Tsar Nicholas II wasn’t much of a good ruler for Russia; he ignored the fact that Russia wasn’t doing so good and overlooked the industrialization and nationalism that was occurring throughout Russia. Nicholas II disregarded the troubles the Russians were facing and seemed to only care about himself and him staying in power. This caused people to revolt as they needed a good strong leader to help Russia survive. The main leader who started China’s revolution was Sun Yat-sen who believed China should adopt a democratic government if it were to survive. The revolutions led by him eventually led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in China.
The government could not control all these invasions, so this was another component that helped the fall of the Roman Empire. Document 5 shows bias because it blames the fall of the civilization on internal decay. This is significant because if a very well organized government that had been able to keep order throughout such a large empire could no longer do it, then this meant nobody else could. All of these political
Mao adapted Communist ideas to China and he followed in Joseph Stalin’s footsteps by abusing his power and crippling the Chinese in fear with his totalitarian rule. In this essay I will be exploring the factors contributing to one of the biggest disputes in historical knowledge. Was Mao Zedong’s role in achieving communism genuine or has it been exaggerated and morphed by the Asian populations living under absolute despotism. “Idealism is no panacea in a totalitarian regime.” 1 - Quoted by a 20th century philosopher. It wasn’t said about Mao however it adapts to his ideas and aspirations.
Global Studies I & II The fall of the Roman Empire and the decline of the United States The traditional date given for the fall of the Roman Empire in the west is A.D. 476. The process for the fall of the Roman Empire took many centuries to unfold. There is no one cause for the fall of the empire, but everyone has there opinions on what caused such a great empire to fall. Some people think the empire fell because of its leaders becoming far too cocky and didn’t pay attention to the necessary things needed to keep an empire running strong, while others blame the cause on religion and say things like “god did it” or “god wanted it to happen”. Whatever the cause of the fallen Empire of Rome, many people have been comparing it to the recent decline of the US on the world stage, which also has many of its own causes.
Compare and Contrast Essay on China and Rome Fernando Lucero 9/21/11 P.3 The Roman Empire on the western side of Eurasia and China’s imperial state on the eastern end both came around roughly around the same period of times (200 B.C.E- 200.C.E). An important Economical contrast was that the collapse of the Western Roman Empire fell around 476 C.E. , while the Han Dynasty only lasted till 220 B.C.E. On the other hand the Romans and the Chinese were the same in that they both had political corruption. The Romans and Chinese’s religion differed in that Romans believed in Christianity while the Chinese believed in Confucianism.
Several Chinese products, such as silk and porcelain, were in high demand in Europe, but the most popular trade item in the early 1800's was tea. The British East India Company, desperate for something to fix the trade imbalance, found solution in opium, which not only upset China's balance of trade, but the stability of its whole society. Two other factors revolving around the differing moral outlooks of these two cultures added to the growing tensions. First of all, they had two very different attitudes toward trade. The Chinese government viewed trade as a monopoly controlled through its agents, in this case the co-hong.
4.China withdrew into isolation in 1433, which caused them to lose interest in contacts. 5.Christians brought European missionaries to China. 6.No, I don’t think he should have kowtowed to Emperor Qian-long because he was a better emperor. 7.Manchus invaded China, which made the Ming Dynasty collapse. 8.
The Emperor rebuts King George’s approach with simple logic, saying “Peking is nearly two thousand miles from Canton, and at such a distance what possible control could any British representative exercise?” By slaying British attempts to justify penetration into China, Qian Long embodies power and prejudice while secluding his peoples and culture. Qian Long confirms that despite there being Europeans living in China, King George’s wishes cannot be entertained. The request proposed by the King shows a desire
Was the Confucian teachings impacted by the same synthesis that occurred after the fall of the Qin? The focus of this paper is to discuss the changes that occurred to Confucianism as a direct result of the Qin and how Han Confucianism differs from that of the Zhou. The Qin dynasty was undoubtedly the most ruthless period that China had ever experienced, but they had done something which no other
But to get through the process of changing dynastic families, one dynasty must fall. The ruler of the dynasty, in this case it would be the king of the Shang dynasty, has to not succeed in their duties, and that will cause suffering to the kingdom. Causing suffering to the kingdom will displease the heavenly powers, and they will withdraw the mandate out of the Shang dynasty, and deposit it into a more worthy candidate, the Zhou dynasty. The Mandate of heaven The philosophy of the Mandate of Heaven was an important philosophy that had a long-term significance on China, and even certain parts of the world. The Mandate of Heaven provided not only China, but also other parts of the world with a dynastic system.