Wednesday, September 17, 2008

For Your Consideration...

For Your Consideration
Best Leader- Qin Shihuangdi

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9 comments:

Alec Livaditis said...

Han Wudi for best leader!

While Qin unified China through territory the Chinese weren't really united.

Han Wudi united China truly, he made Confucianism the official school and ended the "hundreds schools" by outlawing all other schools but Confucianism. This truly created a sense of unity among the Chinese, rather than a forced unity, enforced by fear. He warded off the Hun and established a common currency. But perhaps the most significant thing Han Wudi is known for is connecting China to the rest of Eurasia through the silk roads. He sent someone to find help in warding off the Huns, this was not accomplished, but the man came back with knolledge of silk being traded in the west. This interested Wudi greatly, and he had a great part in starting up the silk roads to China by making the roads safer to promote trade.

Wed Sep 17, 08:06:00 PM
Nicole Gustafson said...

wow! thanks 4 the sum up!
rock on! u tell em' alec!

Thu Sep 18, 03:45:00 PM
Katelyn Niemann said...

why am i not suprized. hmmm. i think it was the statue that gave it away...

Thu Sep 18, 05:10:00 PM
Vanessa J said...

i think han wudi was most influential

Thu Sep 18, 06:06:00 PM
cori kempshall said...

I agree because he unified China

Thu Sep 18, 08:16:00 PM
Ashleigh Stewart said...

Although he was a good leader he became paranoid which lead to his death after drinking mercury.. smart?? He unified China through violence and legalist values.

Thu Sep 18, 08:27:00 PM
MDG said...

I do agree with Alec in the sense that that Qin would most certaintly not be considered the best leader. The only way he "united" China was by brute force. He terrified everyone by legalism. Sure, it worked, but only for that extremely short period of time. If he was really the best leader, he would have been able to maintain that stability for even longer.

Thu Sep 18, 10:02:00 PM
Thought said...

However he ruled a term of...19 years? While Cyrus brought together an empire of massive proportions, that stood firm for a long time(1000 years?), and conducted a system to effectively govern it.

Thu Sep 18, 11:50:00 PM
Nicholas Briggs said...

Yeah Cyrus would demolish Qin. (Don't hate me Prill!) Cyrus created the largest empire in history and made it last for longer than 19 years...

Fri Sep 19, 09:54:00 PM

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