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    Emperor Qin

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    Was Qin a good emperor or a bad emperor ? Qin was an emperor of many rules‚ he was a two faced emperor. Born on 18th February 259 BC‚ Qin was born into royalty. At only 12 years of age Qin was destined to be king‚ emperor with lots of ambitions for the whole of his reign. He named himself “Huangdi” which means ”great sovereign“ Qin was an emperor who cut both ways through life‚ from good to bad. He started to build the Great Wall of China to keep the peasants in and enemy invaders out‚ which

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    By Dominic Sun Emperor Qin vs. Emperor Hadrian: Who kept control of their empire most effectively? Qin Shi Huangdi; who became China’s first Emperor‚ and Emperor Hadrian‚ who was perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor‚ both tried to control their empires. They were both good commanders and they used various methods such as building roads for ease of travelling‚ training a strong army with clever military tactics‚ building frontiers to keep out invaders‚ divided their country into different

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    and the United states of america‚ the usa could fall soon too. As they had some bad emperors later on‚ we have bad presidents now. Secondly‚ the economy is bad. And lastly‚ the us will get attacked from all of its enemies. A key reason as to why Rome fell‚ was because of the emperors. Early on they had good leaders‚ but they got worse later on. The same is happening in the us right now. There are emperors and presidents who do good things and ones that so bad things. Most of the time‚ the

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    The Emperor Jones

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    THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O’Neill Information about the play: The Emperor Jones was written in 1920 and staged at the same year in New York City. The production was very successful and helped make O’Neill’s reputation. O’Neill is affected by a real story which tells about the president of Haiti‚ Guillaume Sam‚ who boasts that he would be never killed by a lead bullet but a silver one. As O’Neill is impressed by this story‚ at first he makes the name of the play as The Silver Bullet but

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    Huangdi was China’s first Emperor‚ and Emperor Hadrian was perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor. They both tried to control their empires using similar methods‚ such as building roads‚ training a strong army with military tactics‚ erecting frontiers to keep out the invaders. By looking at their personalities‚ armies‚ transport systems‚ and how they controlled the frontiers‚ I think Hadrian is more effective in ruling his empire. Both Roman and Chinese people obeyed their emperors but for different reasons

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    Emperor Hirohito

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    Hirohito Emperor of Japan “A revolutionary leader that changed Japan with a quiet dignity and a peaceful attitude.” Stephanie Keenan Period 1 3/25/12 Hirohito ’s Background Emperor Hirohito of Japan was born to Crown Prince Yoshihito (later the Emperor Taisho) and Crown Princess Sadako at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo on April 29th‚ 1901. His grandfather‚ the Meiji Emperor‚ was in power at this time. Hirohito‚ whose name means “broad-minded benevolence”‚ was a member of the oldest

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    and in terms of‚ its Western counterpart. The importance of such a construction is that it creates a single subject matter where non existed‚ a compilation of previously unspoken notions of the Other” (pg. 2). Said’s implication of Latent Orientalism goes hand in hand with the content and obvious relationship between Butterfly and Pinkerton in Puccini’s “Love Duet”. In this case‚ Butterfly is displayed as the “feminine‚ [permeable] and supine [passive] … [where the impression identifies her

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    ------------------------------------------------- Mughal emperors The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in South Asia (mainly Northern India‚ North Eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh). It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century The imperial family directly descended from two of the worlds greatest conquerors[citation needed]: Genghis Khan‚ founder of the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world; and the Amir‚ The Mughal Empire lasted for

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    Post colonialism and Orientalism Post = After Colonialism = the process of one country inhabiting another usually instilling their norms and values into that society Media Edward said – American-Palestinian Western media representations often contain a legacy of colonialism Colonial ideology - Superiority - Racial prejudice - Civilized Edward Said On Orientalism: ‘Orientalism has some perspectives of Marxism‚ because Marxism argues that we have a small minority of power

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    Emperor Claudius

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    Introduction Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (b. 10 BC‚ d. 54 A.D.; emperor‚ 41-54 A.D.) was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. His reign represents a turning point in the history of the Principate for a number of reasons‚ not the least for the manner of his accession and the implications it carried for the nature of the office. During his reign he promoted administrators who did not belong to the senatorial or equestrian classes‚ and was later vilified by authors who did. He followed

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