...Assignment 2: Project Paper- Competitive Essay- Comparing Ancient Female Rulers Geraldinie Phinizee Professor Dr. Caren Stayer HUM 111 World Cultures 1 May 31, 2016 Within the empress of China Cleopatra and the last ruler of Egypt Wu Zetian were leaders of different cultures within the period of 690- 705 AD. They did have many different approaches to gain the empire and some similarities that Cleopatra was known for her beauty while both had to utilize this to rise to power. Whereas Wu Zetian whom did not have the quality of good attitude However Cleopatra being known for her charm served her way as a tool to survive later empire that they later become the ruler. www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine6.hmtl Cleopatra family through royal standards she was however born of nobility, whereas her family members would marry each other or marry within the family far as, but still had a difference within them as far as daughters and uncles. http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra Wu Zetian was ruthless and had the desire to rule and have all power. Although she was able to rule throughout a peaceful time in period. However, Cleopatra shares the similarity with Wu Zetian on being able to be better than a man. Thus Cleopatra unlike Wu who was a leader during...
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...Idealism and Beauty The ideal image of the monarchy system is absolute power and strength. In Thailand, the mythological creature Garuda symbolizes the Thai monarchy. Its various significant features serve as a powerful image of the royal families, the widespread usages of the figure as the official seals of the civil government, and its appearance in all forms of art, architecture, and even modern sculpture. Yet, besides Garuda in Thailand, Dragon is also another significant mythological creature of the Asian culture. In China, it serves as a symbol of monarchy. In the same way, its special features of a non-existing creature create an impeccable, respected image for the emperor and his royal family. Even though the Garuda and dragon share the same purpose as the ideal image of power for the monarchs, however, their appearances give evidences to their dissimilar origins. This relief sculpture is taken from the walls of Wat Prakaew, Bangkok, Thailand. According to Thai mythology, Garuda always holds snakes(naga), in the picture, Garuda is tearing the snake (a symbol of evil) into two, representing its strength, and at the same time, symbolizing sovereignty. The creature is a result of an influence from the Indian culture through Brahmanism during the Buddhist era and the Hindu mythology. It is believed to be a mode of transportation for Narai, one of the Hindu gods. Plus, the Hindus also believe in the incarnation for Narai as a king, therefore; it is now a symbol...
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...like his parents he did not let this get to him. What he did was use his time wisely instead of partying like his peers he would spend his free time studying mathematics and philosophy. After studying at brienne for five years he moved to military academy in Paris. Napoleon lost his father in 1785With his father’s death, he became head of his family taking care of them which foreshadowed him in a position of leadership which led him to become second lieutenant in the French army. Napoleon first order of business as lieutenant was to invade Egypt In May 1798, he invaded Egypt with thirty-five thousand soldiers and within few days Egypt came under his control. napoleon was is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand...
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... Theodora was born at around the time of 497 AD in Rome. She died of cancer in 548 AD when she was 51 years of age. Theodora’s father was a bear trainer and her mother, a homemaker. She then met Justinian I, the then later Byzantine emperor. Justinian kept her life very interesting.Theodora was born a peasant, but as she overcame that she helped establish women’s rights. Theodora was born into a peasant family, but then later met Justinian I, the emperor’s nephew. She met him after she took a job spinning wool at a house that was close to the palace. Justinian fell in love with Theodora. They shared passion and chemistry for each other. By law the two could not marry each other. Justinian I then was able to get the law changed to allow them to marry. They were crowned emperor and empress in 527 AD. As Empress Theodora had the power to influence others. Using her power she helped establish protection towards women and women’s rights. She establish many laws that helped women have more rights with divorce, inheritance, and especially poverty. Most importantly, the laws made prostitution illegal and established that anyone who committed rape will be sentenced to death penalty. Theodora is also know for saving Justinian and his role as emperor. In 532, Two political groups called the Blues and the Greens broke out in a riot, that later turned into a revolt. Justinian and his advisors could not control the Blues and the Greens, and soon became to pack up and flee but, Theodora...
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...The Last Emperor: Truth and Misleading In 1987, a film came into theaters across the globe about China’s last emperor. The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, shows the life of Pu-Yi from when he enters the Forbidden City at age three to become emperor of China, to his final days as a reformed man. The film, although it showed how China was during the Qing Dynasty in a fairly honest light, also had its downfalls. Many problems plagues the last years of the Qing Dynasty, such as the Republic Revolutions, opium, warlords, and the confusing relationship with Japan and it’s government during this time. These issues were either not touched on or barely noticeable during the almost three hour long film. The story of Pu Yi, China’s last emperor, starts with him being taken to the Forbidden City at the age of three. The Dowager Empress “arranged once more for a boy emperor.” (Morton, 174) Pu Yi would not stay emperor long, as he would lose that title in 1912 because of the Republican Revolution. Formed by Sun Yat-Sen, it was a revolution against imperial rule. This revolution was also largely a military revolt and the beginnings of a fast changing government. In the film this Revolution seemed to hardly happen. Although the young emperor was being protected from the outside world, it would have made the film more historically clear if this event was explained more in depth. As an important event during that was part of Pu Yi’s loss of power, the Republic Revolution should...
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...During his travels during the 1200’s, Marco Polo traveled from China to India via the China Sea. Marco Polo describes the China Sea as having 7,448 islands that for the most part are inhabited. These islands have trees that give off a wonderful fragrance and the islands are filled with spices. When ships from Zaiton or Kinsai visit the islands, they have great profit margins but it takes a full year too sail to these islands and back home. This paper examines the major islands that Marco Polo visited during his travels through the China Sea. The first island Marco Polo discussed was Japan. Japan is a large island, east of China by about 1,500 miles. Marco Polo described the Japanese people as fair-complexioned, good-looking, and well-mannered. They were also idolaters who were independent and had no other nation to govern. Japan was also blessed with a large amount of gold, partly because no one exported any gold off of the island. I believe Marco Polo was amazed at the amount of gold found on the island since he went into great detail about how the emperor’s palace was roofed entirely of gold, floored with gold in all of the rooms, and about how the halls and windows were embellished with gold. A custom of the Japanese people that Marco Polo mentioned was that their dead is either cremated or buried. If a person is buried, then a red pearl is placed in their mouth. However, Marco Polo dose not elaborated on why a pearl is placed in the deceased’s mouth. (Latham 1958) Chamba...
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...Antoninus Pius was know as one of the Five Good Emperors in Ancient Rome. The other four emperors were known as Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius. These dictators were all partially responsible for the Pax Romana, or the Roman peace that was present between the different nationalities within the Roman Empire. Antoninus Pius had quite a significant role during the time in which he was emperor. Some factors include his characterization, early life, and ruling period. Pius had left a mark on the Roman Empire that would change Roman history forever. Antoninus Pius became emperor when the previous emperor, Hadrian, died on July 10, 138 AD. Antoninus Pius was said to be the adopted son of Hadrian and jumped to the throne when his foster father perished. In addition, the emperor's last name, Pius, signifies the word dutiful. He was a popular, respected man whom...
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...Alexis Taylor Period 6 The main topic of this article is accounts and excerpts of Roman law towards Jews in the middle Ages. Constantine the Great (306-337) was the first Roman emperor to issue laws which radically limited the rights of Jews as citizens of the Roman Empire. This document was produced October 18, 315 by Constantine the Great. During this time period Christianity had begun to really develop and rapidly spread as a religion. Roman Christians began using Christianity as its way of making their own social classes. This document was intended and produced for the followers of the Christian faith and the Jews whom were a part of the Roman community. Constantine the Great wanted to stress and clarify the guidelines in which Jews were expected to conduct their lives more than likely because with the Roman Law uprising would come about from concerned Christians and Jews. There are two separate audiences that this document could have been intended for and both perceived it differently. For believers of the Christian faith, they received the document as a positive reassurance that no Jew has any authority over them, so in their case they benefit. As for the Jewish community they received this document quite negatively because for starters Constantine a follower of the Christian faith is affecting their lives tremendously by placing them at the bottom of the current society’s social system. Not allowing Jews to marry Christians, not allowing Jews to have Christian...
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...it to allow its merchants to trade with foreign merchants, apparently with greater benefit for foreign merchants. (OECD) Dazed by this event, a large number of low-ranking samurais were resented with the powerlessness of the Emperor with foreign “threats”. Due to this,...
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...problem existed in Meiji period. Complete westernization and parochial nationalism let people doubt their traditions and abandon the old learning. Sensei and K both had to face the conflicts between their aspirations and the judgments of society. Though they both had affection for Ojosan, they resort to different actions. K, carrying the traditional merits in mind, had suppressed himself because of his friendship with Sensei. Nevertheless, Sensei chose to follow his own heart and sacrificed K. The one being betrayed lost his faith in “the true way” and took his own life in despair. The one betrayed his friend never stopped blaming himself and suffered self-disgust and eventually committed suicide. This chaotic self resulted from the clash of ideal and the reality had led to the tragedy, and the dilemma still happened throughout people’s lives. As a...
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...1. In the 1st century AD, Christianity was not widely accepted or even legal. Christians were persecuted in many areas. In the 4th century, Roman emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made it legal. 2. In the 3rd century, Rome lost up to 1/3 of its population due to natural disasters like famine and disease. In 1346-52, the Black Death claimed 1/3 of the population of Europe, Asia, and Africa. 3. In 1st-2nd century Rome, the basic principles of law were established that would be used by nearly every western system of law after: innocent until proven guilty, right to defend yourself in front of a judge, and the judge had to research all evidence carefully before making a verdict. 4. In Classical Greece (480-330 BC), homosexuality was widely practiced and accepted....
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...Kinetic Theory Objectives • Describe how the kinetic-molecular theory is used to explain how gases behave at different temperatures. (Exploration 1) • Analyze data that shows how gas particle mass affects that gas’s behavior. (Exploration 2) • Describe the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution. (Explorations 1 and 2) Description of Activity The kinetic-molecular theory states that a collection of gas molecules’ average kinetic energy has a specific value at any given temperature. In this activity, you will study how temperature and gas particle mass affect the frequency distribution of gas particle speeds. You will examine and analyze speed frequency distribution graphs. This distribution is called the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution. Jump Start 1. What is kinetic energy? 2. What is thermal energy? 3. What happens to a gas’s thermal energy as that gas’s temperature increases? 4. What happens to the average speeds of the particles in a gas when one increases that gas’s temperature? Safety Discussion If you conduct this experiment in a laboratory setting, be aware that gases heated in a closed container could result in the container exploding. Exploration 1: The Effect of Temperature on Gas Behavior Procedure 1. Choose any gas from the list box. 2. Set Temperature to any value. Observe the shape of the frequency distribution of speeds graph. Sketch this graph. Record...
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...What impression do we get of Crooks here? Crooks is known by his disability. This is represented when the narrator says ‘crooks the negro stable buck’. This suggests that not much respect is shown to Crooks because he has been labelled by his disability. The fact that we are unaware of Crooks real name proves this. Furthermore, he is also known by his race “negro”. This implies that Crooks is racially segregated from other ranch workers. He shares most of his room with the Horses belongings. ‘Both for himself and the horses’. In my opinion, this shows how unfairly the boss treats Crooks. This is because he already has a little room as it is and because he is a permanent ranch worker he needs a lot of room. If most of the room will be covered by the Horses belongings there won’t be a lot of room for Crooks possessions. Due to Crooks disability, he is a permanent ranch worker. This meant that he could leave his things lying around with anyone having a say. ‘Accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back’. My interpretation of this Crooks has a lot of possessions which he has but only has a little room to them all in. Previously in the novel we are aware that Crooks is unable to socialise with the other ranch workers. He has been isolated because of his skin colour. Therefore ‘he kept his distance and demanded other people had kept theirs’. This tells the reader how upfront and close minded of a character Crooks is. Crooks also has a book called the “California...
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...imputación causal mediante la cual se buscan las causas que pudieron dar origen a divergencias entre el tipo ideas de un cierto suceso construido y un suceso concreto. Los tipos ideales de Weber son construcciones intelectuales de un cierto objeto cultural, que se forman por la síntesis de muchos sucesos concretos individuales arreglados de acuerdo con un cierto acentuado punto de vista del investigador de acuerdo con la función que va a cumplir. Esa construcción, no se encuentra en la realidad, es una construcción ideal. Tipos de ideales: 1.- El tipo ideal histórico. Es el tipo que se puede formular en una época determinada. Por ejemplo el tipo ideal de libre mercado. 2.-El tipo ideal de sociología general. Es el tipo que se refiere a fenómenos que se dan a lo largo de todos los periodos históricos y en todas las sociedades. 3.-El tipo ideal de la acción social. Es el tipo de la conducta de un actor determinado por sus motivaciones. 4.- El tipo ideal...
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...from what I would expect from an emperor’s valedictory edict. One blaring contrast is that Kangxi does not mention anything about who he is going to pick for his successor. Almost every previous emperor announces in writing prior to their death whom their successor will be however Kangxi kept his choice secret and it was only revealed after his death that his fourth son would be the next emperor. From the edict, I can tell that Kangxi seems to be burdened by a lot of issues surrounding the naming of the heir. He refers to the naming of the heir as a “burden.” This could signal that the reason behind Kangxi’s secrecy is that he is afraid his children will fight each other for the throne and if an heir was named, his other sons may plot against the heir. His second son has already proved troublesome after all. Another interesting note in Kangxi’s edict is that the tone of the statement is very down to earth. He is a little bit arrogant at times stating that he “was strong from my childhood onwards, with fine muscles, I could bend a bow with a pull of 15 li, and fire a 52 inch arrow.” However, for most of it he is much more grounded than even an average citizen. For instance he doesn’t avoid the issue of death and accepts the fact that everyone dies eventually even emperors stating “death and life are normal phenomena.” He also states “my birth is nothing miraculous nor did anything extraordinary happen when I grew up. I came to the throne at eight, 57 years ago. I’ve...
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