Tag: Chinese History
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Royal People: Trưng Trắc and the Sisters’ Rebellion
When tracing the lives of women who lived millennia ago, extracting the real history from the subsequent myth and legend can be difficult. This is certainly the case with Trưng Trắc and her sister, Trưng Nhị, two Vietnamese noblewomen who lived in the first century AD. The sisters led a heroic revolt against the Chinese,…
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Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, January 2019
For my first post of the new year, I thought it was apt to start a new series I had been thinking about for a while. So many interesting discoveries about the past are constantly coming out, particularly in the realm of archaeology, but they do not always get much publicity. This series aims to…
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Mythical Creatures: A History of Dragons
One of the most prevailing and popular creatures of folklore and legend is the dragon. From Mesoamerica, Medieval Europe, Asian folklore, to more modern depictions in books such as Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and A Song of Ice and Fire, dragons crop up time and again. Unlike other legends, the essence of…
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Ancient Wonders: The Great Wall of China
Three years ago, I visited Beijing and by far the best thing I did there was visit the Great Wall of China. The scale of the Wall and the amount of time it has lasted, as well as the huge number of visitors it attracts every year are all reasons that I decided this should…
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