He is able to instill fear in those who are beneath him as he uses corrupt government ideals and abuses his power. When Antigone quarrels with Creon in regards to burying her brother properly, Creon refuses to listen, as he says, “no woman shall be the master while [he lives]” (Sophecles I, ii). By refusing to listen to anyone and making his own decisions, Creon asserts his hierarchy and marks his place as the dictator; he will not allow anyone else to make their own decisions. Having power Creon does instills fear in others and causes them to treat him with the upmost respect. Because Creon is the only leader with total power, he refuses to “take [his] orders from the people of Thebes” (I, iii).
In the midst of the time period of 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E., the Silk Road experienced a multitude of distinct changes while simultaneously retaining its original purpose. The trade of spices and goods to and from Asia and Europe was a constant factor, while the actual materials traded slowly changed. The border lines and the customs of the encompassing countries of the Silk Road also were altered. Despite alterations in materials, the original purpose of the Silk Road remained intact throughout the centuries.
Throughout his twelve year reign of China he was much despised by his people and his court officials. He phenomenally remains as one of history’s cruellest and most hated emperors, having enslaved Qin’s citizens to provide labour on two of the world’s oldest manmade infrastructure—the Great Wall of China & the Terracotta Warriors—and slaughtering thousands for defying or opposing his ways of ruling, most notably the event that is called “To Burn the Books and Bury the Scholars Alive” (焚书坑儒). The main reason to the first emperor’s vicious way of ruling that led to his bad reputation was his rebuffing of Confucian teachings which made the feudal society ideology. Confucian’s idea of being a good monarch was to be a kind, understanding ruler in order to encourage the people to do the right thing. Instead, First Emperor believed that relying on rules and executing criminals is the ultimate solution to force people to listen and obey him.
The irony, of course, is that the text may show some signs of cross-culturation, both by other Central American peoples as well as by European Christians. There are numerous examples of creation myths in the Popol Vuh that mirror Christian concepts; the Quiché belief that the first incarnations of man were imperfect and needed to be destroyed is reminiscent of the Biblical stories of Noah and Lot. The appearance of the Plumed Serpent in the Popol Vuh has a likely connection with the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, suggesting the
The Communist philosophy quite literally expects its citizens to live merely as machines, serving their purpose to the greater good, yet never experiences the pleasures of being alive. Leo is left frustrated and despaired, as many bourgeois were, and began to partake in illegal private trade. This sense of desperation to return to the life of amenities which were at one time rightfully and legally his own, lead him to his arrest and later death. Like Kira, he became consumed with anger and desire to defeat the USSR’s
Smallpox, alcoholism, and other European ailments the Spaniards brought over lead to the destruction of the native population. The treatment that is well documented was barbaric and cruel. The natives that survived were enslaved, forced to convert to Christianity, and taken from their homelands and forced to live a civilized Spaniard lifestyle. Once the Spanish took control they forced the people to work in mines, ranches and local farms. On top of all this they had to pay encomiendas (taxes) on their own land.
In fact, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including Circassians and Chechens, were expelled or forced to flee from the Caucasus and the Balkans (Rumelia) as a result of the Russo-Turkish wars and the conflicts in the Balkans. Muslim society in the empire was incensed by this flood of refugees and overcome by a sense of revenge. A journal published in Constantinople exemplified the mood of the times: "Let this be a warning...O Muslims, don't get comfortable! Do not let your blood cool before taking revenge. "[32]:86 As many as 850,000 of these refugees were settled in areas where the Armenians were resident from the period of 1878–1904.
When a sun was created, a god had to be sacrificed. The first sun created was called the Jaguar sun. Tezcatlipoca only made half of a sun but he made giants that lived on his earth and lived on acorns. The sun’s brother got jealous and shot him out of the sky so Tezcatlipoca sent jaguar’s to destroy the giants. This was the first of five worlds.
Moreover, the Commissioners found that contemporary Aboriginal disadvantage and inequality is 'linked directly to the processes of disempowerment which had occurred through two hundred years of domination [and is thus] the historical legacy of colonisation' (Cunneen, C, 1997, page 4 You may wish to search for this article for a more expanded read). Consequently, Commissioner Elliott Johnston concluded that 'the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody, and the deaths of some of them, are part of the ongoing conflict between 'coloniser' and 'colonised'' (National Report, volume 1, 1991, page 4). The legacies of colonisation or underlying issues identified and examined by the Royal Commission that we will be exploring throughout this course, are of utmost concern to contemporary Indigenous Australians. They include: * racism and the history of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations * dispossession of
AAS 300 Jia Kim The Chosŏn Dynasty and Confucianization 1. State the critical reason for Chosŏn Confucian scholars’ condemnation of Buddhism. In koryo, Buddhism was embraced as the state religion but became an enemy by adherents of Confucianism. Choe Sung-no, a model Confucian argued that frequent Buddhist ceremonies harmed people and that Buddhism thinks about the afterlife rather than the present. Some of the Confucians of the late Koryo period opposed Buddhism as they burned down temples and slashed the throat of monks.