Asoka Dbq Essay

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Asoka: Ruthless Conqueror Or Enlightened Ruler Asoka an indian ruler was more of an enlightened ruler like a nice person than an ruthless conqueror like hammurabi who killed a lot of people. There is a lot of evidence for why Asoka is an enlightened ruler. Some evidence is where he expanded his land. Also, how nice or mean Asoka was. Then finally, what his religion is. First, Asoka expanded his land a lot and killed people but then something happened. Asoka suddenly stopped conquering land. Asoka had learned peace and found a religion. So, Asoka just stopped claiming land and set on a mission to spread his religion (Doc A). Also, Asoka thought that he was too powerful to conquer any more land (Doc B). Also, It says in Doc C that Asoka

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