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The History of East & SE Asia

The History of East & SE Asia. A new dynasty comes to power. The emperor reforms the govt. & makes it more efficient. Start here . Emperor is defeated !!. Lives of common people improved; taxes reduced; farming encouraged. The Dynastic Cycle.

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The History of East & SE Asia

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  1. The History of East & SE Asia

  2. A new dynasty comes to power. The emperorreforms the govt.& makes it moreefficient. Start here Emperor isdefeated !! Lives of common people improved;taxes reduced;farming encouraged. TheDynasticCycle Rebel bands findstrong leader whounites them.Attack the emperor. Problems begin(extensive wars,invasions, etc.) Poor loserespect for govt.They join rebels& attack landlords. Taxes increase;men forced towork for army.Farming neglected. Droughts,floods,famines occur. Govt. increasesspending; corruption.

  3. The Evolution of ChineseWriting during the Shang Pictographs Semantic-Phonetics

  4. Chinese Dynasties Longest continuous history of any culture. DYNASTIES: Shang: 1700’s-1100’s BCE Irrigation Systems, Calendar (fairly accurate) Qin (Ch’in): 200’s BCE 1st Imperial dynasty, expanded into E China, ordered “Great Wall” built as protection. Han: 202 BC – AD 220 strengthened military power Mongols overthrew the Sung around 1200, ruled until 1279 when the Chinese rebelled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mongol_Empire_map.gif Mongol expansion map After China drove the Mongols out, China limited outside influence , forbade foreign trade.

  5. Struggle for China • Mao Zedong: Communist chairman of China from 1949 to 1976. • Chang Kai-Shek fought unsuccessfully to stop the communists.

  6. Taiwan • Chang Kai-shek, moved gov’t to Taiwan (Chinese territory). • Claim: Taiwan is separate from China. • Conflict between these two groups (PRC & ROC) still exists today.

  7. Communism in China • 1st challenge: feed the people…so gov’t organized land into larger farms. • Man no longer dominant family member • Women worked the fields. • To slow the growth of population: 1 child policy. • Great Leap Forward: disaster for Mao (pg 623) • Cultural Revolution: chaos, closed schools, (pg 623) Intellects killed or sent to work in the countryside

  8. Tibet & The Dalai Lama (14th) • Tibet: Himalayan plateau • DL’s ruled Tibet 1640s - 1950s. • 13th DL proclaimed independence : 1913. • China did not accept independence. (subordinate) • DL (14th) exiled, living in India. • Tibetans have been victims of extreme human rights violations by Chinese government.

  9. Hong Kong & Macao “One Country Two Systems” • Hong Kong & Macao : “Special Administrative Region” of China • Autonomous • HONG KONG: • UK territory from 1842-1997. • Cosmopolitan & Highly Developed. • One of most densely pop regions in world. • MACAO: • Former Portuguese territory • Returned to China: 1999

  10. Japan • Feudal system similar to medieval Europe. • Lords fought each other. • 1274-1281: united together to fight off the Mongols • Drove European invaders out in the 1600’s

  11. Isolationist Japan • Japan was closed to trade, isolated. • The US wanted to open up Tokyo for: • Trade • Coal/refueling US ships • Impact of the 1854 Treaty Signed between Japan & US: • Inflation • Overthrow of Shogun & Meji restoration: restoring imperial rule, & modernizing Japan

  12. Pearl Harbor • Japan: allies with Germany & Italy • Dec 7, 1941: Japanese attack US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. • RESULT: Brings US into WWII

  13. Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima & Nagasaki • US dropped atomic bombs on Japan: Aug 1945. • Japan surrendered & was occupied & assisted in rebuilding by US forces. • Japan banned nuclear armament.

  14. Korean War • 1950: N. Korea, invaded S. Korea • 1953: Threat of a nuclear world war ended the war at a stalemate. • RESULT: Demilitarized Zone: 2.5 mile buffer zone at the 38th parallel where troops from neither side are allowed. • Unique area: Endangered animals & species thrive.

  15. Vietnam Conflict 1964-1973 • Vietnam independent from France 1954 • Split into North: Communist & South: pro-Western govt. • US Supported the South. • China, Russia Supported the North • 1973 Last of the US troops pulled out of Vietnam. • North and South Vietnam reunified as a communist state 1975.

  16. Pol Pot & The Killing Fields: 1975-1979 • Killing Fields: mass graves in Cambodia. • An estimated 1.7 million people were killed/starved & buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, led by Pol Pot during its rule from 1975-1979. • Goal: form a Communist peasant farming society. • Foreigners expelled, & Cambodia was sealed off from the outside world. • 1978 invaded by Vietnam & Pol Pot fled to Thailand.

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