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Lands and Peoples of E. Asia. Japan and Korea. Japan – Yamaguchi Prefecture. Japanese farmhouse. Dry landscape garden - Kyoto. Japanese Zen garden. Shinto shrine. Lake Biwa. Kinkou-ji, Kyoto. Korea. Korean landscape. Buddhist temple. Three major linguistic groups.
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Three major linguistic groups • 1. Chinese – (Tibetan, Thai, Vietnamese) • 2.Korean – Turkic-Uraltic • 3. Japanese – combination Uraltic and Malayo-Polynesian
Early Origins • I. China – Sinetic characteristics • II. Korea Uraltic characteristics • III. Japan - Malayo-Uraltic characteristics
Neolithic period • China – 8,000 – 2,000 BCE • Korea – 2,000 BCE – 400 CE • Japan Jomon (10 c. BCE) • Yayoi – 100 BCE – 400 CE • Period when hunter-gatherers evolved into settled agriculture, tribal organization
Mountains and Rivers China: Altaic and Himalaya Mts. Yellow River, • North China Plain • Yangtze River • Korea: Mountain spine • Japan • Kinai and Kanto plains
Early Beginnings of Civilization • A. North China - Cradle of Civilization 4,000 + B.C. B. South China - Rice Cultivation C. Chinese Capitals • Xi’an - • Kaifeng – • Beijing -
Japan A. Geography of Japan B. Indigenous people C. Migrations from SE Asia D. Migrations from Central Asia/ Korea E. Chinese visits and records c. 300-400 CE E. First Written records 6-7th cent. CE
Korea • A. Highway from Central Asia • B. Koreans related to Central Asians • C. Turkic / Uraltic / Altaic language • D. Related to Japanese