Guangxu Emperor

of the Meiji Revolution, on both political and social levels, that ultimately resulted in the creation of Japan, the nation state. The political structure of Japan in the Tokugawa era was a feudal one—though there was a central capital where the Emperor and the shogun resided, the primary form of government with which the citizens interacted was their immediate domain, ruled over by a landowning daimyō.…

relationship with Trajan. After Hadrian's father died in 85 AD, Hadrian was entrusted to the care of two men. One of them, a cousin of his father, later became emperor Trajan. As an adopted son of Trajan, Hadrian would go on to rule the Roman Empire from 117 CE to 138 CE, a time that was still considered in the Pax Romana. Hadrian, one of the “Five Good Emperors”, was a…

Roman Empire fluctuated throughout the time period because of some events in the empire and actions of individual emperors. The conflict between Christianity and Empire was inevitable, but it wasnot on the level that the government should persecuted the Christians. The reasons that there were conflict and persecution were mostly related with political climate, dispostion of each emperor and differences of Chrisitanity from local religions. In the Roman Empire the religion was headmost and…

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…

Caesar’s involvement in Gallic wars: Best for Roman Empire or Self-Promotion? Julius Caesar, one of many glorious Roman leaders, was a well known military leader but he was also known for being a gigantic narcissist. So, was he justified in getting involved in the Gallic wars? To understand Caesar’s reasoning behind getting into the war, we must first know what happened in Gaul. Caesar was on a military high in a military low. He had just gotten noticed as a great military leader and…

Constantine was one of the greatest emperors during the time of the Roman Empire. Christianity helped the Roman empire from not collapsing and Constantine found a way to improve both Christianity and Rome. Christianity took the blame for all problems the empire faced, Constantine was a great ruler and was the reason Rome was saved, and Constantine brought Rome and Christianity together by making it the religion of Rome. This allowed Rome to flourish and it is credited to Constantine and…

arena was a Roman Emperor named Emperor Vespasian. Another word for this site was called the ‘Flavian Amphitheater’. The Colosseum starting building between 70-72 AD where it had officially opened in 80 AD by Vespasian son, Titus. The Colosseum was built for entertainment as it’s known as an amphitheater doing many things from when it was first built in 80 AD for Gladiator battles, execution of people, wild animal fights and more entainment fun. This was the prime for the emperors during AD.…

the Empire in terms of economic survival. But on the other hand, being constantly engaged in wars and in keeping the frontiers secure did require a vast investment in the army, which of course was a huge burden for the Empire’s treasury. Once the Emperors decided to give a rest to the expansion, other sources of income were needed, thus putting at stake the citizens who had to pay more taxes. In this context, maintaining the army and investing in it became a hard thing to achieve. Nonetheless,…

The Renaissance was a cultural and societal movement that led to the advancement of many subjects surrounding the humanities and the arts. During this time a new interest of science was also growing. Known as the Enlightenment, it was a time of scientific advancement that began to shift the human understanding of the world from the influence of faith to the lens of science. The Enlightenment was not the only era of humanity that has attempted to explain the existence of God and the origin of…

The ideal of Modern society is that the value of an individual is to be determined by what they contribute to society, irrespective of their socioeconomic background. Parallels can be drawn between this philosophy with the Marxist ideal of “ each according to his ability” . Yet, whilst this may be the perspective that society wishes to be true, the reality is that those natural factors intrinsically affect how certain actions of an individual are perceived. One such factor where the evaluation…