Many people see Genghis Khan as a violent and brutal person since he had destroyed many villages as well as people. However‚ I believe that Genghis Khan has done much more good than bad and therefore‚ I believe he was more of a hero than a villain. To start off‚ Genghis Khan created the largest empire that has ever existed and was able to unite nomadic tribes in Mongolia which was a huge accomplishment. On top of that‚ Genghis Khan would improve the cities and countries he would conquer and make
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There are many different factors‚ caused by collectivisation‚ which could be seen as things that were overall successes for the Communist party because of things like the Gulags which helped industrialise Russia to where it was the most industrialised state at the start of the Second World War. It also helped Stalin gain control of the party by defeating his rivals on the right. On the other hand‚ collectivisation had many disastrous effects for the Communist Party‚ such as the great famines that
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Bao Qin’s Never Ending Adversities Wild Swans is a classic full of drama that incorporates adversity for its characters to face throughout the whole book. As defined in the dictionary‚ adversity is a misfortune with hardship and suffering. This is important to know before the burdens the characters of this book faced are listed since the characters of this book lived in China. Their homeland provided many harsh conditions for the heroes of this book to even think about facing them. While this book
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1. Summarize events related to the Boxer Rebellion. Many Chinese people thought the foreigners (the Germans) were the cause of all the extreme weather happening. In the late 1800’s there was extreme flooding and droughts. The Chinese thought the heavens were upset with the foreigners being there and were punishing them for it with the weather. The weather of course affected the Chinese people’s farming negatively. Among the people that blamed the foreigners was group called The Boxers and they were
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Do you believe that a galloping horse can be so fast that it can actually fly in the sky and even higher than a swallow? In the horse culture of China‚ it indeed has been recorded that the swiftest horses could actually catch up with birds. The work of ancient Chinese art I referring to is the Bronze Galloping Horse‚ from the East Han Dynasty about 2‚000 years ago. By 221 B.C.E.‚ the Qin ruler‚ Shih Huang Ti‚ had replaced the last Zhou emperor‚ and ruled all of China. In fact‚ his title‚ Shih Huang
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According to Modern World History book‚ In Asia during the Ming dynasty‚ China was in dominant power. The ruler Hongwu drove out the Mongols with a rebel army. He tried to restore agriculture‚ lands that were destroyed by war‚ increased rice production and irrigation. In order to stabilize China‚ Hongwu used many traditions and institutions. He became a tyrant whenever problems formed. In 1398 after Hongwu death there was problems. His son Yonglo‚ followed many of his father’s rules. Yonglo was a
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Richard M. Nixon commenced a new policy called Détente‚ which is a French word that means “release from tension‚” with the implementation of this new policy the relations between the Soviet Union and the United States improved‚ it was something completely different to the period of Confrontations and Surrogated Interventions. During the period of Détente‚ Nixon reduced the policy of containment‚ emphasizing the talks concerning discussions of ways to control nuclear weapons. One of the approaches
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A Time to Live‚ a Time to Die is a movie that spans between 1947-1965 following the life of the Director himself. The film follows the maturity of Ah Hsiao‚ the young protagonist of the movie. Ah Hsiao grew up in Taiwan and even though his family immigrated there when he was very young from Mainland China‚ he adapts very quickly to living in Taiwan. Throughout the movie‚ there is a constant internal struggle with Ah Hsiao. He is often put in the situation where he has to family‚ schooling‚ and his
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The Song Dynasty has been remarked as a dynasty full of inventions and marketing‚ the things that shape our world today. However‚ the emperors ruling during the dynasty are somewhat okay at doing their job. While some had been successful‚ like the original emperor Taizu‚ others had failed to live up to their name‚ like Duzong. Here is the evidence that supports my belief. Many emperors had ruled during the Song dynasty‚ but almost all of these emperors had the same traits and weaknesses. Firstly
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Q7. The Massacre in Tiananmen Square would be a result of protests brought on by the people whom did not agree with Deng Xiaoping or his political plans. Deng Xiaoping was one of the most powerful leaders in China‚ he had been one of the last revolutionaries who had ruled China. During his time in power‚ he faced the downfall of the Chinese economy. Deng would be a major supporter when it came to moderate economic policies‚ he wanted to help fix China’s economy. He would then set forth goals known
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