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It was a hot, humid summer day, we just finished making our silk and started up on the silk road to trade it. We were on our way to Rome to trade the silk. It has been a very valuable material since only the han dynasty knew how to make it. When we arrived at Rome everybody wanted silk. Silk was warm and key it was breathable on hot days, but kept heat in on cold days also it showed that you were rich. We only had a limited supply. We sold it all for a great profit. Soon we came back to the Han. When we got back the taxes were at an all time high. I'm not an idiot my father said. Our government is slowly dooming itself, there wasting money left and right. They realize they are wasting money, but still they waste more and more. Not to mention …show more content…

The elite are people with power the scalars, emperors , the merchants and solders They said they needed more land, but my father refused to give up ours. So they killed him, dead where he stood, for our land. I've vowed to get revenge. Three days later I was still in grievance, he was my only family. My mom died while giving birth and I was an only child. An uprising started concerning Daoism. The elite conventionalist were against Daoism. I found the man who killed my father in the mist of the chaos and stuck a knife into his flesh he died knowing he killed multiple inasent people and I had completed my vow to get revenge on my father. The Huns attacked, they ruined our army. Their ability to accurately shoot arrows while ridding horses was the death of our army. They did not even stay to conquer the land they had plundered . The crops could not grow so there is looting and riding for food. Our great empire fell from the inside. I could not eat for days it was a very tough at this time. I eventfully had to kill a man for his food. Nearly 9,000,000 people died from lack food, diseases, and rioting and looting. The empire fell. We had a good run we invented the crossbow, paper, compass, and the wheel barrow. The top three contenders fought for the new rule of the thrown, the governor's. So Cao Cao Liu Bay and Son Quan fought. Cao Cao has the biggest army. As a resalt Liu Bay and Son Quan made an alliance. Cao Cao

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