The Imperials

himself the title of Shihangdi. In modern day china they call him Qin shihangdi which means “First Emperor of Qin”. He was the founder of the Chinese imperial system and writing, laws, coinage, weights and measures. He also imposed harsh laws and cruel punishment for those who did not follow his orders. What was The Qin Dynasty? The Qin was the first imperial dynasty in ancient china though it didn’t last…

In 1917 two outrageous political and societal revolutions occurred through Russia ending the decades of imperial rule and setting a political,social, and societal change that would soon become the Soviet Union as we know today. During March, growing civil unrest caused by large food shortages,erupted into a revolt forcing the abdication of Nicholas the second the last Russian leader,czar. Months later the provisional government was itself overthrown by the more radical Russian Bolshevik party…

modernising and change, or, would you revolt? For the Indian's of 1857, this query became a reality when British Imperialism took over their land (Marshall, 2011). These very questions caused a burst of violent out brakes across India. The British Imperial rule in India was a direct cause of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to a large extent, as it had no respect for local culture and destroyed the local economy (Marshall, 2011). Indian cultures at the time were disregarded by their British rulers,…

immediately creating a sense of a common identity through the use of the word “our.” He then continues by describing what he calls the “national substance” of Japan, asserting that “[the goddess Amaterasu] bequeathed the land to her imperial grandson and bestowed the three imperial regalia on him…[which] were handed down to unbroken generations…[and] the supreme duty of loyalty to the throne was thereby made manifest” (624). This emphasis on the heavenly origins of the island of Japan gave…

In order for any great civilization to flourish, a time of trials and tribulations needs to exist in order to set a foundation for what is successful and what constitutes failures. At times these learning’s may not always be as prosperous as expected however with time, civilizations grow to prevail as the Qin and Han dynasties showed in imperialist China for more than two millennia. In order to do so, the First Emperor of the Qin Empire, Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, recognized that in order to have…

The Real American Revolution The British American colonists believed that as full British citizens they were equally entitled to the rights and privileges of the British Constitution,but in Great Britain they disagreed,they thought of the colonists as subordinate not equal and that the colonists were intended to serve the mother country.The colonists were frustrated that they were not being recognized as true Britons and felt they were being deprived of their “English Liberties”,quarrels over…

and spread ideas throughout the world. Although many occurred, the most prevalent of these political changes are the growth of exploration and colonization in the New World, the spread of Enlightenment ideas, and the American Revolution against imperial control. Each of these unique and universal changes led to the eventual creation of a republican government in North America, whose ideas influenced the world. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries brought political change through the…

Through this reading, Norman states that the Arch of Titus is a narrative memorial recording the Roman triumph and apotheosis. It is so immersive that the spectators can experience the events when they pass through. Further, she claims that there is a close connection between the two spectacles. She argues that the deification of the emperor in the apotheosis is based on his triumph. Norman makes a convincing argument about the link between the triumph and the apotheosis. She uses textual source…

Dracula, the uncanny "other" is represented by vampires whereas Levy's "others" are immigrants. Additionally, both novels are connected to the empire: Stoker writes during the Victorian period and is visibly influenced by the imperial mind-set; Levy writes in a post-imperial context as her text depicts an empire that is falling apart. The two novels depict the "other" and its visibility in the city by connecting it to fears of invasion, degeneration and contamination. Stoker's London fears…

At the end of the nineteenth century, Japan was in a period that it worries about its national security and its covet of becoming an imperial power comparable to the Western colonizers. In 1853, when Commodore Perry from the United States potently open up the Tokugawa Japan to the world, the country was forced by the Western nations to sign treaties that were seen by most Japanese as unequal…