![]() ![]() By the time of the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, only a few Jews were known to have maintained the practice of their religion and culture. In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of Jewish refugees escaping from pogroms in the Russian Empire arrived in China. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Jewish merchants from around the world began to trade in Chinese ports, particularly in the commercial centres of Hong Kong, which was for a time a British colony Shanghai (the International Settlement and French Concession) and Harbin (the Trans-Siberian Railway). Relatively isolated communities of Jews developed from ancient all the way to modern China, most notably the Kaifeng Jews (the term "Chinese Jews" is often used in a restricted sense in order to refer to these communities). Though a small minority, Chinese Jews have had an open presence in the country since the arrival of the first Jewish immigrants during the 8th century CE. ![]() The Jewish Chinese community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions and it also encompasses the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews and a number of converts. Wikimedia Commons A depiction of how Julius Caesar died at the hands of his own senators.Jews and Judaism in China are predominantly composed of Sephardi Jews and their descendants. Julius Caesar’s assassination on March 15, 44 B.C.E. The beloved military general had expanded the republic across Europe, chronicled his travels for the masses, and won the hearts of both the army and Roman civilians. After ruling with an increasingly autocratic fist, however, fellow politicians grew lethally concerned.Īccording to HISTORY, Caesar began cherrypicking election results, putting his face on newly-minted coins, and doling out public lands to soldiers to curry the army’s favor.Īfter Caesar crowned himself “dictator in perpetuity,” however, his fellow politicians grew lethally concerned.Ĭaesar had risen to power after decades of political gridlock and civil wars hampered the Roman Republic. He further threatened Rome’s democratic institutions by taking full control of the treasury and bypassing the Senate - sending shudders through the corridors of power. So how did Julius Caesar die? On that fateful Ides of March, Caesar arrived at the Senate for a seemingly standard session when dozens of senators surrounded him. Lucius Tillius Cimber tore the dictator’s toga off before a group of 60 people stabbed Caesar 23 times. How Julius Caesar Went From A Common Citizen To The Leader Of Rome While the self-proclaimed “Liberators” believed they had rescued the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar’s death merely made way for his great-nephew and adopted heir Octavian to reign - and rule as the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on either July 12 or 13 in 100 B.C.E., in Rome, Italy, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. ![]() His uncle was a renowned general named Gaius Marius, but Caesar’s family wasn’t particularly rich or well known. ![]() He studiously traced his lineage, however, and believed he was a descendant of the goddess Venus and the Trojan prince Aeneas. Wikimedia Commons Julius Caesar died at the age of 55.Ĭaesar became the man of the house when his father died in 85 B.C.E. ![]()
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