Qing Dynasty

Answer 1: Lin Tse-Hsu wrote this letter to Queen Victory to show his concerns about the ill effects of Opium trade on Chinese society and put an end to Opium trade as his King wants. As a Chinese Commissioner he tried to make Queen Victoria aware of the widespread social problems occurring because of opium addiction. He asked Queen to be the leader and put an end to the opium trade. Chinese emperor lost his son of an overdose and Lin Tse-Hue argued that seducing Chinese people by smuggling…

Bella Isles Ap Euro Mr. Ervin 8 February 2016 Unit 7 Short Answer One impact of the Sepoy Rebellion was that British control over India became much more direct and formalized. Indian administration passed from the British East India Company to the British crown, making Queen Victoria the “Empress of India”. Indian princes signed agreements that ensured their lands as long as they accepted British rule. India’s northwestern frontier against Russia was fortified and educational, judicial, and…

they reached the capital of China, the Qing empire joined their rebellion. They declared war on all foreign powers. Once this happened eight different nations sent troops to defeat the boxers and the Qing army. The Qing army ended up escaping by dressing as peasants. The Chinese empire signed the Boxer Protocol in 1901. They signed this with eleven different countries and had a list of military rules. The first order was to have many boxers rebellion and Qing officials to be executed. The…

China is made up of mostly all of Asia. China has mountains, oceans, deserts, and bays. They have many different features that sometimes make is hard to do things and other times easy. Some places are the Gobi Desert, Bay of Bengal, Red Sea, Sea of Japan, and the Himalayas. China had a plan in 221 B.C that was supposed to keep out the attackers from the north. Chinas plan was to build a huge and long wall. They built this wall because they did not have any natural barrier that was protecting…

The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did The Benefits Outweigh The Costs? The Great Wall was one of the beautiful man made wonders of Ancient China. It was made out of dirt over a span of a 2,000-year period by the Qin dynasty and the Han dynasty. Though building something of such size and greatness was quite the challenge. There were many hardships involved with the wall, though there were benefits because of the wall as well, such as protection against the Xiongnu Mongols. The costs of the Great…

The formation of the triangular trade started between the British, China and India where in commodities such as silver, tea and opium were bartered between the countries. During this trade, the British, used India as an instrument to produce opium. The British then intended to sell the opium to China in return for tea and silver that was exported to Britain. The triangular trade between Britain, China, and India was therefore responsible for the formation of the British trade monopoly on China.…

Walty Toub Bonner History ‘16 The Fall of the Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty was one of the most powerful dynasties at the time and after a long battle politically, economically, and socially it falls. The Ming Dynasty also known as “the Great Ming” ruled over China for over 250 years. The Ming Dynasty faced many problems during their downfall including the reign of the wanli emperor, role of the eunuchs, economic breakdown and natural disaster, rise of the manchu, political…

Robert Greenleaf while showing the flaws of traditional leadership in his prodigious play titled, ‘Servant Leadership’, said, “Traditional Leadership…is authoritarian with accumulation and exercise of power without clearly defined task and measurable result”. He thus implies that servant leadership share powers, put the need of others first, and help people to develop as highly as possible. Preferring this style of leadership, I draw strength from historical, literary and personal experiences.…

his time, Wang had written a published book titled “Luheng,” which contained a series of critical essays with one being that of “Lucky and Unlucky Days.” Wang wrote this particular passage about the idea of “lucky and unlucky days” during the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), a time when Confucianism was at its peak and the Chinese believed that if unpromising days were not thought over when starting a project, sacrificing, or marrying, then the demons and spirits that one faces at that time would…

I was unaware of the fact that the Romans had such a huge impact on the maritime trade. I knew that they had boats that were capable; but I had never realized the full extent of their impact. It is interesting how quickly the Indian culture icked up the trade as well. The shipbuilding occurring in India is unlike others and the insight that they have to possess in order to build them without sketches and only a vision is something I highly respect. Also the insight into the patterns of the…