Modern history From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Modern Age" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Modern Age (disambiguation). Human history ↑ Prehistory Recorded History Ancient history Earliest records Near East Africa Mediterranean region East Asia South Asia Early Americas Postclassical Era Europe Middle East Africa South/Southeast Asia East Asia Central Asia Americas Modern history
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decades. The fact that makes China as such a controversial subject in the world is because of its combination of its incomparable history‚ though it initially followed the footsteps of the USSR‚ when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overthrew the Kuomintang (KMT or nationalist) regime under Sun Yat-Sen in 1949 and on the other hand‚ its ceaseless growth in its economy since the last three decades. This anomalous coupling has placed the citizens as well as the rest of the world in a dilemma as to where
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Revolution of China: A Marxist Revolution?" Web. 17 Apr. 2013. Marx‚ Karl‚ and Fredrick Engels. "Manifesto of the Communist Party." Marx/Engels Selected Works. Vol. One‚ Progress Publishers‚ Moscow‚ 1969‚ pp. 98-137. North‚ R. C. and I. De Sola Pool. “Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Elites‚” in World Revolutionary Elites‚ eds. H. D. Lasswell and D. Lerner (Cambridge‚ 1966)‚ pp. 376-384. Schram‚ Stuart. "The Thought of Mao Tse-Tung." New York‚ 1969‚ pp. 88-169. Snow‚ Edgar. "Preface." Red Star over China
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World History II Honors Study Guide: Unit 8 Imperialism Imperialism Causes 1.) Industrial Revolution- Markets and Resources 2.) Geopolitics- National Security and control resources and trade 3.) Nationalism- Military and Prestige 4.) Missionary causes- “white man’s burden” and popular support The Industrial Revolution 1) The Start of the Industrial Revolution a) Advances in agriculture: improved methods of farming‚ fertilizers b) Enclosure movement: large land owners fenced in their
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The Space Race The United States and the Soviet Union thought it was a huge deal to be the first country to explore space. It was between 1957 and 1975 these two nations were determined to be the first to explore the unknown in space. What they were first trying to do was shoot these huge technologic metal things known as satellites into space so it will orbit the Earth like the Moon. They also they wanted to be the first country on the Moon as well. They made a huge deal out of this and were very
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History Internal Assessment Rajesh Swaminathan Candidate Code : 001188 – cbh977 Word Count : 1948 October 17‚ 2004 To what extent did Indian military aid to Britain help defeat the Japanese in the Burma Campaign? Contents 1 Plan of investigation 1 2 Summary of evidence 2 2.1 The Situation in North-Eastern India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 The British Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SIAN POLITICS PAD270 MALAYSIAN POLITICS C HAP T E R INDEPENDENCE Lecture by: Miss Farhana binti Yaakub 1 OUTLINE 2.1 Nation Building 2.2 The Formation of Malaysia 2.3 Period of Emergency 2.4 13th May 1969 Incident 2.5 Plural Society in Malaysia 2.6 Unity and National Integration 2 2.1 NATION BUILDING “Nation building is a distinctive concept which relates to the development of politics‚ characterized by stability and the people’s firm commitment to it. To achieve this‚ nation building involves
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Hist 120 Poshek Fu Take Home Final May 6‚ 2013 In the 1980s‚ the world talked was amazed by the rapid economic recovery of Asia as Hong Kong and Japan‚ war ravaged backwaters merely 35 years prior‚ were suddenly out competing their western contemporaries. China‚ South Korea‚ and Japan experienced incredible economic growth near the end of the 20th century. So well prepared to tackle the 21st are these countries that some have gotten excited enough to call our century‚ the Asian century
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Nationalist movements have been present since the start of colonial rule and the eminent failure of these nationalist movements before the onset of World War Two have not gone un-noticed by historians. ‘nationalism is linked with the idea of progress‚ a progress which man himself can induce or control.’ The firm control that the pre-WWII Western colonial powers imposed on the territories that they governed ensure that the local people would not demand for the sovereignty of their state. However
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The Great Leap Forward was a creative yet disastrous interruption in Chinese economic development. It is one of those "moments" in Chinese history that is the epitome of Mao Zedong’s willingness to experiment‚ as well as his political genius in seizing control of the forms of government out of the hands of his intellectual and political adversaries within the Communist Party of China. Given that more conservative leaders‚ such as Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping‚ were not in agreement with Mao on the
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