The Five Overlords In Ancient Greece

During the period of the Seven Warring States at the end of the Zhou Dynasty

Before Shi Huangdi was the ruler of the Qin state, China was in utter chaos. At that time the states of the Autumn and Spring Period were having conflicts with the other Chinese states. This time of independence and war against the states was called the Warring States period. Seven major states tested their strength with the others; the states would be: the Han, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Qin. During this time, all tried to overcome the enemy in order to expand their territory.

At first early Rome was ruled by kings and in 510 B.C Romans agreed that a king would never rule them again. The last king was the most unpopular because he ruled in the worst way. His name was Tarquinus. He ruled without telling the council his ideas. He also put to death anyone he pleased. The Romans drove Tarquinus out of Rome.

The complex relations during the Three Kingdoms supressed the dominating country Wei from easily attacking and taking over the weaker ones, Shu and Wu. This involves the two smaller, weaker countries joining forces to withstand the greater, and more powerful one. The outstanding generals', leaders', and strategists' battles also aided each country to form strong ties and uphold their respective lands, while taking over other unclaimed/not well-maintained lands. This bond between the Three Kingdoms has continued for a long time before the fall of each kingdoms, with Jin replacing Wei, and merged all three into one large Kingdom.

In 776 B.C a new era began for athletes. The first olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece. “The ancient games were not only an expression and definition of common cultural values, but also an arena for intense competition between Greeks.” (Gold, silver, and bronze) The olympics were an important part of Ancient Greece culture because, it brought their civilization together, kept the greeks fit and ready for war, and the games were used to satisfy their gods.

Qin Shi Huang was an exceptional leader, and made lots of things in China much better than they were; he stopped a war between the states and made the rule fair. He created a better government system, contributed to the most important buildings of time in China, and unified all the seven states into one successful country. Although many may think Qin was a brutal and harsh leader, he contributed to Chinese society in more ways than one. Qin was a great leader, and there is much to be learned from his ways.

The first accounts of the Ancient Olympic games trace back to the year 776 BC. Held at Olympia, the games were thought to have been dedicated to the ‘Olympian gods’, Hera, Athena, Apollo and most prodimately, Zeus, the god of the sky and the ruler of the Olympian gods. Ancient myths associated with the beginning games stated that Zeus, the father of humanity, have fought and defeated Cronus in a battle for the throne of the gods. Others predicted demigod Herakles staged the games in Zeus’s honour, as he had assisted him in conquering Elis. Olympia, the site in which the games were held, was located in the Western part of the Peloponnese. The sacred area held numerous temples and sporting facilities, as the site was used for both the Ancient Olympic games

The Warring States Period was a time where all the old traditions were abolished and new ones were made. The bigger more powerful states took over the little states, and in the end the seven most powerful states coexisted with each other they were known as 'the Seven Overlords in the Warring States Period'. This period of time can be split into two halves. The first half consisted of political reforms and a stable society. The second half was more chaotic, during this time Qin claimed the control in the west, and Qi in the east.

To start, the Yuan dynasty was very powerful. In fact, they were so powerful that they conquered thousands of miles of land. The amount of land is still the most amount of land conquered by any dynasty. They had control from Eastern Europe all the way to Korea. They protected their land

The Qin dynasty lasted from 221 B.C. to 206 B.C. Its founder was the First Emperor of China. He wanted to unify the nation. He made a standard measurement system for all of china. The standardization of the Chinese characters was considered the most important of changes in this dynasty.

1. After Alexander’s best friend, Hephaestion, died of a fever (sometime between 324 BCE and May 323 BCE), he went nearly insane with grief.

1050 B.C.) and Zhou (1050–256 B.C.). After those dynasties came the Spring and Autumn Period (770–ca. 475 B.C.) followed by the Warring States Period(475–221 B.C.). The Warring States Period was a time of war, hence the name, and the cause of all that fighting was people who craved power and control over China. The difference between the Warring States Period and the Spring and Autumn period is that the Spring and Autumn Period had many, many small states while the Warring States Period had seven large states. After the Warring States Period, the victor, Qin Shi Huang emerged and formed the Qin Dynasty. Ordinarily, retaining power was difficult, but Qin Shi Huang managed to remain in power from 221 BC to 210 BC. Miraculously, he survived 3 assassination attempts, but he eventually fell to a mercury overdose during his search for eternal life. His control over China ended with his death, which consequently led to the quick demise of his

Alexander III of Macedon or commonly known as Alexander the Great was the conqueror and king of the Persian Empire which is the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He was born on the 20/21st July 356 BC in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. While in reign from 336 to 323 B.C, he united the Greek city-states and led the Corinthian League. He also became the king of Persia, Babylon and Asia as well as created Macedonian colonies in the region and was a member of the argead dynasty. Unfortunately he died around the 10/11th June 323 BC in Babylon at 32 years of age which was classified as middle aged back then.

Augustus of Rome 4 2.5 Alexander the Great

Antigonus ruled over Asia minor, Macedonia and Thrace and in 306 BC he declared himself king of the Macedonians "The Seleucids moved to control and reform the pre-existing Persian bureaucracy, installing Greek officials and switching from clay tablets to parchment and from cuneiform to Greek or Aramaic" (Stewart, 2004).. Antigonos' attempts to take control of the whole of Alexander's empire led to his death. His son, Demetrius managed to regain control of Macedon a few yeas later but lost his throne and died in prison.