Safavid dynasty

The invention of gunpowder was drastic and life altering discovery. Gunpowder was discovered in Ancient China in the 9th Century during the Han dynasty, by an alchemist named Wei Boyang (A&E). Boyang was one of the many alchemists hired by the government to create an exlir that would satisfy the emperor’s search for immortality. Through his research he accidentally came across gunpowder. The alchemists “experimented with the Sulphur, common charcoal, and saltpeter heating the substances in order…

Lasting from 628 to 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty was considered the Golden Age of China. Gaozu was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He came to power after his defeat of the Sui Dynasty. Taizong, the son and the successor of Emperor Gaozu, was considered the greatest emperor in all of China because of his many lasting achievements. His achievements included military reform, creation of law codes, equal-field system, and the establishment of the Silk Road which led to the influx of traders…

The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family which descended directly from the Merovingian dynasty which came before it. The Merovingian dynasty was founded by Childeric I, king of the Franks from 457-481 AD, who, thanks to his many military outings against the Visigoths, Saxons and Alemanni, managed to establish a foot hold of territory for the dynasty that his son, Clovis I, would create a few years later. It wasn’t until Childeric and his wife, Basina, Queen of Thuringia’s son, Clovis…

During the Qin dynasty, the First Emperor ordered for most books written about past rulers and history to be burned due to fear of being criticized by them. The Qin dynasty did not last long, but the Han dynasty took over and ruled China for centuries. Those who disobeyed the emperor are sentenced to prison and were forced to pay a huge fine or kill themselves. The Han dynasty had an enemy called the Xiongnu, nomadic people who raids China for empowerment. The document is about Sima Qian who…

There was controversy towards China from westerners Europeans and in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. After the invention of the compass and gunpowder, the Chinese seemed to not engage in making any new evolutionary progress. Until external connections entered China through the Eighteenth Century that brought new technologies and skills, that help boosts Chinas success When Jesuits missionaries entered China, there was a controversy at first on the attempts to excite the…

Ming Dynasty Did you know that in China “Ming” means bright? The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644. This was a period of native chinese leadership that came in between Mongol and Manchu rule. Hongwu Emperor or “Zhu Yuanzhang” was the founder of the Ming Dynasty or “Brilliant” Dynasty. The Hongwu Emperor founded the Ming Dynasty in 1328, he died in 1398. He was the first Ming ruler to explore ways to protect China against the Mongol incursion. The beginning of the Ming Dynasty was…

always a very interesting structure, and even a national symbol for China. But, how did it all begin? Well, in 220-221 B.C., an emperor known as Qin Shi Huan, an emperor of the Ming dynasty, had the fear that his empire was very unguarded. The idea of being so openly located would provoke northern enemies to attack the dynasty (“The Great Wall…” 1). Therefore, he ordered his men to build what we know of today as The Great Wall of China. According to the “The Great Wall…” document, there had…

To me, success during the Yuan dynasty means how much they accomplished,inventions that changed the world,in such little time.For example the invention of paper money began during the yuan dynasty.“The official banknote of the Yuan Dynasty was Chao. Made from the bark of mulberry trees, Chao was the first paper currency to be used as the predominant circulating medium in history. The Yuan government used woodblocks to print paper money. The Imperial Mint was located in the capital city…

Confucianism is based on a previous dynasty known as the Zhou. Founded in China in between 6th-5th B.C.E. Confucianism has 6.4 million followers to this date making it the…

Although Rome and China were never in direct contact, they existed simultaneously in Eurasia at the beginning of the Christian era and both had numerous similarities as well as differences. China, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD, and Rome, which lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD, both had similar situations in their society in terms of how they utilized theologies for their rulers and used militaries for protection against enemies. However, Rome and China had two very different views of government…