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The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese political and religious teaching that was used in ancient and imperial China to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this belief, Heaven embodies the natural order and the will of the just ruler of China, the "Son of Heaven" of the "Celestial Empire".
The bombardment of Fort Sumter<span> was the first military action of the American Civil War. Following the surrender, Northerners rallied behind </span>Lincoln's<span> call for all states to send troops to recapture the </span>forts<span> and preserve the Union.</span>
The Germans had a strong sea wall and a regiment of very experienced troops to defend it. The reason they lost was because of bad timing and too short of a bombardment. They also let themselves feel like the battle was going to be super easy and they screwed it up.
