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    The Emperor Kang Xi There were about five thousand years of resplendent civilization in the history of China‚ and 408 emperors (Kuaican) with forty (Dan) different dynasties were parts of it. Those emperors were like the stars of the Milky Way‚ as some of them were regard as real stars because of their feat‚ but some of them were looked as meteors from what they did. There was a twinkling superstar at the Milky Way of Chinese history. His name was Aixinjueluo Xuanye‚ who was also known as the Emperor

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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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    Emperor K’ang-hsi ruled China from 1661 to 1722 and his reign is captured by Jonathan D. Spence’s book Emperor of China. The different chapters of the book deal with certain aspects of the Emperors life. Aspects that the history books to normally deal with. The information in Spence’s book is based on Emperor K’ang-hsi’s correspondence‚ his own writings. This writing maybe biased towards himself‚ but no other piece of information could provide insight into his mind. The book is divided

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    The First Emperor of China and Rome’s Augustus Caesar both helped shape their kingdoms into great empires‚ but their tactics in doing so are every different. The First emperor of China took a more direct approach to his leadership. He concurred all the land around him and changed many laws to restrict his citizens from freedoms. Augustus Caesar was considered a peoples person and often attended live shows and plays. He believed that thru peace and harmony his country would be able to thrive. These

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    place about whether or not all the beneficial things Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di accomplished for the start of a great civilization -China- outweighs the extreme and cruel measures that he put in place to gain (and maintain) control of his people and country. Shi Huang Di improved warfare tactics; standardised laws‚ roads‚ writing‚ and measures- making trade between states easier-‚ had the Great Wall of China built to protect the people of China‚ and many other triumphs. However‚ he was also very

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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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    Qin Er Shi was a handsome young boy‚ who was the son of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang was getting old‚ so Qin Er Shi would have to be the next emperor soon. Though Qin Er Shi was destined to be the emperor‚ he was always scared we would be a bad emperor. Out of fear‚ Qin decided to hide from his father in the White Horse Temple. The White Horse Temple was the first Buddhist temple in China‚ so Qin’s father often prayed there. Though his father would often be at the temple‚ Qin Er Shi always

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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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    time period‚ and personal information about this Being resemble information we have for another Prophet‚ Krishna. Krishna’s tale as you will see later does suggest contact with Chinese people. Fu-Xi is known as the first Supreme Ruler and God-Emperor of China. He was born around 4952 to 5‚468 years ago. What is known about His birth shares details with virgin

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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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