Sample Essay Answer Use the organization and layout of this essay‚ in conjunction with the essay rubric and worksheet‚ as a template for the in-class essay exams. Question: Compare and contrast the Chinese and Japanese attitudes and policies regarding modernization beginning at the time of sustained European contact but concentrating on the period between 1840 and 1910. How did their status change in the eyes of the Europeans? By 1840‚ Europe had at least nominal domination over much of the
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FEUDALISM IN JAPAN A BRIEF HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION The feudalism period in Japan‚ much like the feudal period in Europe after the Fall of Rome‚ was ruled by one singular person‚ followed by a complicated hierarchy of people who had either a lot or next to no power. This report will examine the certain roles of different people that were spread out according to the hierarchy‚ and how it affected the country/regions socially and economically. The Feudal System in Japan existed from the 9th century
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For my paper‚ I chose to research about Japan. In this paper I will talk about Japan’s physical geography‚ economic system‚ political system‚ historical overview‚ and the current events of Japan. First I will talk about Japan’s physical geography. Japan consists of many thousands of islands. Although there is thousands of islands‚ there are four main islands‚ 8 regions‚ and 47 prefectures. The first island is Honshu‚ which is the mainland. Honshu is the second most populated island in Japan. For
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compositions. From the 1630’s to the 1850’s the ports of Japan were shut off from any Western invader‚ with the exception of the Dutch‚ until American Commodore Perry untied those binds. Between the years of 1633 and 1639 Iemitsu‚ the second shogun of the Tokugawa Era‚ launched an expulsion of Western people‚ ideas and products from Japan - an embrace of sakoku (Lambourne 2005‚ 7). He prohibited his Japanese citizens from traveling West of Korea or south of the Ryukyu Islands‚ restricted the export of weapons
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Charles Chao Essay Questions: i. “The body is a historical situation‚ as Beauvoir has claimed‚ and is a manner of doing‚ dramatizing‚ and reproducing a historical situation…. The act that one does‚ the act that one performs‚ is‚ in a sense‚ an act that has been going on before one arrived on the scene. Hence‚ gender is an act which has been rehearsed‚ much as a script survives the particular actors who make use of it‚ but which requires individual actors in order to be actualized and reproduced
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MRQS 1. Question: In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character if the 19th century European imperialism? Notes: Industrial Revolution created new materials and products Wheat‚ meat‚ bananas‚ rubber‚ cocoa‚ palm oil‚ tea‚ gold and diamonds The demand for these products changed economic and social patterns of the world Europe was producing more then they could sell to their own people Wealthy European’s saw benefits from foreign markets Imperialism solved class conflict
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"Japanese economic success is based on the ability to fuse the best of the west with the powerful traditions underlying Japanese life". The success of Japan in the world free market and its rapid ascension to the ranks of the worlds most powerful is subject to much debate. Having stagnated in isolation until the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1853 and suffering a massive blow to the economy following the loss of World War II‚ the success of the Japanese Economy is attributed to a number of factors
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“Wako” pirate raids. The Portuguese saw this as a opportunity and therefor acts as intermediaries in Asian Trade. The first period we are going to look into is the Edo period. Edo is the former name of Tokyo. It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate( Japanese military) which ruled Japan from 1603 t0 1868. The beginning of the Edo period coincides with the last decades of the Nanban trade period‚ where interaction was huge with European powers. In the beginning of this period‚ Japan
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It is with profound lament I apprise you today of the grave predicament myself and my country faces. As you may have observed from previous reports‚ Japan’s situation is austere‚ deteriorating rapidly. My fellow leaders and advisors held exceedingly ambivalent views‚ when our American Allies first issued the Potsdam Declaration late July. They demanded unconditional surrender of all our armed forces! If this wasn’t disreputable enough‚ they threatened imminent and complete destruction of not only
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der Empire ComparisonThe Ottoman Empire and Mughal Empire both being “Gunpowder Empires” faced similar issues. Both empires faced inadequate transportation and communication systems‚ both faced poor bureaucracies‚ and competing with rival empires. The first problem was inadequate transportation and communication systems. Although they had the necessary military technology to control their empires‚ transporting it to where it was needed was another issue. The larger they grew‚ the more difficult
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