Please accept this letter of application and supporting material for your advertised position at the Historical World History Museum in Washington, D.C. For too long, history has ignored my impact on the world and the importance of my people, the mighty Qin. Over 2,000 years ago, I built an empire and unified China, founding the great nation that still exists today. Being placed in this museum will ensure that my enormous legacy lives on and my people will get the respect they deserve.
Growing up in the royal palace, I received a top-notch education. I excelled in history and the art of warfare, resulting in me developing a reputation of being intelligent, thoughtful, and well-organized. Because of this, I began my plans to unify all of China when I took the throne at thirteen
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First and foremost, I unified China. Before I took power, the region consisted of seven warring states. In 221 B.C., I completed my early ambition of making China one nation under my rule. I also implemented several monumental organizational structures. I divided China into 36 commanderies, each with an appointed governor, to make ruling my empire more efficient. I also developed a bureaucratic system to manage governing the highest populated nation in the ancient world. In addition, I standardized currencies and units of measure to bring stability to my country’s economy. While these accomplishments were monumental and ground-breaking in my time, people today will see the great building projects that were undertaken during my 35 year reign. I am responsible for the construction of the Great Wall, which is said to be able to be seen from space and has become a symbol of my nation’s lasting influence in the world. I also developed a system of roads and canals equal to those of the Romans and a tomb, complete with over 8,000 life-sized statues of warriors, that would put Egyptian tombs to
The founder of the Qin dynasty was Qin Shi Huangdi, a title meaning “First Emperor.” He was a brutal ruler, but he brought about many changes. However, in addition to all the new, some old ideas were continued from the Zhou, such as the emphasis on the wheat and rice staple foods, and the philosophies, Confucianism and Daoism. The old continuities tended to have been deeply embraced by China, and, just as the Zhou did, the Qin would create some ideas that lasted, and some that did not. Qin Shi Huangdi enforced a tough autocratic rule and, as a result, opposed formal culture that could make people counter his rule. This meant that he burned many books and attacked Confucian ideas in order to keep the people from generating rebellious ideas. When the Qin dynasty fell, so too did the opposition towards education, because it took away from the civilization culturally. Despite the fact that the Qin dynasty was very short and had little time to fully develop its systems and ideas, it did pump out a vast quantity of new and lasting concepts, such as the Great Wall and a central government. One of the biggest contenders for the most well-known feature of the Qin dynasty is the Great Wall. This architectural masterpiece extends over 3,000 miles, and was mainly a
First, I would like to thank you for considering me for this position. I think that I would be a great fit for the CIA, and the federal government. There are many reasons why I am interested in a position with the CIA. The first reason for this is that I have always had an extreme sense of pride for my country, from the minute I began thinking about what I wanted to do with my life as a child the first things that always came to my head were positions with the federal government, in organizations like the CIA, and I see this as a wonderful opportunity to achieve a lifelong goal. The second reason is that because I feel that my skill set, and where my knowledge is fits perfectly into a role inside the CIA. I am an Information Sciences student, but my interests are much more
Chapter 1: The Wan-Li Emperor, begins by explaining the major premise of the work: The concept of looking at a single year in the history of the leadership of China and evaluating the implications for understanding other aspects of history, including the decline of the Ming Dynasty. In this initial chapter, Huang provides an anecdotal history of some of the events that occurred, and includes within it a discussion of the set up of the leadership, the repercussions that occurred in the event of certain actions, including the prospects of an audience with the emperor. Huang reviews these issues as he considers that actions taken by the Wan-li emperor, who was only twenty-four in 1587 and who had been a veteran of ceremonial proceedings, and considers his history as an element of understanding the progression of leadership.
...y extraordinarily beautiful, it was also a wealth of information about the people and culture of ancient China during his reign.
Empress Wu’s rise to power was due to her unwavering determination and ruthless spirit. She first entered the palace as a thirteen year old concubine and from an early age she realized the importance of raising her status. Wu was ‘not just another imperial consort… she was very much a political fig...
In the minds of Chinese people, Deng Xiaoping is considered as one of the most powerful leader of the People’s Republic of China from late 1970’s until he died in 1997. His noteworthy efforts to bring back China’s prosperity following the consequences of the Cultural Revolution resulted in the country’s economic, cultural and social expansion. The outcome of his passion and belief in the potential of China is still noticeable today.
Of the many dynasties that make up China’s history, one of the most notable is the Han Dynasty, which lasted from 206 BCE to 220 CE, under the rule of numerous emperors. It made many contributions to China’s history and made lasting changes, some of which remained for millennia following the dynasty’s collapse. They made changes to China’s economy, technology, social order, religion, philosophy, and education that revolutionized the way China operated. Also, as the Han Dynasty expanded greatly during its rule, many of the territory that the dynasty conquered became part of what would later be modern day China. These changes helped to shape the country that China became.
He went around the world 600 years ago, has allowed China to acquire and friendly international relations, commercial and forwarded through all these trips the image of China, powerful and impressive.
In 221 Emperor Qin unified China. He established himself as the 1st emperor of the dynasty... "In his twenty-sixth year the land was unified, all obeyed his rule." When he named himself the first emperor, he also proclaimed China would no longer have kings, but emperors. China was a warring state. In order to protect the northern territory, he sent millions of people to their death by making them build the Great Wall of China.
Through time and effort, the Qin Dynasty was able to flourish China’s civilization in such a short period of time. Many hallmarks of their reign included the unification of China, the spread of Legalism, birth of the Great Wall, and construction of the Terra Cotta army. These were simply the building blocks of a successful future for China. The Qin Dynasty gave a great head start to China’s success, and it is up for future dynasties to continue it. The Qin Dynasty’s contributions left a lasting impact in Chinese history and set the tone for generations to come.
Chin Shi Huang, the originator of the wall and who the great country gets its name after probably wouldn’t of ever expected the wall to be a 4,500 mile long masterpiece that would have turned out to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! The Qin wall was built to keep people out, and to keep people in.
Qin Shihuangdi created the “first Chinese Empire a unified entity upon which he imposed an empire wide uniformity of law administered by a bureaucracy that was answerable to a central authority” (Overfield 98). The Qin Dynast...
Despite all the tragedy that surrounds The Great Wall of China, it continues to be considered a triumph for China. The Great Wall supplied protection for the developing empire. It also allowed for the development of Chinese trade with other countries. It has helped China?s economy from the days of the Silk Road through the present as it supplies tourism for China. It revolutionized not only military communication of the time but also wall building techniques. It stands as a symbol of strength and endurance for China. The Great Wall is a tribute to all of the Chinese who worked on it. The Great Wall of China shows the magnitude of what mankind can achieve in the face of tragedy.
government, he felt that “Principle was the diffusion of the imperial government.”(www.travelchinaguide.com). So in order to correct the situation of the government, he tried to strengthen rule into absolute rule by emperor. One of the single most important innovations that Hongwu made to the Chinese government was the abolishment of the Chief Minister. By eliminating the Chief Minister, Hongwu essentially took over the administration. In a way he was proclaiming absolute...