Her rise to power would cause the fall of the
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perception was wrongfully based on the lack of mentioning of female rulers‚ as England had Queen Elizabeth‚ and in Russia‚ Queen Catherine as strong female leaders‚ It surprised me when I read the article “Female Rulers In Ancient China” by Yang Lien-Shang about the Empress Dowagers and their repeated history of being rulers is varied again depending on the Dynasty as stated‚ “This type of regency [Empress Dowagers] has a history of over two thousand years‚ and certainly it should not be regarded as something
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Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24‚ 1819‚ in Kensington Palace‚ London. Victoria’s mother was Victoria Mary Louisa‚ daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was Edward Augustus‚ duke of Kent and Strathern‚ the fourth son of George III and youngest brother of George IV and William
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Queen Victoria was born on May 24‚ 1819. She was the daughter of Prince Edward‚ Duke of Kent who was the minor son of the reigning King George III‚ and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg‚ who was a German princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820‚ the year her uncle became King George IV. When George died without issue in 1830‚ Victoria stood to reign the throne after the daughter of her second royal uncle‚ King William IV‚ died in infancy. William himself died in 1837‚ and the eighteen-year-old
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Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi was the last Dowager Empress of China to hold power. Contrary to tradition and policy she exercised enormous power‚ opposed foreign influence and supported the 1898-1900 Boxer Rebellion. Unfortunately‚ Cixi is often characterized as vicious‚ treacherous‚ cunning‚ and crazed by many historians. Cixi was born on born November 29‚ 1835‚ to a noble Manchu family in China. Her father’s name was Kuei Hsiang of the Yehenara clan‚ but her mother was unknown
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offered an opportunity to depict a portrait of the empress of the Qing Dynasty‚ the Empress Dowager Cixi‚ to be displayed in the Chinese exhibit. Nine months and four portraits later‚ Carl returned home to discover newspapers boasting unfavorable material on the Empress‚ cited incorrectly as Carl’s own words. This blatant slandering of the Empress only foreshadowed the vilifying that would come just two years after her death. Though Empress Dowager Cixi took part in the eventual crumbling of the Qing
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Dawning of a new age- Queen Victoria The Early Life of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria‚ the well-known Queen of England did not start out as some would expect. Her Grandfather‚ King George the third of England had fifteen children‚ his third child was The Duke of Kent‚ Queen Victoria’s father. The Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha. Later they had a baby girl together on May twenty- fourth eighteen- nineteen. They christened her as Alexandrina Victoria. Her childhood was not
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monarch of Great Britain and Ireland eighteen years later. Queen Victoria beats the odds given to her at birth and came to be one of the greatest queen and the longest reigning queen of her predecessors. Queen Victoria used her power as the queen produce a greater country‚ govern the citizens of Great Britain with dignity‚ and make the world a better place with her charity and love for others. Born in Kensington Palace‚ Alexandrina Victoria was destined to a privileged life. Her father‚ Prince Edward
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When queen Victoria was young she was told she’d be queen. To which she responded “I’ll be good.” (Nelson). Even as a child Queen Victoria knew what type of Queen she wanted to be. She would learn‚ grow and eventually be ready to become Queen. Queen Victoria knew stepping into a high position of power would be difficult and that she would deal with wars‚ death‚ conflicts in society‚ and trouble growing the empire. She decided that she would be strong‚ helpful‚ and stand for compromise. Queen Victoria
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