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.
The Vietnamese had a long history of foreign intervention and invasion, especially by the Chinese whom had periodically held rule over China from 111AD till 1428AD. A strong sense of nationalism was developed in Vietnam while they were under the Chinese through regular uprising against their conquerors. This strong sense of Nationalism was developed because of the strong resentment that they felt against foreign interference. Vietnam’s culture was influenced and developed by the Chinese. However Vietnamese society is village based and the family and village leaders were far more important to the common person than an emperor or other ruler.
During this time France’s economy was in decline due to the heavy burden of taxes, bad weather causing crop failure, and rise of living costs. This, along with France’s large debt, influenced the Third Estate to rebel and make changes. While France’s economy was declining, Haiti’s was prospering. At this time Haiti was the richest colony, mainly due to the triangular trade which made the production of sugar cane, a cash crop, possible. This prosperousness was at the expense of slaves however, and they soon decided they had finally had enough.
How accurate is it to say that Eisenhower and Kennedy must share responsibility for the escalation of US involvement in south-east Asia in the years 1954-63? Throughout their history the Vietnamese people suffered foreign interference and conquest. This began with the early French interest in the 17th century and by the late 19th century France had conquered Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, which were collectively known as French Indo-China. This French capture was highly supported by the US government. Harry Truman is an important figure in relation to Vietnam as it was him who made the decision to oppose communism throughout the world.
The Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties dominated many centuries of Classical China, during which new philosophies and political systems emerged. Chinese history is usually divided into different dynasties, each one being as varied as the other. Each dynasty would begin when the previous one collapsed due to a weak economic, political, or social system. While one dynasty fell apart due to a weak central government, (the Zhou dynasty), another met its end when intelligence was repressed and taxes were sky high, (the Qin dynasty). It was perhaps the Han dynasty, (which lasted over 400 years), that enforced and maintained peace and prosperity most successfully.
The second outcome of the revolutions was that the countries were dramatically changed, two great powers were stopped and communist leaders eventually took over in the two countries. Russia and China both shared similar goals in that they both wanted a new form of government and leadership. Russia’s ruler was Tsar Nicholas II which ruled Russia for more than three centuries. China’s ruling dynasty was the Qing Dynasty. Tsar Nicholas II wasn’t much of a good ruler for Russia; he ignored the fact that Russia wasn’t doing so good and overlooked the industrialization and nationalism that was occurring throughout Russia.
Enormous construction projects took place, such as the resurrection of the Great Canal and the famous Great Wall. The Ming was also responsible for establishing the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Qing’s success did not last eventually after many reforms due to land distribution, examinations, and social inequality; the Qing began to lose hold on their once strong control. Events such as the Opium war and the Boxer rebellion damaged the Qing dynasties social order and military force. The systems became corrupt which lead to political and social disintegrations.
Borderland Nomads invaded and attacked China, with little resistance from the Chinese, because they did not have an organized military or a military leader. These attacks contributed too much of the chaos during these three hundred years. After the three hundred years the dynastic cycle resumed, this was on continuity of the classical era. The Han, Qin and Zhou dynasties were all examples of the dynastic cycle, dynasties rising and falling. Although during the classical era there was a small break in the dynastic cycle it came back with the rise of the Tang dynasty, which was the dynasty that came to power after the three hundred years of chaos.
Erick Romero 10/19/14 2A Explain the origin(s) of the Chinese Civil War, and to what extent was the Communist victory due to the use of guerrilla warfare In the early 20th century, China ran into political turmoil. With the revolution in 1911, in which the last dynasty, the Manchu dynasty was overthrown. The new Republic failed to set hold on China and warlord era would start. But China continued to be oppressed by many foreign powers because it lacked a strong central government. The Chinese Civil War was caused by two opposed political parties, the communists and the nationalists, to see who would be able to restore order and regain central power over China to bring it back to its glory.
Eventually, nationalistic movements in these countries rose up in an attempt to get rid of foreign influence and gain independence. China was considered to be within the sphere of British influence. Britain never completely controlled the Chinese government, but did influence political and economic affairs greatly. British control began to withdraw from China at the end of the 19th century, and many nationalistic movements began to arise. In 1911, the Revolutionary Alliance, led by Sun Yixian, overthrew the last Qing emperor.