kingdoms and trade ports of the Indian Ocean world‚ and to bring back exotic toys and novelties for the emperor. * The Yongle Emperor who sponsored Zheng He’s first six voyages died in 1424. His son‚ the Hongle Emperor‚ was much more conservative and Confucianist in his thought‚ so he ordered the voyages stopped. (There was one last voyage under Yongle’s grandson‚ Xuande‚ in 1430-33. * The new emperor had a financial motivation. The treasure fleet voyages cost Ming China enormous amounts of money;
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The Purple Emperor lives in Europe and Britain they spend most of their time in tree tops where the moms store their eggs and protect their territory. The purple Emperor Eats Honeydew‚ urine‚ animal carcasses‚ and sap from oak trees. Some distinctive features of the Purple Emperor are long curled tongue and brightly colored wings. The conservation stratus is medium and their really threatened. Lastly their skin type is hair. There is some information of the Purple Emperor. Some fun facts about the
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Empire or Emperor? An empire is a state‚ or political system that exercises coercive power over a population. Those with larger populations are more frequently labeled as empires. They conquer‚ rule‚ and extract resources from other states and peoples. Usually‚ empires encompass a considerable variety of peoples and cultures within a single political system. The negative things that come with an empire cannot be overlooked. Many empires are known by their violence‚ exploitation‚ oppression‚ cruel
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The first two stages of the cycle have been comparable to that of China‚ but the third‚ that of decline‚ has been a long‚ drawn out and different in character. The Emperors of Japan began their kingship on the basis of political economy and agrarian‚ cosmology of wet-rice agriculture (Emiko-Ohnuki-Tierney‚ 2003). The Ojin Emperor established his Yamato state near present day Osaka and through time‚ the ‘ancient kingdom’ as it was called went through significant developments until its political
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Hongwu Emperor Brag Sheet * In 1352‚ Zhu joined one of the many insurgent forces that had risen in rebellion against the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty. * He rose rapidly through the ranks and became a commander. * In 1356‚ Zhu Yuanzhang’s army conquered Nanjing‚ which became his base of operations and the official capital of the Ming Dynasty during his reign. * Zhu’s government in Nanjing became famous for good governance and the city attracted vast numbers of people fleeing
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rich culture Polo once experienced. It was first Polo’s father‚ Nicolo Polo and uncle‚ Maffeo who visited China and met with emperor Khan; who was the ruler of China at that time. He liked both of the explorers and decided to treat them with much honor. According to Manuel Komroff who wrote the book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo Revised from Marsden’s Translation‚ the emperor wanted them to return home to the Pope and requested peace between the two countries and that they bring back a hundred educated
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are: Succession of Roman Emperors‚ and the Roman Army’s ability to defend the frontier. The impact on attitudes and behavior from the emperor down was almost as important as the physical price of civil war. Personal survival became the first objective of every emperor‚ and shaped all of their decisions and the structure of the empire. In trying to protect themselves‚ successive emperors gradually reshaped the empire itself. By the end of the third century‚ emperors could now come from a far
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the great ruled the Roman Empire in the early fourth century C.E. from 306 until his death in 337 C.E. He became the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity and legalize the Christian religion. One of the most significant accomplishments during Constantine’s rule as Roman Emperor was the reversal of the Christian persecutions that were put in place by previous Emperor‚ including Diocletian’s great persecution of 303 C.E. There was great controversy concerning Constantine’s conversion because
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projects‚ including the restoration of the Grand Canal and the Great Wall and the establishment of the Forbidden City in Beijing during the first quarter of the 15th century. Estimates for the late-Ming population vary from 160 to 200 million.[4] Emperor
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having targeted the Japanese American people after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Arresting potential ‘spies‚’ forcing people to move‚ and putting them all in camps were the main things the US had done to the Japanese people. In the book When the Emperor Was Divine written by Julie Otsuka‚ this event is shown through the eyes of the Japanese people as they go through this. Though many themes are most likely prevalent in the story‚ the one that sticks out the most is that an entire races fate should
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