By the time Hadrian’s contributions to his country had succeeded‚ and death was near; he was the most hated man in Rome. However‚ throughout his reign‚ he was regarded as a noble leader. "The Roman emperor Hadrian exercised a profound organizational influence on the Greco-Roman world. He worked successfully toward the codification of Roman law and the strengthening of imperial border defenses (Eadie 8)." Emperor Hadrian made many important contributions to Roman culture‚ and he was also known as
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FRQ Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India Han dynasty and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed in roughly the same time frame and overlapped in the years 320 B.C.E. - 220 C.E. developing in different parts of the globes with their own unique geographies. Both the Han and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed bureaucratic governments that were ruled by kings‚ but due to the different geographical regions‚ India’s government was fragmented into local governments. The Han Dynasty of China was structured off of a
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The Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song dynasties were historical Chinese Empires. The Sui Empire ruled from 581 to 618 A.D after the fall of the Han dynasty (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5.). The Tang Empire‚ on its part‚ ruled China from 618 to 907 A.D after defeating Emperor Yang‚ the last Sui Empire (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5). After the fall of the Tang Dynasty‚ the next half century in China experienced the division of the country into several kingdoms. In 960 A.D.‚ the Song dynasty came into power and reunified China. It lasted from
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“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things‚” (Leonardo da Vinci). Hans Holbein accomplished much in his lifetime‚ and as da Vinci said‚ he didn’t sit back‚ but instead approached what he wanted to achieve in life head on. Holbein the Younger learned from his father‚ who was a skilled painter himself. He grew up in Basle‚ a center of learning that was well known in that time. He soon rose
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I was just browsing TED Talks and saw a video tilted “The best stats you’ve ever seen” by Hans Rosling and it just caught my attention. It became clear very quickly that this was a fantastic speech. I knew absolutely nothing before clicking on the video. I was just looking for something that would be interesting. The late Hans Rosling was born in Uppsala Sweden‚ on 27 July 1948 and dies on 7 February 2017 at the age of 68. He studied statistics‚ medicine and public health. He investigated an outbreak
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In the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy‚ the Russian society in the late 19th century‚ particularly the nobility and aristocracy‚ is epitomized by their various social etiquettes and formalities that predominated the European continent during this time period. Perhaps the most intriguing theme perpetrated by Tolstoy during the entire novel is that of adultery and the moral and social contract a nobleman and noblewoman are bound to by the highly supercilious and elite aristocratic society. Adultery
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people of the present. Here we’ll learn what the Shang Dynasty of China was‚ what they accomplished‚ what problems occurred‚ and finally what became of them. The Shang Dynasty‚ or Yin Dynasty‚ was the first real historic Chinese Dynasty. It existed from around 1766 BC to 1122 BC. Long thought to be only a “Legendary Dynasty”‚ it ruled in the northeastern region of area known as “China Proper”‚ which refers to the lands of China where the Han Chinese were the Majority Ethnic Group. According
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The Romanov Dynasty held the Russian Empire as one of the most powerful European states for over three centuries. In 1917‚ during Nicholas II’s contradictory reign‚ a revolution began that transformed the empire into the first ever communist nation‚ replacing the infamous autocratic rule and introducing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Russian people were ruled by an autocratic government since 1613 when the Romanov Dynasty began. The government was run by the Tsar who had unlimited power
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The Manchus conquered the Ming Dynasty on June 6th‚ 1644 and commenced the Qing Dynasty. This new dynasty implemented many reforms. For instance‚ taxation underwent extensive changes during this dynastic transition. As Ye Mengzhu‚ a former bureaucrat‚ stated in Taxes and Labor Service “Beginning with this dynasty(the Qing) things changed. In the fifth month of 1645‚ an imperial decree was issued to reduce the taxes of the southeast delta area by fifty percent.”(Ebrey‚ 283). A cursory analysis of
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advancements in technology included the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire. As the expansion of the empire increased‚ the Romans built roads that linked these regions together. These roads were built in such a way that allowed for easier travel: roads were paved and allowed for water to run off. In addition‚ the empire also developed the transportation of water throughout the city through the construction of aqueducts‚ which were canals. Likewise‚ the Han Dynasty made advancements in the distribution
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