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visited Japan and pressed the camera shutter, we can see how those treaty ports, especially Yokohama, were influenced by the West. Picture 2 depicted a main street of Yokohama. On the left side of the street was a printing office while on the right side of the street, there was a Cigar store. Cigar was clearly not a native product of Japan, but something introduced from the West. Another noteworthy detail was that the shop signs of the two stores were both written in English instead of Japanese. Picture

domesticated animals. Axis orientation indicated that it is faster for food, goods and possible technologies from east to west than from north to south. For example, from southeast Asia to west Europe and Egypt and to east Indus Valley. It mainly becomes areas with the same latitude share similar climate and environment. Data proves that innovations of agriculture spread east and west earlier than north and south. However, Latitude is not always necessary. For example, In China, despite the climate difference

the only advanced nation in Asia, the one burdened with the

Imperialism in Japan (Imperialism; kominka, moe, “100 Year War”) Imperialism is a system of extending a country’s power and influence to other countries, normally through colonization and use of military force. Imperialism had spread to Japan from the West in the 19th century. In the Bakumatsu period, Western imperialism spread to Japan, and the Western nations forced Bakufu to open the country by advanced military and weapons. It was the beginning of the Japanese government fought against Western imperialism

Five questions and answers from War without Mercy US-East Asia relations (2016 Spring) Dong il, KIM 1. How does the author describe racism in America towards Japan in the Second World War? → The author shows the racism in American from a lot of sources; such as cartoons, official documents, advertisements, movies, and songs. The mass media drew Japanese people as an immature children (p.142) and animals. Especially, cartoons depicted the Japanese as monkeys, apes, rats, bugs, beetles, lice, and

are distributed in an uneven pattern with distinct regional clusters. The biggest import trading countries in the world would be those in Asia, with a total of 46 out of the 81 products coming from countries within. More specifically coming from the countries in south, east and south-east Asia, mostly from China and no products are imported from north or west Asia. I think we get majority of our imports from the south, east and south-east s they are the closest countries to Australia and hence resulting

France and the Inquisition. With this in mind, it may be difficult to imagine why the Europeans have become so powerful. However, the Europeans have eventually been able to dominate the world because of three desires: finding an all water route to Asia, accumulating wealth, and converting people to become Christians. First of all, it is important to understand that Europe was not always made of wealthy and powerful countries. Europe only makes up about six to seven percent of Earth’s

The first of the three themes stated by Abu- Lughod is the European Subsystem and how it plays a roll in the world system. Three topics emerge from this theme: Cities of the Champagne Fairs (51), Bruges and Ghent (commercial and industrial cities of Flanders) (78), and the merchant mariners of Genoa and Venice (102). First, Champagne fairs. Champagne fairs were an annual cycle of trading fairs held in towns within the Champagne region. Unfortunately the Champagne region does not involve champagne

down to proximity. If Stalin controlled the Pacific, Russia could have posed the greatest threat the world has ever seen. Russia spans almost the entire width of Europe. The Russian reach extends deep and wide from the West of Europe to the Pacific Ocean, spanning Eastern Europe and Asia. The size and scope of Russia is comparable to pitting a boxer with a punching reach two times that of his opponent. While Russia’s reach is deep, far, and wide, it faces one great obstacle: it does not have a direct

In the 15th and 16th century, the number one objective for the Europeans was to expand their trade route to Asia. Therefore, in their effort the Crusades increases trade between Europe and the Far East even more than they increased knowledge (Reich, 2011, p. 4). Overwhelmingly, the following items started landing on Europeans tables such as; cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, velvet, spices, china, and perfumes (Reich, 2011, p. 4). The Europeans became experience navigators and began to