Both the Han Chinese and the Romans made use of technology, and the ways the empires were affected and the way applied the technologies were of a vast spectrum. These societies valued innovation, and especially the Han would honour those culturally significant by attributing the creation of technologies commonly used under the Han to these culturally relevant figures. The effect of central-government and other forms of management on these technologies and their uses had both positive and negative effects. For the Han, a state-induced monopoly had a vastly harmful effect, and if the government had not interfered then the progress of the tools would not have been interrupted. The governing authorities again like to use culturally significant figures in the tales of innovation and invention and discovery.
Through imperialism, India and Japan were forced to Westernize. Westernization allowed the countries to advance in the world and become more level with European powers. For example, without the absolute rule of the British, India would not have prospered socially or economically. The British established a modern secondary education in English that resulted in the development of irrigation projects for agriculture, the world’s third largest railroad network, and large tea and jute plantations. A unified, powerful state was created in India by the British vanquishing kingdoms of the India and placing the same general system of laws amongst the Hindu and the Muslim peoples.
During the early 30s America’s foreign policy began to change. President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that war was unavoidable so even though America was neutral, he began to make preparation for a war. Franklin D. Roosevelt began to build up the military and to recruit people for the long expected war. During the next few years, changes were made to the Foreign Policy. One of the changes is that America began the Lend Lease Act which rented military weapons to Britain and later the Soviet Union and China.
3). I like how the author wrote about this but he did not only speak about about destroying the other societies but also using their heads and adapting what little knowledge that society has into their own and creating a more powerful and intelligent empire. I believe this was the key to the true power of the small empires that were growing back then and is revealed in the novel. The ones that truly were going to rise up and succeed were not only brutes and vicious men, but also ones that would use their heads and use intelligence and adapt it not only on the battle field but also their own lives. “Firearms reached Japan in A.D. 1543, when two Portuguese adventurers armed with harquebuses (primitive guns) arrived on a Chinese cargo ship.
Imperialism in China Between 1750 and 1900, both China and Japan endured pressures from their foreign counterparts make themselves open to trade and relations. In the beginning both China and Japan were resistant against foreign domination, but in the 19th century Japan progressively accepted foreign domination to achieve the goal of modernization while China continued to resist foreign control and remain true to their ancient way of life.. In the 1700s, both China and Japan viewed the West as conflictions against their way of life and had perceived them as barbarians believing that their way of life was far more superior. When European ambassadors were sent to their lands in valiant attempts to negotiate trade with China and Japan, the emperors mocked them and boasted about how they possessed no need for Western influence. The Japanese originally developed an interest in trading with the Europeans, but the Jesuit missionaries who followed the traders arose hesitation that ultimately affected their decision to succumb to Western influences in the sense of preserving their beliefs and cultures.
. President Theodore Roosevelt created a naval base in the Philippines because it opened trade with China, who had just come out of isolation. The U.S. wanted the Philippines to be a democracy so the people could finally have control. By modernizing the Philippines it prepared the nation to become
Gandhi struggled to fight against British colonizing power and the Western models of society brought with it. In China, Mao shared the same struggle against an invading power. While not a Western nation, Japan invaded China and brought what Mao considered Western systems: imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism. The historical context in which these two leaders fought an invading power was, of course, a national issue, independent of one another. However, what they fought against and the goals they made for their national struggles were global and holistic.
Since the result of the two Opium Wars, china knew how important the western technologies were. The self-strengthen movement had being brought out by Tsang Kwoh Fan. The campaign encouraged people to learn from the westerners. Yung Wing, the first person in Modern China studying at Yale, can be regarded as returnees with international vision, known as "the father of studying in China. The returnees had enthusiastically filled patriotic ambition.
Essay – Explain the creation of post-war Japanese society. The occupation of Japan towards the end of World War ll by America, saw a huge change in the way Japanese society was organised and ruled. There were many aspects of Japanese society that were seen to be in desperate need of change for Japan to become a respectable society. America saw the demilitarization, the removal of economic monopolies such as the Zaibatsu, the breakup of existing powers and the changing of Japan into an ally for America that could be used in the future, as ways to make Japan into a reputable society. America planned to change the society with the introduction of a new constitution and a shift of power that would turn Japan into a democratic society, similar to America and their constitution.
For Tagore, it meant feeling for the whole world and not just for one’s own country. In the lectures that he delivered in Japan, Tagore criticized the growing military aggressiveness in Japan and its inclination towards the western ideals. He was looking at the old Japan and the new Japan. He feared that Japan may lose all its beauty and its rich culture in its drive to modernise itself. He said that Japan has the potential to progress a lot.