Shortly after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, a new empire known as the Song Dynasty unified and implemented a new government that ruled the Chinese empire for roughly three centuries. At the time when the Song Dynasty took over, they faced a major challenge regarding the old aristocracy. Adler & Pouwels (2017) stated that the previous aristocracy provided a substantial amount of skilled men who were recruited to perform duties in the government properties. However, they were brutally destroyed in major conflicts at the time. Zhao Kuangyin and his brother Zhao Kuangyi were the first emperors of the Song Dynasty. Although they were the first primary rulers, they faced a tremendous amount of complications at the time they took over. They lacked a strong staff for the civilized government. Their primary goal was to establish a powerful staff in order to diminish powerful military leaders who could threaten
…show more content…
Recent historians are now under the belief that the Black Death was a form of anthrax or even similar to Ebola. It initially presented itself in Sicily in in 1349, and traveled its way west to central Asia. Very quickly, the fatal disease had spread all over Western Europe and Northern Africa. Within two more years, it reached its way to Syria and Spain. As a result, it killed over one-half of the populations in the towns and cities. Everyone at the time had absolutely no clue on where and how this disease is killing so many people. Needless to say, it was a very chaos situation. Because most civilizations lacked any immunity or medicine for the disease, high death rates were inevitable. The highest morality rates were among the young and old. The people who lived in dense and crowded cities were the main people affected and who died. Those who did survive initially often carried the fatal disease to rural country areas and carried the disease with them. (Adler & Pouwels,
Recent historians are now under the belief that the Black Death was a form of anthrax or even similar to Ebola. It initially presented itself in Sicily in in 1349, and traveled its way west to central Asia. Very quickly, the fatal disease had spread all over Western Europe and Northern Africa. Within two more years, it reached its way to Syria and Spain. As a result, it killed over one-half of the populations in the towns and cities. Everyone at the time had absolutely no clue on where and how this disease is killing so many people. Needless to say, it was a very chaos situation. Because most civilizations lacked any immunity or medicine for the disease, high death rates were inevitable. The highest morality rates were among the young and old. The people who lived in dense and crowded cities were the main people affected and who died. Those who did survive initially often carried the fatal disease to rural country areas and carried the disease with them. (Adler & Pouwels,