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    Women in the Meiji Restoration During the Meiji era and revolution, the presence of strong leaders led to the continuous progression of policies on the equality between sexes. The leaders urged the female gender to arise and advocate for their rights. Fukuzawa Yukichi was the first scholar to speak out on the rights of women inclusive of their positions and roles in the society. He made emphasis in the creation of education policies for the women and their improvement within the society. The American

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    Evaluate the success of the Meiji Reforms in undertaking imperialism in Asia. The Meiji reforms were significantly successful in undertaking imperialism in Asia. Imperialism can be understood as expanding a country’s power through increasing one’s influence, gaining more territory and controlling the region’s economy. For japan to undertake imperialism in Asia they needed to establish a centralised government, a strong military, a technologically advanced and unified nation working together for

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    While modern Japan and the Orthodox have worked together to maintain the country’s traditional and cultural sensitivity, they have cooperated with modernization in order to promote the advancement of their country. Orthodox and Japan have managed to cooperate as Japan continues to hold to the orthodox traditions as a conservative society, preserve orthodox traditions and continue to have their lifestyle influenced by the traditional orthodox views. Japan has always and continues to hold strong

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    The Meiji Restoration provided a catapult of overhaul within Japan. During the Tokugawa era, Japan was split amongst hundreds of feudal domains, and the emperor was little more than a symbol compared to the rule of the bafuku government. The advent of Western dominance in the late 19th century demonstrated the regime’s vulnerability to foreign pressure, and incapability to deal with it. The Meiji restoration aimed to modernize, strengthen government control, and achieve unity of ideas across the

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    Japanese Imperialism

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    and dependencies. (macquarie, 2017)Japan incurred incredible changes to many aspect of its society following the use of imperialistic forces used to open its borders by the Americas in 1868 this is commonly known as the Meiji restoration or Meiji period. The Americas changed many things but the most provenant was the Japanese government, Its Military and the Education systems/ schools. A great deal of traditional systems where changed during the Meiji restoration but the most important was the Education

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    After the World War II, Japan became a developed country, because the economy grew fast. And as the first nation had compulsory education up to high school level, Japan used this system help strengthen the economy and business. The rise of Japan has benefited from attaching importance to education and attaching importance to the cultivation of qualified personnel. This essay will discuss the relationship between the Japanese education system and Japanese business culture. After the world war II

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    Alexander’s conquest of the Greek homeland that classical ideas were put under pressure by a changing political climate and social disruption, eventually causing the expanding Greek world to turn to pragmatism and realism. The ensuing Hellenistic period saw a move towards practical applications of scientific knowledge and art styles reflecting the more complex emotions familiar to Hellenistic Greeks. However, despite changing attitudes, the ingenuity and technical proficiency of Greek individuals

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    Architecture changed as well, notably figures such as Katayama Tokuma who created the Akasaka Detached Palace in Tokyo, which was inspired by the Palace of Versailles. The palace abandoned traditional Japanese style materials and décor, since the Meiji period was focused on adopting new materials and styles. Gradually, there was return to the blending of Japanese and Western styles in the 1800s. Painting was also affected by Westernization, particularly the introduction of oil painting by Charles Wirgman

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    popular belief in India is that gaining knowledge will also lead to salvation. 3. Development of Knowledge It was the chide aim of education during Vedic period. Knowledge was considered to be the third eye of

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    Takeda Shingen's banners carried the words “Steady as a mountain, attack like fire.” Unlike most samurai, Takeda never built a fortress. He preferred the migration of marauding armies, meeting his enemies afield. Shingen was aggressive but cautious. He waged battles but also installed two doors to his lavatory so he could never be cornered by an assassin. He struck the fastidious war-monger’s balance of armies with enough farmers to feed them. Shingen was popular because he taxed the samurai class

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