Tall Tales From The Mekong Delta

Strong, loyal, populous are only some adjectives to describe a great leader such as myself. But there are many weak and poor leaders in current and past empires. And as any other successful ruler the source of my imperial authority is to rule all of the land. I would have my emperor army in one hand and the trust of my people in the other. My main source of power would be no other then my council and my populace. I also wish to regain and establish the dignity and respect of my empire. As well as the admiration and trust in others. I personally would like to be acknowledged as a ruler who would be considerate of the civilians and the protection of the land before all else. I myself have become leader and required supreme power due to the popularity I achieved through my people. My father was a well known and a well liked emperor by all of his people. I then as well as my father became populous.

Being emperor doesn’t exactly mean that everyone may have faith or reliance in me. But no royal leader has ever had the confidence from everyone in his domain. I believe I should be emperor and no one else besides myself. Mostly for the fact that I would be a very understanding and concerning ruler. I would be a tyrant leader to seize all who try to take advantage of my empire. But also would take note and pay attention to the word of my people as individuals and as a whole.

The fact that I have learned from my father beforehand would also give me an advantage. By gaining knowledge from the few mistakes and faults he had made. Taking over the empire as a second generation would also prevent the new found land of Tajh from undergoing a drastic change. I similar to my father wish to be a very liked and dependent emperor who earned the worship and assurance of many civilians.

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Ankit Patel

HIST 1112 World Civilizations 1350-1900

First Writing Assignment

Joseph Lemak

February 19, 2008

Succession is the main goal of any emperor and like the Vijayanagara Empire I wish to lead my country into land domination. “The empire had reached its peak by a brave and victorious ruler by the name of Krishna Deva Raya. And similar to him I would lead very strong armies into victorious battles gaining land to Tajh. The annexation of Bijapur, Raichur and Bidar, conquer of territories on the east of the Deccan that belonged previously to Orissa including Kalinga, the acceptance of Vijayanagar supremacy by the rebellious feudatories of Kondavidu, Rachakonda, Ummatur and chiefs of Tamil country all brought the whole of South India under one umbrella “(Vijayanagar empire Pg. 8). I believe that territory domination would be a great quality and idea to have in order to expand the culture, architecture, religion and the land of Tajh.

I as leader on the other hand would confirm that the opposed defeat of land would not come about. Such as the Yuan dynasty, this was overruled by Genghis Khan and soon after by his grandson Kublai Khan, who soon became emperor. The Mongols not only took over land but also government positions. Unlike the Chinese I would make certain my army was well-built and courageous preventing us from being defeated. I chose this initiative not only to avoid losing my empire and my throne, but also to protect my people from being deposed.

While becoming a populous leader I would not only aid my people, but would also support and assist other countries to clutch an alliance leading to friendship. “Such as the ottoman empire, this assisted Francis I of France to defeat Charles the V of the Holy Roman Empire. Francis appealed to the Ottomans to help prevent Charles from establishing hegemony over all of Europe, resulting in one dominant power over the continent. The Ottomans agreed to help France prevent the Holy Roman Empire from dominating Europe, and a formal Franco-

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Ottoman alliance was concluded in 1536” (The University of Calgary, Pg 1). I believe that this would be a great idea for an emperor to have in order to be of assistance to another country and to have their aid in advance. It would grasp an alliance, which would help avoid additional countries from taking over Tajh.

Throughout history many empires have had clashes with not only other empires, but as well as within themselves. Diocletian a roman emperor thought of a magnificent strategy. “ Diocletian decided that the Empire was too large to be administered by a central authority, so he divided it in half. The western half would be ruled by a colleague, Maximian, and the seat of government would be Rome; the eastern half would be ruled by Diocletian, and the seat of government was in Nicomedia “(Hooker, Pg 1). I would consider his plan for the reason that I feel as if it would stabilize the government as a whole and adapt ideas of monarchy. I would divide Tajh into east and west. Allowing my brother to rule the western side, keeping the seat of government in Coby, the center city of Tajh.

Every sort of country appears to get somewhat of support from another country. And being a very small island country off the coast of India, Tajh gets an assortment of financial and military support from India, who is good will is very important to Tajh. While being emperor assists me to join forces with India it enables them to aid us. Becoming an alliance with a well intelligent, democratic country would definitely give us an advantage. Using the common rupee as an exchange would be beneficial to us for the