In the notes‚ be sure to define and explain the significance of the following key terms: trading post empire – the empire the Portuguese created in the Indian Ocean by obtaining bases through attacking small and weak states‚ no naval force in Asia was able to match the Portuguese guns or maneuverability * The Portuguese wanted control over commerce in the Indian Ocean and did so with force * Only able to control half the spice trade‚ could not sell their goods because they were not desired
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formed due to political and military reasons in Japan. Originally known as Edo‚ Tokyo was founded in the twelfth century by a local lord named Edo Taro Shigenada. Tokyo was further established in the late sixteenth century by a military general or “shogun” named Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu became a military dictator of Japan after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. His initial action was to shift the civil‚ political and military power from Kyoto‚ Japan’s capital at the time‚ to the city of Edo‚ thus‚ making
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Isaac steele’s essay rough draft What would you do if you were presented with a choice‚ to join the samurai or to join the knights? Which would you choose? This essay is going to show you facts that might help you decide. I will be talking about the samurai and the knights place in society‚ their armor‚ and their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code
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This book chronicles the emergence of Shintoism and the transplantation of Buddhism into the Japanese soil by narrating the exploits of the Deities who create the country and the feats of medieval warriors who change forever the fabric of the Japanese society. The Deities IZANAGI and IZANAMI are appointed by their superiors of Heaven‚ the incumbents of the creation of a new world and should procreate to start a new dynasty on Earth. During the procreation phase‚ Izanami dies by giving birth to the
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Masculinity/ Femininity Dimension in the Last Samurai According to Hofstede‚ Masculinity/ Femininity dimension explains Masculinity: The way the samurais in the movie were portrait are in fact extremely accurate to those that existed in the 18th century. From as young as seven or eight years of age‚ boys we turned from kids into killing samurais. In one of the scene’s of the movie‚ we see two young boys learning to fight with wooden sticks. Although so young‚ their skills were already better
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small. His woodcut art appeals to many art admires that you can find it at many museums across the United States. Hokusai Katsushika was born in the 1760 in Japan. He lived the prime of his life during the Edo period in which Japan was ruled by shoguns. Hokusai started woodblock art at the age of 15‚ and at 18 he enrolled into an art school where his first few artwork were portraits of different actors. As a young artist Hokusai paid great attention to Western-style art. In Western-art‚ one will
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Curly Bill Brocuis (Powers Boothe) and his band of Cowboys slaughter innocent people at a wedding. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers Virgil (Sam Elliot) and Morgan (Bill Paxton) arrive in Tombstone‚ Arizona. The men hope to settle down with their wives and start a new life‚ this time without having to keep the law. When Wyatt Earp arrives‚ he meets long time friend and partner Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer). The two start talking about their past travels‚ and it is implied that Holliday is dying
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Qin: The Qin dynasty was right in the middle of the Era of Warring States‚ a time where China was trying to find their identity. The Qin Dynasty adopted Legalist thinking’s. Legalism was based off the idea that everything needs to run through the government and anyone that believed otherwise or didn’t follow the rules was badly punished. The king of Qin‚ who was latter named The First Emperor‚ was Shih Huang-Di. A huge accomplishment of the First Emperor was that in only nine years he captured the
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Introduction: “Everyone in this world is somehow connected.” says Richard Simmons. I think that this is very true‚ and that everything we do not only affects us‚ but also others. Though we are 3‚850 miles away from the Land of the Rising Sun‚ our actions have affected each other for centuries. The Japanese and Hawaiian cultures have impacted each other greatly. During the next 3 minutes‚ I will be talking to you about Japanese immigration‚ food and culture‚ and creating the nisei market. Now
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including Dengaku‚ Shirabyoshi‚ and Gagaku. Kan’ami and his son Zeami Motokiyo brought Noh to what is essentially its present-day form during the Muromachi period (1336 to 1573) under the patronage of the powerful Ashikaga clan‚ particularly the third shogun‚ Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It would later influence other dramatic forms such as Kabuki and Butoh. During the Meiji era‚ although its governmental patronage was lost‚ Noh and kyōgen received official recognition as two of the three national forms of drama
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