The first dynasty of China is the Xia Dynasty. The Xia dynasty lasted for almost 500 years. 17 emperors ruled the Xia Dynasty. The Xia Dynasty emperors were chosen by their abilities. During this dynasty‚ a lot of bronze was produced. The last emperor of the Xia dynasty was Emperor Jie. He was a terrible emperor. He lived an extravagant life and did not care for his country. He killed many of his ministers who came up with good advices. His actions made the people angry so they followed the Shang
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Han China Tourist Journal Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago‚ in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it‚ but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways‚ I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak‚ and
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The Years of the Berlin Wall: From My Eyes August 13‚ 1961. A day of misery‚ ordeal and dashed hopes. I had woken to the sound of an obstreperous shriek and what seemed like a case of mass hysteria. Within minutes I became conscious of the fact I was alone in the bedraggled shack we liked to call home. I wandered around in my solitude. Promptly I advanced to the outside pavement where infinite numbers of people were gathered. To the left of me I noticed my mother. Seated on
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I’m going to speak a little bit about china. -China has 1.3 billion people‚ a little over 20 percent of the world’s population. - The capitol city is Beijing and I have been there myself. China is the fourth largest country in the world. Only Russia‚ Canada and USA are larger. - The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure found anywhere in the world. The main reason for making the wall was to protect themselves against the Mongols. The wall is around 5.500 miles long. - Giant pandas
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The Comparison Between China and Japan The reason why I choose the country between China and Japan for my comparison is. China and Japan located in the same continent both of them produce many export goods. But China’s export is mainly in workforce and Japan’s export is mainly their goods that they invented themselves‚ such as Cars and electric. China and Japan is located in Asia. China is the most populous country in the world with number of people crossing 1.298 billion in 2004 and
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The Tomb of Shihuangdi was the tomb of the emperor Shi Huangdi [246-210 BCE] who was the Tiger of Qin and the first emperor of China which he ruled between 221 and 210 BCE (Goho‚ 2003). It is believed that the tomb was ordered by the emperor at the early age of thirteen‚ in which it took another 36 years to complete and Qin Shi Huang shortly died after the construction was completed. Per the Travel Advisor‚ it was discovered that the tomb had remarkable artwork and had approximately 8‚000 life
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The Great Wall of China was one of the finest architectural achievements in the world‚ stretching over thousands of miles on China. For over 2‚000 thousand years‚ the Great Wall of China has been built and rebuilt to protect China from nomadic invaders in the north. The Great Wall stretches three thousand miles long over northern China. China only has natural barriers to the east‚ west‚ and south‚ making it vulnerable in the north. The giant wall they built was adequate for their needs of protection
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Dynasty Essay The Qin Dynasty The first Emperor of China. The consequences of his work ensued in the unification of China. He had an ambition for immortality. Further‚ Ying Zheng or better known as Qin Shi Huang was an Emperor like no other; he was truly an epoch-making to China’s culture and history. From 221B.C. to 207B.C. Qin made many contributions to China. He ordered the construction of the Great Wall to protect from the Mongols. This structure took about 2000 years to finish. Moreover
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Ancient China Investigative Task Shi Huangdi Shi Huangdi was the first Emperor of China‚ but how did he come to the throne? Shi Huangdi was first introduced to the throne when he was 13 years old‚ due to his father’s death‚ in 247 BC. However‚ by law‚ he was too young to rule‚ when he turned 22 in 238 BC‚ he was acceptable to rule Qin. He was very ambitious and wanted to rule all the states. He started by taking over Han and then continuing to Wei‚ Zhao‚ Yen‚ Chu and Chi. By 221 BC all the states
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How did Shi Huangdi rule China? He ruled China using violence by conquering the warring states. He defeated the other states so that he could have divine power. By defeating the other states‚ China grew much bigger and the bigger China was‚ the more power he got. The more states he defeated‚ the bigger the people’s fear for him was so‚ most of his power was build on the fear of the people that he ruled. What did Shi Huangdi do so that he could be immortal? Shi Huangdi wanted to live forever‚ not
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