Guangxu Emperor

Herodotus and Sima Qian are known as two of the greatest historians of their time. In comparing each of their writings several different roles that women were meant to fill become clear. Although these vastly different cultures had limited contact, women in Greece and China were very similar during this time period. Each writer gives distinct evidence of women fulfilling, or denying the roles placed upon them as wives, mothers, daughters, oracles, soldiers, commanders, gifts, property, and…

the book, Pitti travels considerably more, spending more time outside of Florence as he travels to meet emperors, kings, and nobles. Pitti’s memoirs also take on a novel persona as he writes to show his own exploits to the future generations rather than a record keeping style memoir of Dati. Pitti’s description of meeting with those of a higher rank, such as the meeting of the Holy Roman Emperor, put Pitti in a…

by Confucius followers regarding marriage. Chinese women could not have multiple husbands and some could not remarry after their husband’s death but men were allowed to have several wives. Emperors kept up to thousands of concubines for their own pleasures. However, Wu Zetian changed traditions by forcing Emperor Li Zhi to…

core consists of two key component parts: the Mandate of Heaven governing principle and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core and both were developed during the Zhou Dynasty period. The Mandate of Heaven doctrine helps to determine if an emperor of China is satisfactory enough to rule. According…

One of the sources for the history of the Roman Empire came from one of the Emperor’s himself, Octavian Caesar Augustus, in The Deeds of the Divine Augustus, otherwise known as the Res Gestae. This narrative was written in 14 A.C.E. from Augustus’ point of view, depicting the accomplishments and deeds during his rule from 29 B.C. to A.D. 14. According to A History of the Roman People, it is a “valuable, but highly selective account…in a clear and readable style.” The deeds of Augustus were…

Niccolò Machiavelli lived more than eighteen hundred years after the lifetime of the ancient philosopher Plato. Because of the difference in the societies the two lived in, it can appear that their ideas are irreconcilably different and that Machiavelli totally discards Plato’s philosophy. Machiavelli even appears to mock Plato’s Republic when he writes that “many writers have imagined republics… [and] anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done achieves his downfall” (53).…

Rome and England ended up to be great empires, led by two different leaders, Julius Caesar and Richard 1(The Lionhearted) respectively. They were both great leaders. These leaders have influenced the modern society. These important leaders ruled their respective countries; Rome and England. The first city Rome was led by Julius Caesar. Rome was a huge city that had Social, Political, and Economic aspects. The Roman Republic was established around 500 BC. The Romans allied with other…

Zheng He was a Chinese Muslim admiral during the Ming Dynasty. In 1405, Zheng He received orders from Emperor Yongle to travel down the coast of China and across the ocean to India to show the power of China. For the next 28 years, Zheng He would lead seven voyages and sailed distances farther than anyone had before. He commanded numerous ships of breath-taking size with thousands of people in his crew and established peaceful relationships with other areas. The voyages of Zheng He should be…

Began from 753 BCE until 476 AD, ancient Rome developed from little town in the central part of Apennine peninsula dominating its places as a local state to global and huge Empire. Furthermore, The Rome Empire was the most strong, influential and economic power and strength in ancient world. For relations with Non-Romans the Romans used either directly or indirectly different ways to assimilate and integrate Non-Romans into Roman culture, traditional religion, morality, education and citizenship…

Kaiser Wilhelm II, the emperor of Germany (1888-1918), significantly impacted not only the governance of his country, Germany, but ultimately influenced the rising tensions between rival nations on an international level. Kaiser’s authoritarian upbringing caused dysfunctional relationships within his family and his British monarchy. This led to his hatred toward Britain. His erratic nature may not personally have decided that Germany should go to war, however he had put into place the structures…