First of all, Empress Wu, also known as Wu Zetian (624–705) was the only female emperor in China's history. She ruled the Tang Dynasty as empress (655–690), and then as Emperor for 15 years, in the seldom-mentioned Zhou Dynasty. During her long reign totaling 50 years, the empire became relatively stable, peaceful, powerful, and prosperous.
Secondly, There were four reasons leading to Tang's decline, among which the dominance of the eunuchs, the separatist regions of Fanzhen and clique conflicts were internal factors while peasants' uprising was the external factor. Moreover, as the dominance of eunuchs became serious, the military power of central regime was weakened.
Finally, printing, paper money, porcelain, tea, restaurants, gunpowder, the compass, and all of the things that Chinese of the Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1280) gave to the world is AMAZING!
The most accurate conclusion to make about the "Voter Turnout by Gender and Age, 2008 Presidential Election" bar graph, is that older women vote in higher percentages than younger men. It can also be added that women of any age in general vote in higher percentages than men of any age, which shows that women are more concerned and interested in the Presidential Elections than men are. This may be due to the different politics discussed during this elections that could have had great impact in women.
They were shocked because the Mexican Military had more weapons than them and had more forces too.