Soft power helped leaders of the Mauryan Empire gain legitimacy because they encouraged strong morals in their people. The Mauryan Empire was primarily composed of India and other parts of South Asia and was founded by Chandragupta around 322 BCE. Chandragupta proceeded to lead the empire by using Arthasastra. The Arthasastra was a written guidebook about how to properly lead an empire. and one requirement of the Arthasastra was for a King to provide for the people who were unable to provide for
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“Egypt’s Golden Empire” “Egypt’s Golden Empire” is a PBS documentary about the rise and fall of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The documentary gives a detailed review of the history of the once great empire of Egypt from around 1520 B.C. when Egypt was taken back from the Hyksos to around 1069 B.C. At the end of the New Kingdom. The movie shows reenactments from great battles to pharaohs’ everyday life. It tells us of highly regarded pharaohs and of the pharaoh ancient Egyptians wanted erased from history
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between traders. As Central Asia and China became more connected‚ culture as well as religion spread. 5.) Religions such as Hinduism and Christianity were able to easily spread because of the Silk Road. This is caused by the traders who would tell others about their faith‚ and because of this‚ the religion would spread more and more. Traders would listen to the word of these people‚ in order to get a better trade. 6.) The rise of Manichaeism is a good example of the relationship between long-distance
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire By: Linus Kollie Period: 7R 3/5/13 The fall of the Western Roman Empire was due to excess corruption‚ the role of shifts in power‚ increased technology beyond its borders‚ economic problems such as trade‚ dependents on slavery‚ and less on the part of roman farmers. Germanic invasions also caused the fall. This made the fall of such a large cumbersome empire inevitable. Enemies always described Rome as a bridge that was once not passable. It was the America
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Introduction Classical Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire‚ which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe. Greek culture influenced the development of Roman civilization because at first Rome absorbed ideas from Greek colonists in southern Italy‚ and they continued to borrow from Greek culture after they conquered Greece. Ancient Greece has had an enormous amount of impact on culture in the western world. For this reason‚ Classical
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CAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF MUSLIM EMPIRE The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with dramatic suddenness within a few decades after his death. The Mughal Empire owes its decline and ultimate downfall to a combination of factors; firstly Aurangzeb’s religious policy is regarded as a cause for the decline of the Mughal Empire as it led to disunity among the people. Although the policy did lead to weakening of the empire but the major cause of decline
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The Byzantine Empire was divided into sections called themes‚ each one governed by a military leader called a strategos. People were organized into rigid social classes‚ and seldom did someone move up a social class. Lower classes were divided into clan-like groups called systems. Each system had a representative
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The Aztec Empire began in 1330‚ with the founding of Tenochtitlan. This empire was at its most hit‚ when Moctezuma II ruled. But this fierce and powerful empire came to its end when Hernan Cortes conquered the empire in 1521. There are four factors which caused the demise of the Aztec Empire. They are: Alliances (The conquistadors made alliance with tribes who didn’t like the Aztecs) Weapons (Spaniards had advanced weaponry and horses‚ to their advantage) The Spaniards had advanced weaponry and
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In the early Roman‚ Macedonian‚ and Persian Empires‚ the government‚ laws‚ and economy were major influences in gaining authority over conquered lands. The Roman Forum was the central gathering for the Romans. The Forum was considered to be their capital‚ and with a centralized place‚ comes centralized government and laws (8). The Romans also held the importance of Senators‚ and ruling office very close. The senators were the ones who were able to keep the native-born citizens living a hectic
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Empire of Illusion and the Lies of the Life Throughout the ages‚ we have been constantly deluded by our society. Moreover‚ even love‚ relationship‚ wisdom or happiness could all be just an illusion. The way that people perceive things can be heavily influenced by many outside factors such as the media‚ entertainment‚ literature‚ and so on. In Empire of Illusion‚ the author Hedges uncovers the truth of how humans’ points of views about media‚ entertainment‚ love‚ relationship‚ and wisdom has been
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