The Tang Dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years‚ beginning in 618 A.D.‚ China was reunited‚ and ending in 907 A.D. Their emperor Li Yuan‚ who later became emperor of Gaozu‚ had a son named Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong helped form the Dynasty into the largest‚ richest‚ and most centralized government of that time. Tang Taizong’s reign as emperor‚ lasted from 627 A.D to 649 A.D. He formed a very strong central government and perfected the civil service examination. He greatly promoted foreign trade and
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Chinese Dynasties The Xia Dynasty‚ 2070-1600 BC‚ was an important dynasty for the Chinese civilization and their history. It brought an end to the Primitive Society and brought up a new trend‚ the slave society. Towards the end of the Xia Dynasty‚ social conflicts grew and they were forced to go to war. The people were tired of dealing with all of with all the things they were forced to do for their leader so they fled in large numbers and were soon ruled by the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty
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Investigative Journalism: http://www.pcij.org/stories/print/clans.html De leon‚ H eval‚ N. (2011‚ June 2). Philippine Online Chronicles. Retrieved August 3‚ 2011‚ from Philippine Online Chronicles: http://thepoc.net/breaking-news/local/12267-political-dynasty-ban-bill-up-in-congress.html#ja-content Gma News Tv Kurlantzick‚ J. (2011‚ January 7). Retrieved August 3‚ 2011‚ from Council on Foreign Relations: http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2011/01/07/the-curse-of-nepotism/ List of political families in the Philippines
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Political dynasties are here to stay whether you like it or not‚ unless‚ of course‚ if YOU make a choice. Article II‚ Section 26 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution prohibits the existence of political dynasties but because majority of the lawmakers are either scions or kingpins of a political clan‚ no one has the guts to step up and perform a rare case of political suicide. Now‚ we are just left with two choices: stand up for democracy and let corrupt political dynasties wither on their own or
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The Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty in ancient China. It was thought to be a myth Chinese used as a part of there history. Actually the Xia Dynasty was very real. The Xia Dynasty ruled from 2100 to 1600 B.C. They had a total of seventeen emperors‚ many achievements and few battles. The Xia Dynasty had seventeen emperors. The founding emperor Yu the Great who rules from 2100- 2055‚ Qi‚ who ruled from 2055- 2026‚ Shao Kang‚ who ruled from 2026- 2005 were the first three emperors. Next came
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The Han dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220‚ more than 400 years. The dynasty would provide a model for later Chinese dynasties. In fact‚ the Han dynasty’s influence on Chinese civilization was so great that‚ to this day‚ the main population of China still calls itself the Han people. When Shi Huangdi died in 210 BC‚ the Qin dynasty crumbled in rebellion. Liu Bang‚ a peasant leader‚ founded the Han dynasty‚ one of the greatest dynasties in Chinese history. China’s Han period was a time of
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The ptomelic dynasty All the kings of the Ptolemaic family had the same name To distinguish each reign they adopted descriptive name e.g. soter (Savior) and II Philadelphus (love sis) and III Euergetes (Benefactor) The Ptomleic rulers adopted the Egyptian ideas of hereditary‚ divine kingship The Egyptian ruler was associated with the god Amon or Horus (son of the great mother-goddess Isis and her brother/husband Osiris. Lord of the Dead. The ptolemies adopted the practise of royal incest i.e. the
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The Song dynasty had played an important role in China throughout history. The Song dynasty consisted of Northern Song Dynasty from 960-1127 and the Southern Song Dynasty 1127-1279. It was a time of peace and prosperity. During the Song dynasty‚ there were many changes and advancement that people have never seen before in Chinese history. It was like a period of golden age where China went through a modern and urban development. China had a time of social and economic changes. Before the Song Dynasty
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After nine bloody months of the Satsuma Rebellion‚ the Meiji Dynasty finally came to power in the late 19th century. With this new dynasty‚ came the need for not only a new emperor but also someone the Japanese people could identify themselves with or look up to during this time. The oligarchy believed that in order to save Japan from imperialism they had to modernize and become like the West. Emperor‚ Meiji‚ shared these progressive ideas. Japan began its period of revolutionizing which included
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The Xia Dynasty Overview There are ancient accounts about the history of a small kingdom along the Yellow River that existed from about 2‚000 BC to 1‚600 BC. The main ancient accounts are in the Records of the Grand Historian (史記) that were written between about 109 BC and 91 BC by Sima Qian and another textthat is called the Bamboo Annals (竹書紀年) that was a text that was said to have been buried with the King of Wei who died in 296 BC and was rediscovered in 281 AD during the Jin Dynasty. The text
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