cultural heritage

collect artefacts

clay vessels

ritual objects

artistic objects

female figurines

manuscript

ceramics

clay seals

historical facts

make amends to smb for doing smth

an account of one's life

give a general overview of a person's life

to convey the person's life story

to downplay individuality

emerging mindset

to induce smb to do smth

to proceed chronologically through the stages of a person's life

to avoid misrepresenting smb

to be akin to smth

conceive of smb/ smth as smth

to test the authenticity of the materials

to tend to do smth

biography can be regarded as a craft

preserve cultural heritage

history is concerned with the past

to learn / to apply general rules for testing evidence

to learn/ to apply the techniques of research

to overthrow the emperor

to go into exile

demise of smth

to introduce a reform

a radical reform

to implement a reform

to delay a reform

a far-reaching reform

to wield the power

accession to the throne

to underline the legacy

to recall heroic deeds

serfdom

the abolition of serfdom

to liberate serfs

the measures include ...

to obliterate the memory about...

a violation if the dynastic order

to raise an issue of ...

to be double-edged

to thrive on smth

to make an initiative

to uplift the economy

to strengthen the relations with...

to distinguish between smth and smth

to bring some changes to...

for the benefit of ...

иметь тесные связи с ...