The Top Ten

Of all the articles I’ve written for this topic, this is the least related to the actual topic. In fact, it is about me and why I write history and was written for a special Event here at the Suite on Living Your Dreams. The number of readers continually amazes me.

10. The First Emperor

Finally we come to number ten. By 221 BC, King Zheng had unified China under the Qin Dynasty and proclaimed himself Shi Huang-di, First Emperor. A scant eleven years later he was buried with his now famous terracotta army, and the Qin Dynasty soon followed suit. What happened in between? Read about this fascinating and tyrannical ruler who, in the end, tried to cheat death with, among other things, magic mushrooms.

I hope you found something of interest in this trip back into the past, both in this topic and in Asian history. If you still want a little more, here are links to articles 11-15 in the most popular list.

Avicenna - Read about one of the most influential physicians of all time.

Kublai Khan - Much more than just Marco Polo’s friend and employer, learn about the foreign founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and the ruler who suffered the wrath of the Japanese kamikaze long before WWII gave the term new meaning.

Yin and Yang and You - What are Yin and Yang and how do they affect you? Learn about the origins and uses of Taoist beliefs.

A King of Siam - Who hasn't seen "The King and I” or “Anna and the King?" Find out here what the real King Mongkut was like.

Kashmir - The Vale of Kashmir might well be the Vale of Tears. Read about this beautiful and torn land.