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China and Japan Time: 2 Weeks

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Chapter 3 Section 4 Rise and Fall of Chinese Empires
 From about 400 to 200 B.C., powerful Chinese states engaged in bloody civil war. The state of Qin eventually defeated its rivals, and its
Chapter 3 young leader, Qin Shihuangdi, declared a new dynasty.
Sections  Qin adopted Legalism as his guiding principle, and political power became more centralized and bureaucratic. The emperor created a
3&4 monetary system and built a vast network of roads. He also expanded the empire and started the building of the Great Wall of China.
 However, civil war broke out again after Qin's death. Under the Han dynasty China became more stable. The Hans adopted
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Confucianism from Confucius, rather than Legalism, as their guiding principle. Yet they built on many of Qin's bureaucratic innovations.
Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Section 1 China Reunified
Sections  China suffered three hundred years of disorder and civil war following the collapse of the Han dynasty. The three dynasties that followed
1, 2, & 3 reunified the empire.
 The Mongols brought the entire Eurasian land mass under a single rule, creating the largest land empire in history. After the death of
Early China Genghis Khan, the Mongol empire was divided into Khanates. The Mongol armies continued their invasions, eventually conquering
and Japan China.
Chapter 8 Section 3 Early Japan and Korea
 Early Japan was a decentralized farming society dominated by aristocratic families. Those who tried to unify Japan were often thwarted
by rival noble families. The samurai class emerged to serve as guardians of the aristocrats and their property.
Mandate of Heaven Kublai Khan Daoism
Dowry Zen Huang He
Li Bo Daimyo Shogunate & Shogun
Tang Xuanzang Xiongnu Liu Bang
China
 The resourceful Ming emperors restored China to greatness. They were succeeded by the Qing dynasty, which ruled until 1911.
Chapter 16:  The Mongol dynasty in China was overthrown in 1368 and replaced by the Ming dynasty. Ming emperors extended Chinese rule into
Sections 1, 2, Mongolia and central Asia and briefly reconquered Vietnam. They ran an effective centralized bureaucracy and made improvements
and 3 that restored Chinese greatness.
 During the mid-fifteenth century, Chinese ships larger than those of Columbus briefly explored as far as East Africa. Zheng He was the
leader of those voyages. The arrival of a Portuguese fleet during the early sixteenth century led to an exchange of ideas and introduced
The East Asian Christian missionaries to China.
World, 1400–  The declining Ming dynasty was replaced by invading Manchus, who formed the Qing dynasty. The Qing lasted until 1911 and produced
1800 perhaps China's greatest emperor, Kangxi, who ruled for 61 years. Europeans returned during the eighteenth century, seeking to trade,
but by the late eighteenth century, the Qing were restricting trade, and even European contact, with the Chinese.
Japan
 Japanese unification began in the sixteenth century. Trade and manufacturing expanded in China and Japan, although both countries
kept Europeans at arms length.
Taiwan Clan Porcelain
Han Hostage System Eta
Tokugawa Keyasu Edo Matsuo Basho
China
 After a century of Western influence, internal and external forces in China brought down the Qing dynasty and led to civil war. The
Chapter 22: shogunate opened Japan to the West, only to be overthrown.
East Asia  Rapid population growth, food shortages, peasant unrest, and corruption and incompetence all contributed to the decline of the Qing
Under dynasty.
 Mounting external pressures only weakened China's ability to address its internal problems. Japan, Russia, and other nations laid claim
Challenge,
to Chinese territories. When rebellions in China threatened Western interests, Western nations responded with military force. They also
1800–1914 challenged Chinese sovereignty by establishing spheres of influence inside the country. To stabilize relations among the Western
nations, the United States declared an Open Door Policy. This gave all Western nations equal trading privileges in China.
 After the Boxer Rebellion, Empress Dowager Ci Xi embraced some reforms. However, the emerging new elite was impatient with the
slow pace of change.
Japan
 Under military pressure, Japan agreed to establish diplomatic ties with the United States. Similar treaties followed with other Western
nations. Samurai warriors responded by forcing the shogun from power. The Meiji Restoration ended the shogunate and restored the
emperor as a figurehead. The Meiji Restoration brought reform and industrialization as well as Japanese imperialism.
Extraterritoriality Millard Fillmore Indemnity
John Hay Hong Xiuquan Self-strengthening
Mutsuhito Ito Hirobumi Sun Yat-sen
Henry Pu Yi General Yuan Shigai Matthew Perry
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