They lost the battle, and Britain’s rule over India strengthened. India’s physical effort to keep out Europeans did not succeed. However, Japan did not use physical methods to resist western control. Japan took pride in their unique culture and did not want any foreign influence in their society’s development. Eventually Western styles spread to Japan, but they did not adapt fully or completely change their culture.
China was completely contrary from Central Africa on economic, political, and cultural bases during the 1500-1800. From 1000-1500 China led the world in economic development and there after experiencing the trauma of rule by the Yuan Dynasty, China adopted policies that favoured Chinese political and cultural tradition. On the other hand, the kingdoms of central Africa had initiated commercial relations with Portuguese merchants and diplomatic relations with Portuguese monarchy. Portuguese traded for slaves and slave trade undetermined the authority of the King. The Kings were converts of Christianity just to establish closer relations with Portuguese whereas Chinese has great problems with the exclusivity of Christianity but the Jesuits were respectful of Chinese culture and won a few converts.
These Chinese explorations were really helpful, but also really expensive because of the large timber ships that they built. The government put a policy shift against voyages, and put a greater focus on domestic matters. The Members of the Ming Court advocated a greater focus on domestic and continental matters, emphasizing agricultural production, internal stability, a military buildup and colonization at the edges of the Central Asian steppe, and refurbishment of the Great Wall, designed to repel invaders (DOC 3, 4). Even though China had earlier technological innovations than Europe did (DOC 2) Europe still succeeded because China was governed by ignorant
The Romans and Chinese’s religion differed in that Romans believed in Christianity while the Chinese believed in Confucianism. Their religious views both were the same because they brought peace and harmony to each of the different Empires. These are the comparisons and contrasts that I will be talking about in this following paragraphs. The Roman’s and Chinese’s fall of Empires came at very different times while Western Roman fell around 476 B.C while the Han Dynasty fell at 220 B.C.E. Romulus Augustus was the last Emperor before the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, while in China, Emperor Xian was the ruler at the time of the collapse.
While both the Chinese and Roman empires conquered other lands, the Romans were more humane towards their conquered subjects. The Romans’ humane behavior towards conquered subjects led to more internal stability and also a lower chance of revolt. Han China conquered the regions of the Korean peninsula and of Vietnam; however, Han China enjoyed uncontested hegemony over these regions. Imperial Rome did not levy taxes on conquered subjects as opposed to Han China. Both empires allowed their citizens to contribute to the empire; however, they did so by different means.
It can be seen that, even after Poltava, Russian industry was still instrumental in Peter’s absolutism, as the stable economy prevented the revolt of important members of society such as merchants, who could now trade effectively with other countries. However, there were some reforms that were unconnected with foreigners, and others which were Western in origin but not designed to strengthen his rule. The abolition of the position of Patriarch was a move prompted not by any Western influence but by Peter’s desire to remove opposition, and hence maintain his absolutism. The actual date (1700) was determined by the convenient death of Patriarch Adrian, and Peter chose not to appoint a successor as the war was going badly and he was unpopular, and the Patriarch would have been a focus for disillusioned Russians. The assemblies which were held from December 1718 in St Petersburg and included the compulsory presence of women, were a complete break with the Muscovite tradition but owed more to Peter’s desire to show the extent of his Westernisation, rather than any advance in royal
This was because Korea had been under Japan from 1910 to 1945 but after the war ended it came under temporary rule of the two superpowers. The UN had set up the United Nations Temporary Commission of Korea known as UNTCOK. This was to ensure there would be a democratic government. Kim II Sung and Syngman Rhee did not want to separate Korea; they wanted it to be unified. This led the north to attack the south.
Response Paper # 3 The American Revolution can be described as a conservative revolution in that British America felt that Great Britain’s new taxes on the colonies were upsetting their rights as Britain’s and disrupting what had been a peaceful existence without any previous interference from Great Britain. even though there were small groups that wanted their freedom and rights that would be new to them; like slaves, women, Indians, and separatists; the American revolution was still a conservative revolution in which British America felt they were beginning to be treated as second class citizens as their rights were being taken away. For of their time in the colonies, Americans were left without much interference from the crown. During
Another interesting point is that the encomienda grant did not give the Spaniard the right to exercise any political authority over the Indians. However, these distinctions were very difficult to enforce, because there was an ocean between the rulers making the laws and the colonists in charge of the natives. As time went on, the conquerors of New Spain came to expect the encomiendas as their reward, so the practice became an institution and eventually became tradition to divide new
They were in America during these events, though they did not seem to pay them much attention in the novel. As far as Rachel and Leah were concerned, the Civil Rights Movement was as foreign a concept as Chinese culture would have been, for they lived in the Congo where racism ran rampant yet rights were few and far between for most people, regardless of race. While the Jim Crow Laws had a lasting effect on the Price children, be it good or bad, they quite possibly had a greater effect on the American nation. The reforms brought on by the illegalization of these laws were so radical that they opened up the doors for many other changes, including the fight for women’s suffrage and the election of a president of mixed racial background. America still has a long way to go in the fight against racism, but it has also come a long way since the days of slave owners and