fittest to justify war and conquering of stronger nations against weaker nations Commodore Perry- led naval squadron and pointed his guns at Japan forcing them to open commercial and foreign relations with the united states‚ this led to the unequal treaties The opium war- when china stopped their opium trade the British were mad bc they received much wealth from it. So they declared a war on the Chinese which they won and this led to the unequal treaties and the trade of opium to be open again
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Protests of Tibet against the republic of China have occurred early as the 1950s. Tibet has once been an independent nation‚ until it was incorporated into the Mongol Empire in 1246 and was under Yuan Dynasty until the 1350s. In 1720‚ the Qing Dynasty Army entered Tibet and defeated the invading forces of Dzungar Khanate; thus starting the Qing rule of Tibet. During the Qing rule of Tibet‚ bad blood between Chinese and Tibet grew with the assassination of the Tibet prince‚ Gyurme Namgyal by two
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In 1346 European traders began to hear reports about earthquakes‚ floods‚ locusts‚ famine‚ and plague in faraway China. They knew very little then that the plague they were hearing about would follow the same trade routes to the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Europe that they themselves used. (doc. 1) In five short years‚ the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. (doc 2) So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christianity and Islam came face
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The second voyage was in 1407; Zheng He went as far as Calicut‚ but he did visit Siam and Java. However‚ he stayed in Java because he was called by the King of Calicut to settle a local power struggle (Peterson 44). After Zheng He stopped in Calicut to give the King gifts‚ the king saw Zheng as an important precedent which contributed to the idea that China was the Middle Kingdom. Zheng had organized the expedition‚ but he was not actively involved in the expedition (Gronewald). Returning to Nanjing
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1. Emergency of Modern Chinese Schooling: The End of Qing Dynasty The First Opium War (a.k.a The First Anglo-Sino) in 1840 marks the birth of modern China. The war had successfully forced the Qing court to open up the country to western societies with series of unequal treaties and transform the feudal society into a colonized and capitalized one. The traditional Chinese education system which had been founded upon Confucian Classic was brought under challenge of modern schools introduced by Western
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Kiko Alonso History 105 The Punic Wars were three different wars that were fought between the Rome and Carthage and last over a total span of one hundred years. At this point in history‚ these were some of the largest wars ever‚ which included battles that were fought by nearly six- figure forces. These were two of quickest growing civilizations in the beginning of the Punic Wars‚ with Rome controlling much of Italy and Carthage growing throughout the Western Mediterranean
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three Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome‚ in the beginning 264 B.C. and the ending with the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. By the time the first Punic war broke out‚ Rome had become the dominate power throughout the Italian peninsula‚ while Carthage a powerful city in the Northern Africa had established itself as the leading maritime power in the world. The first Punic wars broke out in 264 B.C. when Rome interfered in a dispute on the carthagian controlled Island of Sicily; The war ended with
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Names for the war Further information: Terminology of the Vietnam War Various names have been applied to the conflict. Vietnam War is the most commonly used name in English. It has also been called the Second Indochina War and the Vietnam Conflict. As there have been several conflicts in Indochina‚ this particular conflict is known by the names of its primary protagonists to distinguish it from others.[56] In Vietnamese‚ the war is generally known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (Resistance War Against America)
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Punic Wars The three Punic wars consisted of a series of conflicts of interest‚ especially land control‚ between the growing Roman Republic and the already existing Carthaginian Empire. The Punic wars started in year 246 BC and extended until year 146 BC. During this period‚ the Romans had control over the main peninsula of Italy and Carthage ruled the islands and also the commerce of the West part of the Mediterranean. These two empires were in good terms at one point; however‚ a dispute regarding
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Notice for Scholars This monograph was originally published as the September 1972 issue of Southeast Asian Perspectives‚ a publication of the American Friends of Vietnam‚ an organization which was formed in 1955 and prior to its demise two decades later included on its board such diverse figures as Senators John F. Kennedy and Mike Mansfield‚ Socialist Party Chairman Norman Thomas‚ and Journalist Robert Shaplen. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Please note that in formatting
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