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Emperor K’ang-hsi was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Ruling from 1662 to 1722 he was also one of the longest ruling emperors in Chinese history and for that matter the world. K’ang-hsi brought China to long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos. Jonathan Spence writes from the eyes of K’ang-hsi getting his information from K’ang-hsi’s own writings. Though a little biased towards himself this book still provides important insight into his mind. Emperor of China is divided into six parts; In Motion, Ruling, Thinking, Growing Old, Sons, and Valedictory.

In the history of imperial China, The Tang dynasty Empress Wu Zetian occupies a unique place. She is the only one Empress that ruled a dynasty in China with its thousand years of history. For almost 50 years she enjoyed the supreme power, first she was in partnership with Tang Gaozong, a ruler usually considered weak and ineffectual, later as de facto regent for her youngest son and finally, from 690 to 705 A.D., as China’s sole female emperor. Her rise from the obscurity of Tang Taizong’s harem was dramatic and her pursuit of power was ruthless. Her political policies were controversial and her lifestyle flamboyant.

My first point depicts Emperor Qin’s amazing skill as a leader, analyzing Qin’s overall impact in his society. Facts and opinions combined, Emperor Qin had a great influence over China, one that positively impacted the entire country; he unified China, creating a new type of government and standardizing many things for the Chinese.

Throughout the development of Chinese history, dynasties or ruling families, have had major effects on China’s social, political and economic systems. For instance, several notable dynasties include the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasty. Nevertheless, the sentiment favoring a certain dynasty led to debate between individuals. Thus, several individuals avouch that the Han dynasty had the most profound impact on the development of China, while others argue that it was the Qin dynasty who had a greater effect.

The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty in China are two kingdoms that, despite the geographical difference between them, managed to achieve great success and failure in equal measure. Both were characterized by imperial dynasties that were headed by the emperors and they held large territories. Both of these kingdoms faced various challenges after their formation that became a major stabling block, but due to good leadership, they both managed to overcome and achieve success. Nevertheless, due to different reasons, both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty declined and fell. This paper

Qin Shi Huangdi (Born 259 BCE), initially named Ying Zheng, was the founder of the Qin dynasty, and the first emperor of a unified China. He took the throne of the state of Qin at the juvenile age of 13 years old (246 BCE) after his father passed away. He proceeded to play a vital role in national-decision making, and later prevailed over 6 rival states. Under his rule, Qin’s most prominent impact was unifying China, including building projects, new forms of government control, and standardisation. He will always be deemed for becoming the first emperor of China, and for his prevalent efforts in unifying the country. Despite thwarting two assassination attempts, and two of his own advisers attempting to overthrow him, he passed away due to

Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Qin emperor, was an ambitious emperor who implemented a central bureaucratic system that oversaw the evolution and unification of China at the cost of public sentiment. The Qin Dynasty is considered to be among the most influential dynasties as it laid the foundation for the massive cultural and economic development of China that took place during the Han Dynasty, but it also failed to achieve many of its pro-commoner ideological goals. In fact, socioeconomic disparity was not alleviated and despite the notion of enriching the lives of the common people, it was under Qin rule in which public resentment of the authoritarian government peaked as there were countless peasant revolts against the iron-handed bureaucratic rule of the Qin. Because a paranoid emperor alone wielded political clout and influence, the tumultuous few years of Qin reign was rife with paranoia and suspicion among the masses. Although the Qin Dynasty is seldom thought to possess the same glaring discrepancy between ideology and state that the Communist regime in post-World War II China had, the failure of the flawless egalitarian state models in socioeconomic and political aspects during the Qin Dynasty mirrored the developments in early Communist China.

One thing that most major political states throughout history can agree on is the importance of trading, not only within the state but with outside states as well. Both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were large participants in trade, not only within their states but with outside states as well. The Han Dynasty exemplifies this by showing their great amount of effort to get involved in the Silk Road. The Han Dynasty went to the extent of expanding the wall into the route of the Silk Road. Metaphorically speaking, this is the Han Dynasty's way of sticking their foot in the Silk Road and regional trade. This was first done in the Han Dynasty because the leaders knew the necessity for trade and its power to keep their government and society thriving.

Titus Wu’s fingers are one paper away from being glued to his keyboard. Between writing for his school’s newspaper, having a writing intern, maintaining his own blog, and writing for High School Illustrated, Wu spends hours in front of a computer screen, drafting and editing his works.

It is often debated whether an individual person can make a difference. Whether an individual can change or help shape history. Throughout all of our World’s history, there have been many empires; some have prospered, while others have failed. At the heart of the more successful and enduring empires, typically, is a strong leader. The most successful leaders have unified feuding nations, brought law and order to regions where only chaos existed, and drove change; carrying their countries and people into the future. One such leader was Shi Huangdi. Shi Huangdi was born Zhao Zheng in 259 BCE, once in power he changed his name to Shi Huangdi, this means the “First Emperor”. He did this with the belief that all of China’s royal posterity would run through his bloodline. “Shi Huangdi was the first emperor of the Qin dynasty in the third century BCE” (Blackwell). Shi Huangdi ruled the Qin dynasty for a very brief time and isn’t one of China’s more celebrated rulers; largely because harsh rule and cruel methods of imposing punishment. However, during his reign, laws were established, great progress was made, China flourished, and Shi Huangdi cemented himself in history forever.

Under Emperor Wu, Confucian way of thinking eventually became the pillars of the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and transformed Confucius into an uncrowned monarch from the traditional humble teacher that he was. As the official doctrine of the empire the Emperor was held to honor tradition, respecting the lessons of history, and had a responsibility to heaven. They embraced the Zhou based mentality on mandate of heaven to justify their rule and officials used that also to explain natural disasters and famine in the region when the emperor lost his contract with heaven, and paved way for a new ruler to take the throne. Also due to the dense population of the region, Emperor Wu was able to established a university to properly train and educate

Qin Shi Huangdi was a very important ruler in china's history. However, many historians still can't decide a difficult question: was Qin Shi Huangdi an effective ruler? He started his life as a great ruler and like his father King Zhuangxiang of Qin he was a great war general. It didn't take long before Qin Shi Huangdi had taken control of all his enemies. However, too much power isn't always good for an emperor. Qin Shi Huangdi became ruthless and didn't care about anyone's opinion unless they were agreeing with him. Nevertheless, after analyzing a number of different sources, it is evident that Qin Shi Huangdi was an effective ruler.

Ying Zheng was born in 259 BCE to the King of Qin and his concubine. In 246 BCE, he took the throne at only thirteen. By the time he thirty-eight, he had unified the seven warring states involved in

She took over administration of the court when Emperor Gaozong was ill and gained the respect and love from the court with her great skills, courage, ambitious character and readiness to use vicious actions if necessary. When Emperor Gaozong passed away, his throne was taken over by Wu’s third son, Li Xian. Emperor Zhongzong (Li Xian) found difficulties in ruling the empire and soon after, was replaced by his younger, weaker brother, Emperor Ruizong (Li Dan). Six years later, Wu Zetian declared herself as emperor after forcing Emperor Ruizong to abdicate. As Empress of the ‘Zhou’ dynasty, Wu Zetian was ruthless.

China had many emperor but none like Qin Shi Huangdi. Qin Shi Huangdi was the emperor during the 220 to 210 BC also known as the Qin dynasty. He was known for his unifying of China for the Warring States. Qin Shi Huangdi supported the philosophy of Legalism. Legalism was the principle of strict adherence. Shi Huangdi improved China because the building of the Great Wall, the standardization and laws made and the unifying of China.