Top Ten List of the accomplishments of the Chakri Kings of Thailand

1. Consititutional Monarchy / Democracy (Rama VII, King Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chaoyuhua)
* Lays the blueprints how Thailand is run today, and give voice to the people allowing more love to go around.
2. Bangkok as Capital (Rama I, King Buddha Yot Fa Chulalok)
* Increase economical gain and improved defense.
3. Common people are allowed to see the king ( Rama IV, King Mongkut – Phra Chom Klao)
* It shows that the king is a more approachable figure and people are no longer killed when they look at the king.
4. Abolished Slavery (Rama V, King Chulalongkorn Phra Chulachomklao – Piya Maharaj)
* Equality and Freedom
5. Grand Palace (Rama I, King Buddha Yot Fa Chulalok)
* Establish a symbol of hope and power for the people.
6. Thai Flag Made (Rama VI, King Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua)
* Better image of the country and give a symbol to the world.
7. Chulalongkorn University (Rama VI, King Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua)
* Further studies for Thai citizens and important reform in education.
8. Visited every province of Thailand (Rama IX, King Bhumibol Adulyadej)
* Gain knowledge about peasant life, and improve their enviroment and quality of life.
9. Ramakien Written (Rama I, King Buddha Yot Fa Chulalok)
* Important accomplishment of Thai literature and mythology.
10. Supported the Allies in WWII (Rama VI, King Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua)
* Give thailand a place in the world and give thailand a good relationship between world powers.

By = Song Yee, Benz and Nut

Sui Dynasty 581-618 AD

The Sui Dynasty was quite short, but was a very active period in the history of China. A military servant named Yang Jian claimed the Chinese throne in 581 AD. For eight years Yang Jian waged a campaign to unite China, which was divided into three kingdoms, Sui, Han, and Chin. He finally succeeded in conquering the other two kingdoms and uniting them in 581 AD, this marked the start of the Sui Dynasty which lasted to 618 AD.

Reason for take over

After uniting the three kingdoms, Yang Jian made himself popular among the people by offering them better living conditions then during the time of the 3 Kingdoms. He offered that poor people that they would have to pay less taxes than the wealthier people. To do this, Yang Jian sent his men around the provinces to see how much money and land each province had, this was to see how much taxes each province should pay. Another offer was that each man would get a certain amount of farmland to use, and once he turned 60 he wouldn’t have to pay taxes. The land he owned would then be divided, giving some to his sons and some back to the government.

Leaders of the Civillization

The first Sui emperor, Sui Wendi 隋文帝 (Yang Jian 楊堅), was a military servant who gained the throne of the non-Chinese Northern Chou in 581. He had led a campaign which successfully uniting China. He was interpreted as the great unifer of China. Not long after, Yang Jian’s successor, Sui Yangdi 隋煬帝 took over. During Sui Yangdi’s time as emperor, he exhausted the state treasure and labour force of the population. Finally, Yangdi led his worst campaign ever. Yangdi took over a million men in an attempt to take over Korea. He lost the campaign and had to flee back to China. The army generals were so angry at Yangdi that they killed him. This marked the end of the Sui Dynasty.


A leader from another Civilization

In Rome, 598 AD, political conflicts with the Lombards. At that time Rome was a religious place, which meant that the Church held alot of power. Gregory the Great was the first monk to become Pope. He was looked at as a model for the future. Gregory controlled the civil affairs of Rome, and expanded the power of the Church. Also, he had made negotiations with the Lombards. Gregory was very successful, he was able to earn a 30 year truce with the Lombards. At the same time, this act insured the independance of Rome, making Gregory the Great a famous leader of that time.


Accomplishments

The Sui Dynasty was able to unite the three kingdoms of China into one. During the time of the Sui Dynasty, China had used a lot of their treasure and labor force. The best accomplishment made was the digging of the Grand Canal. This connected the Yellow River with the Huai and Yangtze River. This made travel from North to South China much more fluent and ensured water to most parts of China. Other accomplishments would included the reconstruction of the Great Wall, which came at the cost of numerous Chinese workers. Religion was also altered during this time period, at this time Confucianism was famous, and Taoism and Buddhism were also being acknowledged. During this time Buddhism flourished.


Reason of Fall

After Sui Yangdi murdered Yang jian he claimed the throne. After numerous projects he raised a campaign of over a million soildiers and attacked Korea. This project ended in tragedy, because he ended up fleeing. When Sui Yangdi returned to China his status was fragile. This gave rebels the oportunity to mutiny. A Chinese general named Li Yuan started a rebellion in 617 AD, and in time he the Sui Dynasty came to an end.


Citations

[Events in China] 2000
http://www.yutopian.com/history/sui.html

[Leaders] 2000
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Tang/sui.html

[Accomplishments]
http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/sui.html

[Sui Dynasty History] Nov. 10, 2006
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/history/sui.htm

[Gregory the Great] 2000
http://www.multied.com/dates/500ad.html

Yangtze Flood 1931

In the past, China has experienced numerous floods. China is hit by floods fairly often because China contains of factors that support floods. Certain factors may include the fact that China has many rivers, heavy rainfall, and areas that have a low elevation. Floods usully occur in the middle or lower reaches of a major river such as the Yangtze River. The damage caused by each flood varies, since each flood comes at a different speed and with different amounts of water and debris. Each flood may kill between several thousand to several hundred thousand people. In the last decade, China has encountered numerous floods in the years 1900, 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1991 and 1998. Most of these being floods from the Yangtze River.


Out ofthese floods, the flood in 1931 was one of the most severe. This flood took place along the Yangtze River, one of the biggest and mostly used river in China. It was during the summer between July and August. At this time huge amounts of crops were being grown on the wide farmlands located on the sides of the Yangtze. The flood was severe because it followed a prolonged drought which drained most of the land during 1928-1930. During the earlier two years alot of water was collected in the atmostphere, and soon was released in 1931 over the Yangtze. The return of the water came in the form of heavy precipitation.


The flood in 1931 had huge consequenses for China. It was a huge flood that destroyed 130,000 km2 of land, out of which 3.39 million ha was farmland. Due to the massive destruction to the countries farmland, all the crops that were planted in the summer of that year were destroyed. This ended up causing approximately an economic loss of 1.345 billion YinYuan (Chinese Money). This left thousands of people without money for the rest of the year, since farmers only made money when they harvest their crops.



Another consequence the flood brought was the fact that 1.8 million houses were underwater. This had a huge effect on the lives of people who lived in the area. 28.55 million people were affected in a certain way. Out of that 145,000 people were killed. Millions were left homeless, and most of them had nothing left exept the cloths they were wearing. This put China in alot of economical trouble.

Now, China has noticed that they have been hit by many floods. Mainly in the mid and dowstream areas of one of China's six major rivers. China has now enacted the Flood Management that will help to prevent other huge floods in China. It states that China will do four things to help prevent floods.
1. Make resevouirs upstream to help trap some of the water of major rivers.
2. Protect flood prone areas from minor or medium size floods.
3. Making joint use of the levees and storage and detention basins for preventing major floods.
4. Flood prepareness and flood fighting before the flood season reaches.


Citations

www.ctgpc.com.cn/en/benefifs/benefifs_a.php

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s334b.htm

http://www.apfm.info/pdf/case_studies/china.pdf

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001440.html