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    Dannielle Vogel Professor Scott-James History 101 Microtheme #2 The Westernization of Asia The mid-to-late 1800s was a time of intensive change for many on the Asian continent. It was a time for innovation and modernization in which some embraced, while others fought to halt progress and maintain tradition. Japan was the most positively affected by westernization as a country, and they utilized it in ways to benefit their country and still maintain their independence and identity. China and Korea

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    Asia and America were inferior to the European’s for many reasons. Europe had advanced naval technology, military style training, warfare, more advanced weapons, a more structured government and the ability to build numerous types of constructed buildings. However, America was superior compared to the European’s in their farming, fertile land, agriculture and the fact that they were forming their own laws and a new body of government. Asia was superior in their own trade market of supplies. These

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    in the Asia – Pacific Region to block the ambition of China on the sea. A National Security Council meeting has been scheduled for (…..) to decide the form this assistance will take. BACKGROUND: The United States is a power nation whose interests directly relates to stabilities, securities and development of the Asia – Pacific region. It is not only because the United States has 5 states that have Pacific Ocean shorelines but also due to important allies in this region. Whatever in the Asia – Pacific

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    Asia Minor was known as Anatolia to the people of the ancient world. It was referred to as “the land where the sun rises”(Mark), by the Greeks. Throughout history, Asia Minor was occupied by several great empires and witnessed their rise and fall. It lay near the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black seas and was the perfect spot for different groups to build their civilization on and trade with other regions. With all of the different cultures that invaded, each developed its own mythology. So, Asia

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    The realms of South Asia and East Asia are both facing significant issues with their population. India and China have faced the most difficulties with the over-sized population and are just beginning to face the effects of the boom. The young adult to middle age population is huge in China (20-45) and is going to cause severe problems in the workforce in the future (see Figure A). The problems are similar in both realms due to similar government regulations that have been put in place over the past

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    When one thinks of Asia, what do they think of...Tokyo? Dubai? Overpopulation? Asia is the largest and most populous continent on Earth, with 4.463 billion people. “Many thoughtful observers have noted that whatever problems individual nations face—hunger, poverty, inflation, pollution, or political instability—rapidly increasing population usually makes condi­tions worse. Several Asian nations face many of those problems” (Population in Asia). Asia is overpopulated due to big families, increased

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    The rapid growth and struggle between leading Western imperialist nations to secure areas of influence and colonies for their own individual power, prestige and economic supremacy, reached East Asia in the 19th century. Two East Asian countries, Japan and China, both confined and secluded themselves from the rest of the world for centuries. These Asian nations both faced similar challenges, opening their countries and borders to foreign trade and relations and accept or embrace modernization, forced

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    The Current Growth Of Asia

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    Introduction The current growth of Asia has been remarkable especially post the 1997 crisis, the purpose of this assignment though is to understand whether the current strategy of Asia would witness the same growth in the coming years or not and whether by 2050 it would be responsible for more than half of Global GDP. The first part of the assignment highlights the transformations that were undertaken by the East Asian countries in order to deal with the post crisis consequences. It explains the

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    Valeriya Borissova A level Essay Compare and Contrast Southwest Asia & South Asia Southwest Asia and South Asia in some ways there similar and in some different. I compare this places. Physical Geography. Southwest Asia includes Arabian Peninsula , Syrian-Palestinian mountains, plains of Mesopotamia. The peculiarity of the geological structure African platform. Red Sea and Syrian graben deeply lowered the northern section of the

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    South Asia Continuities

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    In South Asia and Southeast Asia changes occurred due to the Indian Ocean trade network between 500 CE to 1450 CE economically, culturally, and politically. Some similarity the South Asia and the Southeast Asia contained was a strong economy by specialization as trade became more prominent. Once the Indian Ocean trade basin became more notable, culturally, religions Buddhism, and Islam, as well as adapting to some of Indian political tradition became a gradual change. Some difference is how the Southeastern

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