HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Wu Zhao
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Tang Taizong
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Li Yuan
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Gangis Kong
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wu Zhao (624–705), also known as Empress Wu Zetian, was the first and only woman emperor of China . With her exceptional intelligence, extraordinary competence in politics, and inordinate ambition, she ruled as the “Holy and Divine Emperor” of the Second Zhou Dynasty (690–705) for fifteen years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wu Zetian, the only female emperor to rule China, was born in 624 and was the de facto ruler of the Tang Dynasty from 665 to 705.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arguably the most powerful empress in Chinese history, Empress Dowager Cixi dominated the court and policies of China’s last imperial dynasty for nearly 50 years. She entered the court as a low-ranking consort, or wife, of the Xianfeng emperor and bore his heir, the Tongzhi emperor.