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East Asian gov't in 1500: a centralized bureaucracy with a very strong monarch, and a bureaucracy selected with a Confucian civil service examination.
(Ming) China
East Asian gov't in 1500: a Chinese-style centralized government, but with a weaker
monarch and a civil service staffed by a Confucian scholar class defined
both by heredity and by performance on civil service exams.
Korea (Choson)
East Asian gov't in 1500: A fragmented country under the rule of warriors. No civil service examination and no effective central government
(Warring States Japan)
East Asian gov't in 1500: A Chinese-style centralized government with a king, and with a bureaucracy selected with a Confucian civil service exam. Not as much social mobility as China.
Vietnam
East Asian gov't in 1500: looked Confucian in structure but did not use the civil service exam.
The Kingdom of the Ryūkyūs
1500s: South Asian merchants traded with the
Malay peninsula and Sumatra (and sometimes with Java)
1500s: Overseas Chinese ran trading networks linking
southern China with Southeast Asia.
1500s: The Kingdom of the Ryūkyūs linked
Korea and Japan,
and sometimes China, with Southeast Asia
1500s: Within maritime Southeast Asia, there was trade between the Spice Islands (Moluccas) and points west---
the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Java.
After 1500, WHO muscled in on SE Asian trade.
the Portuguese
1500s: Southeast Asia has kingdoms, like in China but 2
1. without centralized
control
2. without a non-aristocratic
bureaucracy
1500s: Important political entities in S and SE Asia are what from Java (1), (Malay peninsula 2), (Siam 3)
1. Majapahit
2. Malacca (Melaka)
3. Ayudhya
1500s: South Asia lacks the sort of unified strong government we see in ... but the many kingdoms there are stronger than the kingdoms ...
China; of Southeast Asia.
1500s: In the North of SA, there were... In the south there were ...
sultanates; Hindu kingdoms
1500s: In Ceylon (Sri Lanka), there were two ...plus a ...
Buddhist kingdoms; Hindu
kingdom.
1500s: The people are ...,
not .... Those governments are not ...
subjects, not citizens; their governments
1500s: ... is the dominant religion in Central Asia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Islam
1500s: ... is the dominant religion in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia
Theravada Buddhism
1500s: ... is the dominant form of Buddhism in Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam. Confucianism still influences China, Korea, Vietnam, and, to a lessor extent, Japan
Mahayana Buddhism
1500s: ... is dominant in Tibet and Mongolia
Tibet Buddhism
1500s: ...is dominant in India.
Hinduism
1500s: ... is strong in the Philippines
Christianity
1500s: Ruled not by Chinese but by ..., together with a lay Tibetan aristocracy.
Tibetan monks
Dalai Lamas rose to secular as well as spiritual power with the aid of ... in the 16th century
Mongols
The 4th Dalai Lama was
a Mongol, not a Tibetan
1500: Tibetan society can be divided into three groups:
monks, aristocrats, and serfs.
1500: What’s a serf? Not a ... (they cannot be sold), but someone who is .... Many serfs were ... serfs.
slave; bound to the land; temple
1500: Was Tibet a theocracy?
Not really, since the monks shared power with a lay aristocracy.
1500: Were Tibetans nomads?
Some were, but most were not.
1500: Was Tibet controlled by China during the Ming dynasty?
Not at all.
1500: The languages of the Tibetans are very different from ..., both in ....
Chinese; their spoken and their written forms
1500: Tibetan Buddhism is very different from Chinese-style ...
Mahayana Buddhism
1500: Tibetan society and government gave much more power and status to who than China did.
monks
1500: Tibetan women could have WHAT? (something impossible in China).
more than one husband at a time
1500s: Tibet was not ruled by
Confucian bureaucrats.
1500s: Central Asia: ... was spread by Arab, Persian, and Turkic ... (and some ...) who traveled along the ....
Islam; merchants; Sufi missionaries; Silk Road
Among the groups converted were the ..., who used to be ...
Uighurs; Christians
By 1600, Central Asia was mostly ....
Muslim
Maritime Southeast Asia: ... was spread by... from South Asia.
Islam; merchants
Malacca, on the Malay peninsula, was one ...
early Islamic trading centre.
The Mughals saw themselves as ...-... descendants of ... and ....
Turkish-Mongolian; Chinghis Khan; Timur the Lame
Mongols: continued Turkish tradition of bloody battles among brothers when
their father, the ruler, died.
The Mughals Enjoyed Timurid gardens, in which they held parties at which they: 3
1. recited poetry
2. drank
3. and used drugs.
The Mughals like to stay on the move, living in both
palaces and tents.
The Mughals: these 2 languages were used at court, along with what became:
Persian
Turkic
Hindi-Urdu
Muslim Turks from Central Asia, who also spoke Persian
Mughals
Mughal rulers: (1483-1530)
Babur
Mughal rulers: ( 1530-1540, 1555-1556)
Humayun
Mughal rulers: (1556-1605)
Akbar
Mughal rulers: (1605-1627)
Jahangir
Mughal rulers: (1627-1658)
Shah Jahan
Mughal rulers: (1658-1707)
Aurangzeb
Hindu warriors from Rajasthan in northwestern India...
Rajputs
a new religious group that took up arms in self-defense in the Punjab.
Sikhs
a Hindu group from western India who rose up in the 17th century under the leadership of Shivaji.
Marathas
Mughal Government:
Centralized, but staffed by ..., who led armies personally loyal to them.
warrior-aristocrats
Mughal Government:
Collected ...(with the help of
zamindars)
taxes on agriculture
Mughal Government:
Ritual, both secular and religious, was used to ...
enhance the authority of top officials
Mughal Government:
Personal nature of ties that held the government together led to fighting at the top over succession, with emperors ...
being overthrown by their own sons
Mughal economy:
Was the world’s leading producer of
cotton textiles
Religion under the Mughals:
Akbar’s abortive attempt to create a ...that would unite Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged religious debates at his court, raising hope among ... that he would convert.
new religion; Christian
missionaries
Religion under the Mughals:
The birth of the ... religion, South Asia’s first indigenous monotheistic religion.
Sikh
Sikhs are neither ..., though they share the ... belief in reincarnation and
... monotheism.
Muslims nor Hindus; Hindu; Muslim
Though Sikhs are important, they remain ... in South Asia outside of the Punjab region.
a small religious minority
China 1368-1644
Ming dynasty
The Ming represents an interlude of Chinese control between these two non Chinese dynasties:
Mongol and Manchu
The Ming: style: the emperor dominated his
bureaucracy
Authoritarian
Ming:
Staffed by men ...
selected from the gentry
Ming:
Central government reached down to the ...
level.
district
Ming:
Below that, local gentry maintained law and order, with the help of the ... system
10-family mutual responsibility
Ming:
Preferred to deal with other countries via the:
hierarchical tributary system
Ming:
early 15th century voyages of Zheng He were intended to attract
more countries to the tributary system.
Ming:
Korea, the Ryūkyūs, and Vietnam were
Faithful tribute partners
Ming:
Fought against ... in ... in 1590s
Japan; Korea
Ming:
In Japan: a shogun ... early in the 15th century but soon stopped.
offered tribute
Ming:
Tibet, Manchuria, and Mongolia
were not regular parts of the tribute system.
Ming:
Southeast Asian countries and even Bengal
sometimes offered tribute.
Ming:
also led to ..., including the growing use of... But no ....
monetization; silver coins; capitalism
The Ming economy:
No true capitalism most manufacturing was done by people who ... to manufacture those goods.
owned the tools they used
The Ming:
No capitalists: only
rich merchants
2 Ming pieces of pop culture:
1. drama, particularly opera
2. fiction, particularly novels
The Ming fall:
Murphey appears to blame ... in the government , especially among the ....
corruption; eunuchs
The Ming fall:
He also mentions the cost of the Ming...
war with the Japanese over control of Korea
The Ming fall:
Murphey doesn’t mention other economic causes, including a shortfall of ..., and smaller harvests because of bad ....
silver; weather
The Portuguese in South Asia:
They encountered Indian ..., whom they tried to put under the authority of ...
Christians; the Pope
The Portuguese in South Asia:
They made ... their base--it remained Portuguese
until 1961.
Goa
The Portuguese in South Asia:
Jesuit missionaries tried to take advantage of .... religious curiosity but were unable to convert him.
Akbar’s
The Portuguese in South Asia:
In Sri Lanka, they were more successful in
converting local leaders.
the Society of Jesus is
Jesuits
Catholic missionaries:
in Japan-
a few decades of success, then a rapid collapse.
Catholic missionaries:
China--
a permanent but small presence
Catholic missionaries:
Sri Lanka--
more political success than success among the overall population.
Catholic missionaries:
Vietnam and Korea
not important until later.
The Dutch:
set up VOC, or
The Dutch East India Company
The Dutch:
Set up a base in ... in 1619
Java
The Dutch:
Established a fort in ... in 1624
Taiwan
The Dutch:
Captured ... in 1641
Malacca
The Dutch:
Allowed a trading post on Deshima in ...
Nagasaki harbor
The Dutch:
Took over ... in 1658
Ceylon
The British:
Went to Asia under the guise of
the East India company
The British:
Confined to outposts in
South Asia
How were the Dutch and the English different
from the Spanish and the Portuguese?
They were less interested in God than they were in gold.
Other Western nations in Asia:
France and Russia
Limited West:
No overall Western ... superiority
scientific or technological
Limited West:
Except in 3
military, nautical, and astronomical matters.
Limited West:
Much was happening in Asia at that time that
had nothing or little to do with the West
From Jurchen to ... in 1635 (Successors to Jin dynasty?)
Manchu;
But not all Jurchen became Manchu, and not all Manchu had been Jurchen- ...was more important than who your ancestors were in determining if you were ... or not.
political loyalty; Manchu
The Manchu were not considered part of the in the 17th century
Chinese “nation”
How were the Manchu able to conquer the Chinese, who greatly outnumbered them?
Chinese opened the gates in the Great Wall for them.
Traditional Chinese:
inheritance
divided among sons
Traditional Chinese: elite defined by 2
land-ownership and Confucian degrees
Society in Manchu China:
Some hereditary positions--3
bondservants, bannermen and
member of the Chinese Army of the Green Standard
Society in Manchu China:
Dual administration: at higher levels of government, bannermen were placed
alongside Chinese officials of the same rank
Society in Manchu China:
Chinese officials had to pass
the Confucian civil service exam.
Society in Manchu China:
Bondservants were used to offset
the power of Confucian officials.
Society in Manchu China:
Who bound their feet?
the Chinese, but not the Manchu
Manchu Power:
China was considered to be
part of the Manchu empire
Manchu Power:
2 Great emperors:
1. (1662-1722)
2. (1736-95)
1. Kangxi
2. Qianlong
Confucianism under Manchu rule is called
Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism:
a moral metaphysics, in which all important issues
become moral issues and therefore cannot be debated.
China Under the Qing:
no ... society permitted
civil
Evidential learning:
a retreat from dangerous philosophical issues?
Popular Culture under the Manchu: urban culture was
non-distinct
Popular Culture under the Manchu:
The Scholars and
Dream of the Red Chamber is:
vernacular fiction.
Popular Culture under the Manchu:
Religion included secret societies like the
White Lotus groups
The economy of Qing China:
Traded with the West using the Canton or ... system
Guangzhou
The economy of Qing China:
the population
grew
Manchu Ritual and Power:
They had many
ritual stances
Manchu Ritual and Power:
when dealing with the Han Chinese they were
Confucian rulers
Manchu Ritual and Power:
...to the Manchu-Mongolian subjects
Khans
Manchu Ritual and Power:
...to the Tibetan subjects
Bodhisattvas
Manchu Ritual and Power:
They even tamed their own
shamans
Before Tokugawa: The shogunate:
Muromachi
Before Tokugawa: the Muromachi shoguns were
Ashikaga shoguns
Before Tokugawa: The Muromachi shogunate exercised less authority after the
Onin War
Before Tokugawa:
Daimyos (1)
Buddhists (2)
and merchants (3)
1. began acting like kings of their domains
2. began forming armed communities
3. established independent cities.
Before Tokugawa:
The economy was
growing
Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (invaded Korea), and
Tokugawa Ieyasu were the
three unifiers
Who established a shogunate in 1600?
Ieyasu
A military government in which the leader is officially the emperor’s chief military officer. The emperor continued to reign, but the shogun wielded the greatest power.
a Shogunate
The Tokugawa:
Took swords away from
the peasants
The Tokugawa:
pulled who off the land?
samurai
The Tokugawa:
Crushed independent
religious organizations
The Tokugawa:
The gov't was
decentralized
The Tokugawa:
was ruled by
warriors
The Tokugawa:
urban culture was
distinctive
The Tokugawa:
had itself
isolated from the world
The Baku-han system:
Tokugawa house controlledthe most
land
The Baku-han system:
Domains were rearranged to
strengthen Tokugawa control
The Baku-han system:
Daimyo were required to spend
half theirtime in Edo
The Baku-han system:
Religions were
strictly controlled
The Baku-han system:
foreign trade was
strictly limited
Tokugawa economic and social:
Population size ... by mid 18th-century
stabilized;
Tokugawa economic and social:
Merchants...
grew wealthier, and more independent
Tokugawa economic and social:
Samurai became ...
bureaucrats
Tokugawa urban culture:
Ukiyo-e were
woodblock paintings
Women in Tokugawa Japan:
after marriage .... They also lost ...they had
once enjoyed.
They had to move into their husband’s home; inheritance rights
Women in Tokugawa Japan:
Divorce
could not be initiated by women
Women in Tokugawa Japan:
wives had to allow who in their homes?
Concubines
Decentralization helped Japan to
nurture its competitive spirit
Why didn’t decentralization help India the way it helped Japan?
Japanese spoke the same language and had ethnic homogeneity
An island chain between the main Japanese islands and Taiwan--inhabited by people related to, but not the same as, the Japanese.
the Ryūkyūs
The Ryūkyūs were an independent ... in the 15th and 16th centuries. Taken over by the ... of Satsuma in 1609, which controlled it behind the scenes until 1879, when ... absorbed it.
kingdom; Han; Japan
Ryūkyūan culture:
Adopted ..., and Mazu worship, from ...
Confucianism; China
Ryūkyūan culture:
Japan gave it ... but it had its own indigenous ... as well
Buddhism; shamanism
Ryūkyūan culture:
... taught Ryūkyūans how to produce glazed pottery.
Korea
Ryūkyūans gave Japan 3
karate,
the shamisen,
sweet potatoes.
Chosŏn Korea:
Led by a
a king
Chosŏn Korea:
Its bureaucracy needed
to pass civil service exams
Chosŏn Korea:
its gov't was
centralized
Chosŏn Korea:
hereditary status compared to China?
more important in Korea
Chosŏn Korea:
was gov'd by
yangban
Chosŏn Korea:
yangban were
members of an hereditary land owning Confucian-scholar elite who had passed the civil service exam.
Chosŏn Korea:
economically
underdevelopd
Chosŏn Korea:
trade with other countries was
minimal
Chosŏn Korea:
within Korea there was little use of
currency
Chosŏn Korea:
Yangban could not engage in ...
commerce
Chosŏn Korea:
merchants could not
become yangban
Chosŏn Korea:
Koreans considered the Manchu to be
barbarians
Chosŏn Korea:
even after the Manchu replaced the Ming they were
A faithful tributary partner of China
Chosŏn Korea:
wary of Japan, because of ... and because of the ... of the 1590s.
pirates; invasions
Chosŏn Korea:
No ... were allowed in Korea
Westerners
Chosŏn Korea:
Han’gŭl was
an alphabet common for fiction
Chosŏn Korea:
popular ... also emerged: P’ansori (one person opera) and mask dance (humorous plays mocking monks and yangban)
drama
Vietnam under the Le:
The Le emperors ... in the early 16th century, though they ...until the late 18th century.
lost control of their country; stayed on the throne
Vietnam under the Le:
In the north, the Trinh family ....
ruled
Vietnam under the Le:
In the south, the Nyugen ...and
... farther south.
exercised control; seized territory
Europeans in Vietnam:
In the 1600s, the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English, and the Dutch all .... They all were
set up trading posts in Vietnam; unable to make much money.
Europeans in Vietnam:
The French sent missionaries, who ...and created a way ...
converted a few Vietnamese; to write Vietnamese phonetically.
Vietnam-a Confucian state:
A rebellion in the late 18th century overthrew the 3
The Le, the Trinh, and the Nguyen
Vietnam-a Confucian state:
a ... survivor, with French help, seized control of ... in 1802.
Nguyen; the entire country
Vietnam-a Confucian state:
The Nguyen survivor ran a ... government
Confucian-style
Why did the Mughals fall?
moral flaws in Mughal rulers like
Aurangzeb
Why did the Mughals fall?
bad economic policies like
excessive taxes
Why did the Mughals fall?
failure to keep up with ...
the latest technology
Why did the Mughals fall?
There were barriers to ..., especially under a predatory government.
keeping India unified
Weaknesses in the Mughal Empire:
disputes for
succession
Weaknesses in the Mughal Empire:
rule was
predatory
Weaknesses in the Mughal Empire:
religious, linguistic, and
caste
division
Weaknesses in the Mughal Empire:
local leaders had
their own armies
Aurangzeb overextended the empire in battles...
against the Marathas
1616: First British ... established
“factory”
1639: The British acquire ...
Madras
1687: The British settle in
Bombay (Mumbai)
1690 The British acquire
Calcutta (Kolkata)
1757: The ...incident leads to the British takeover of Bengal
Black Hole of Calcutta
1757: The British defeat ... in India.
their French rivals
1793 The ... for zamindars.
Permanent settlement
How did the British gain control?:
There was no longer a ... for all of
India
single effective government
How did the British gain control?:
Increasing ... made Indians vulnerable to British economic power.
commercialization
How did the British gain control?:
British gained a footing as ... for local Indian rulers.
tax-collectors
How did the British gain control?:
They advanced with superior ...and ...,
plus a lot of help from Indians.
military tactics ; technology
How did the British gain control?:
They didn’t rule all of India directly. Instead, much of India was left under the control of.... The British dispatched “...” to help those princes govern.
princely states; residents
Silver meant that it was easier
to engage in commercial activity
This created ...between the rich
and the poor
an even greater gap
Though northern India had been under ...for several centuries by 1800, the majority religion continued to be ....
Muslim rule ; Hinduism
1800s, Islam was ... in northern India
stronger
1800s In the Punjab, ... grew into the dominant religion.
Sikhism
1800s: Ceylon had only a few ...
Muslims
1800s The Sinhalese in Ceylon tended to be
Theravada Buddhists
1800s The Tamils in Ceylon tended to be ...
Hindus
Nepalese majority... is sometimes hard to distinguish from Buddhism
Hinduism
The British attacked ... in the 19th century and won battles but were unable to establish lasting control
Nepal
19th c:
Nepalese ... served in the British military.
Gurkas
19th c:
The British conquer all of ... and make it a separate crown colony, rather than making it a part of India
Ceylon
When did the West catch up with and then surpass the Asian powers? It caught up with India in the ... century (though it didn’t pass India in cloth production until the early ... century), and with China in the ...
18th; 19th; 19th
The joining of science and technology in the 19th century followed the .... It didn’t cause it.
Industrial Revolution
Why did the Industrial Revolution take place in Europe? Europe had more ..., more efficient ... for channeling that ..., and more convenient access to sources of ... for the new technology.
capital to invest; institutions; investment; power
The West did not have an intrinsic cultural advantage. Instead, it .... (The colonies provided capital and food, allowing the West to concentrate on ...)
got lucky; building modern industry
British India:
How did the British win? Superior 2
military tactics and technology
Pre-Nationalist Resistance: was a ..not a nationalist rebellion.
local rebellion,
The impact of the British presence:
Increasing ... of agriculture
commercialization
The impact of the British presence:
Caste and jati divisions ....
harden
The impact of the British presence:
Religious divisions
harden as well
The impact of the British presence:
The British favored 2 over ....
Sikhs and Hindus; Muslims
Western Orientalism led to a
Hindu Renaissance
Proto-nationalism appears as the British begin to make India
one nation
an imperial power is forced to ... some of its subjects in order to obtain their assistance in exploiting those human and material resources.
educate
Imperialism is justified by ...
racism
sometimes imperialism leads to ... of colonized societies.
modernization
... crippled agriculture in Asia in the last quarter of the 19th century, causing millions to die of starvation and disease
Bad weather (El Niño)
Solidifying British rule in India:
Just as the Tokugawa did in Japan, the British tried to solidify the social order by
identifying castes.
Solidifying British rule:
The British also divided Indians by treating different ... groups differently.
religious
Solidifying British rule:
The rise of two written languages in northern India, ... reinforced religious divisions.
Hindi and Urdu
British colonies:
the ...kob falls under British control
kingdom of Burma
British colonies:
...sm also become part of the
British empire.
Singapore and Malaya
British colonies:
...sm also become part of the
British empire.
Singapore and Malaya
British colonies:
Britain tries to gain hegemony in ... but fails to pry it completely loose from the Manchu colonial grasp.
Tibet
The French in Southeast
Asia:
The ... of Indochina
creation
The French in Southeast
Asia:
Cambodia is seized and the ... are forced to relinquish claims to it.
Thais
The French in Southeast
Asia:
The principalities of ... also fall under French control and form a colony called ....
Laos; Laos
The Dutch slowly seize control of more and more of the “...” and place both the people and the land under their control
Netherlands East Indies
The Americans replace the ... as the imperial overlords of the Philippines--the US President says the US should “Christianize” the Filipinos.
Spanish
Impact of colonial rule:
1) Increase of commercialization of
2) New ... created where there was none before
3) increasing ethnic
1) agriculture
2) nations
3) diversity
Siam (Thailand) remains free from colonial rule by playing
the French and the British off against each other.
Japan remains free of colonial rule by 2
modernizing very
quickly, and then building its own colonial empire.
Qing China remained free of direct colonial rule because
there were many ppl to fight over it
Nationalism is a commitment to the political entity known as the ...
nation-state.
Nationalism is not ...--it must be ...,
natural; taught
The Canton system --Foreigners confined to ...
Guangzhou
The ... War (1839-1942)
Opium
Why was China unable to resist the West? T... weakness, unprepared for an attack from ..., could not mobilize ... against the West.
technological; that direction; all its resources
The ... War of 1856-1860
Arrow
The ... rebellion (1850-1864)
Taiping
The ... Rebellion (1853-1873)
Nien
Two ... rebellions,
Muslim
Why do peasants rebel?
For survival
The Qing responded to the challenge of the West with “...,” an attempt to implant the latest Western technology, both military and industrial, in China.
Self-strengthening
Self-strengthening failed because the Manchu, as an ..., could not promote nationalism, and because Confucianism placed ... rather than engineers and merchants in charge.
ethnic minority; scholars
Could not overcome the contradiction between ... values.
Confucian and Western
Japan underwent a “...” in 1868 that put Japan under the control of a young leadership dedicated to building a strong and prosperous Japan.
Meiji Restoration
What did the Meiji government do?:
Ended ..., creating a unified constitutional monarchy (emperor restored)
feudalism
What did the Meiji government do?:
ended ... privileges and implemented universal ...
samurai; conscription
What did the Meiji government do?:
imposed a national ... tax.
land
What did the Meiji government do?:
Created Japanese
nationalism.
Japanese imperialism:
... in the north and the ... in the south became part of Japan proper.
Hokkaido; Ryūkyūs
Japanese imperialism:
Japan began flexing its muscles in ... and then, in 1884-94, fought a war with ... over it. Japan won and got, as its prize, the new colony of ...
Korea; China; Taiwan
Victory over ... in 1904-05 gave Japan ...
Russia; Korea
Rivalry among the ... prepared Japan for the competitive environment of the modern world.
han
Modern imperialism was ..., in that it was concerned primarily for the financial benefit of the imperial power
predatory
colonizers found they had to promote the ... and ... of those they colonized in order to exploit them more efficiently.
health; education
Key figures in the Meiji Restoration:
Saigo Takamori
The Last Sumurai
Key figures in the Meiji Restoration:
Yamagta ...
Aritomo
Key figures in the Meiji Restoration:
Ito ...
Hirobumi
China disintegrates:
Defeat in the First ... War (1894-95)
Sino-Japanese
100 ... in 1898 failed to change China.
days of reform
The ... Rebellion, 1900
Boxer
early Chinese nationalists:
tried to redefine Confucianism to make it compatible with the modern world.
Kang Youwei
early Chinese nationalists:
Belief in Social Darwinism led him to abandon Confucianism
Liang Qichao
Ignored Confucianism. Promoted his Three People’s Principles instead.
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles: 3
1. Nationalism
2. Democracy
3. "People's Livelihood"
the Republic of China, highjacked by militarists:
... seizes control. He is followed by ...: 1916-1927; after that is
Yuan Shikai; warlords; Guomindang
Before the fall of the Qing, it loses traditional ...(Okinawa and Korea to ..., Vietnam to ...).
tributary states; Japan; France
After the fall of the Qing, Mongolia ..., then becomes the first
gains its independence; Soviet satellite
Tibet also moves toward self-government under
the Dalai Lama.
The Boxer Rebellion:
More an ... rebellion than a nationalistic movement.
ethnocentric
The Boxer Rebellion:
was supported by the Empress Dowager but not by much of the ...
Chinese military
The Indian National Congress was founded by a Brit in 1885. Became a
nationalist organization
Stimulants to Indian nationalism:
Anger over ... deaths
famine
Stimulants to Indian nationalism:
growing social isolation of British (after their
...)
wives joined them
Stimulants to Indian nationalism:
growing gap between ...
rich and poor
Stimulants to Indian nationalism:
Indian military participation in
World War I
Stimulants to Indian nationalism:
The ... of 1919
Amritsar massacre
British-educated but used traditional symbols to rouse the masses. Created a non-violent protest movement
Gandhi
British-educated socialist. For him, non-violence was only a tactic.
Nehru
British-educated Muslim. He was concerned that Muslims would be dominated by Hindus in an independent India. Eventually he called for a separate Muslim state.
Jinnah
The British took over ... from the Dutch in 1801, making it Britain’s first crown colony.
Ceylon
Buddhist nationalism in Ceylon:
Buddhists responded to the British challenge to the traditional way of life by a) identifying Buddhism with ...and b) reforming Buddhism to ... (looking more like Protestant Christianity).
a) Sinhalese national identity
b) make it more modern
In 1919, in imitation of the Indian example, a Congress Party was founded in Ceylon. It included both
Sinhalese and Tamils
Ceylon moves toward independence:
... in 1932, including women (first in Asia).
Universal suffrage
Ceylon ... gained in 1948.
independence
First, China had to abandon its culturalism, which the elite began to do with the ..., when it began to reject Confucianism.
May 4, 1919, movement
The choices China faced were similar to the choices many other Asian countries faced in the 20th century: 2
Fascism or Communism
China’s ... War:
1945-1949
Civil
... is usually called “reactionary”
Fascism
Communism is usually called “...”
revolutionary
Democracy and socialism are usually called ... paths to political, social, and economic change.
evolutionary
Note: Fascism denies .... Communism
says they are real, but ...
conflicts of interest are real; tries to eliminate them.
Democracy recognizes that conflicts of interest are real, and tries to find ...
a peaceful way to reconcile them
Barrington Moore, in his Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, argues that ... determines whether it will be fascist, communist, or democratic
how a government extracts the surplus necessary for industrialization
fascism-- relies on ... to extract surplus from the ...
landlords; peasants
communism --extracts surplus directly from the people, because ...
landlords have been weakened or eliminated
the Philippines:
The ... had its roots in a 19th century movement for equality for native-born clergy. Three priests executed in 1872 are considered the first martyrs for Filipino ...
independence movement; independence
At first, Filipino meant a .... Later it came to mean the local people.
Spaniard born in the Philippines
The first Filipino ... (ilustrados--enlightened ones) were often at least partially of Chinese or Spanish descent.
nationalists
Philippine Rebellion against the Spanish in 1898 led to the ...takeover in 1900,
and an alliance between ...and a few ilustrados.
US ;the US
Under US control, the Philippines became the first colony to
promote mass .
education
The Dutch began allowing a few of the local Indonesian people to obtain a modern education. It is out of that educated elite that the first ... appeared.
nationalists
In the last decades of colonial rule, a Muslim League and an Indonesian Communist Party appeared, but the lead in the nationalist movement was taken by Sukarno’s ....
Indonesian Nationalist Party
There was no one country called Malaya before ...
the British began constructing it
The Malays began emphasizing their religion (...) and their purported local roots to distinguish themselves from the Chinese and the South Asians, and to claim that ...
Islam; Malaysia is their country
Until 1937, the British treated Burma as a province of ... rather than as a separate colony
India
For the Burmese, just as with the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka,
... became a vehicle for asserting a distinctive
national identity.
Buddhism
Burmese nationalism also manifested itself through anti-
... riots in the 1930s
Indian
Siam (Thailand) was not a colony, but ... arose anyway.
nationalism
Thailand was able to escape from the restrictions of unequal treaties after
World War I
The modernizing Thai government used ... to unify the
country, creating a national ... hierarchy.
Buddhism; Buddhist
The military seized control of the country in 1932 and created a
constitutional monarchy. Why did the army do that? Often in a
modernizing society, the military is the best 1, best
2, most modern, and most 3 institution.
1. organized
2. equipped
3. nationalistic
Indochina:
Five separate administrative regions under overall 1 colonial rule: Cochinchina (south), Annam (central), Tonkin (north), Cambodia, and Laos.
1. French
Indochina:
The French showed little concern for 1
or 2.
1. mass education
2. industrialization
Vietnamese nationalists formed a Vietnamese Nationalist Party modeled after the ... in China. It was crushed when it rose up in
revolt in 1930.
Guomindang
(KMT)
After the Vietnamese Nat'st Party was crushed, a new nationalist party arose: the 1, led by 2.
1. Indochinese Communist Party
2. Ho Chi Ming
Under the Meiji constitution that governed Japan from 1890 to
1945, Japan had an elected parliament (called the ...).
Diet
Japan had a constitution by the 1889, but it was not a democratic constitution--the government was not ...
legally accountable to the people
Japan experimented with majority party rule between 1918 and
1932, but then .
abandoned it
In the 1930s Japan also denied any real
internal conflicts of interest--in other words, it looked ....
fascist
War with China: starting with the seizure of
... in 1931-32
Manchuria
1 incident in 1937 led to all-out
fighting, including the Nanking massacre
1. Marco Polo Bridge
Japanese: Dec. 7, 1941
Attack on the US at Pearl Harbor-
Japan seizes the ... in early 1942,
Philippines
Japan grabs m..and..s in January and February, 1942
Malaya and Singapore
Japan 1942, kicks the Dutch out of ...
Indonesia
Japanese Attacks on India are
unsuccessful
Western colonialism unravels, as the West
is shown to
be vulnerable.
Japanese cruelty sparked wide-spread resentment--and
.
nationalism
Communists often took the lead in the resistance, since
they were better at
guerrilla warfare.
in 1945, Japan
is defeated
Aug 6, 1945 Japan
Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945 Japan
Nagasaki
The Japanese bombings were the first and only
use of an atom bomb in war
The MacArthur constitution gives Japan 1
government, equality for 2, freedom of 3 and
press, freedom for 4 to organize.
1. parliamentary
2. women
3. speech
4. workers
The MacArthur constitution outlaws ... for Japan.
war
what was conquered by the US in a bloody battle in spring, 1945
Okinawa
Okinawa: Still has more US ...than all of the rest of Japan
military personnel
The ... took a more active role in the anti-Japanese struggle in China.
Communist Party
thought like a Confucian--he believed that
selfishness was the root of all evil, and that a selfless
person could accomplish anything. Technical
expertise was not necessary.
Mao
set China’s economic
development back for a few years. The Cultural
Revolution set it back for more than a decade.
The Great Leap Forward
In the ..., Mao attacked the leaders
of his own Communist Party as well as the educated
elite of the country
Cultural Revolution
economic liberalization combined with political
authoritarianism.
Deng Xiaoping:
In the spring of 1989, students and others began
demanding that the party be more accountable to the
people. They occupied ... to press their
demands. The government reaction was a bloody
crackdown on June 4 in which the People’s Liberation
Army attacked unarmed crowds.
Tiananmen Square
China: 1950--China seizes ...
Tibet
China: 1950-53 China participates in ...,
supporting North Korea
the Korean War
China: 1962--a brief border war with ...
India
China: 1969--clashes along the border with the
USSR (Russia)
China: 1979 -invades ... but is forced to retreat.
Vietnam
China: Recovers ...(1997) and ...(1999)
Hong Kong; Macao
1 was under Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945, during which time it began modernizing, and they began seeing themselves as different from other Chinese.
1. Taiwan
Taiwan was incorporated into ...’s Republic of China in 1945. Was never a part of the People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan resisted, but was forced under the
Kmt
Both Taiwan and Korea modernized under ...
rule:
Japanese
... nationalism emerged under Japanese rule;
Korean
Korea had been one country for over 1,000 years. Even the Japanese didn’t split it. But the 1 and the 2 did that in 1945
1. US
2. USSR
... (South Korea) formed in 1948, under
President
Republic of Korea; Syngman Rhee
June 25, 1950, ... (North Korea) invades the south, starting the three-year
Korean War.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
1 overthrown in 1960. After a brief period of democracy, General 2 seizes power in 1961.
Under his leadership, Korea begins to industrialize (using the
Japanese model for state-led growth).
1. Rhee
2. Park Chung Hee
1972 Park throws out the old constitution, creates
“Koreanized democracy” that makes him ...
president for life.
1979 Park is ...by the head of his own
secret police
assassinated
1979-80 General ... seizes control of the government in a coup in two parts. First, he
attacks his own army headquarters
Chun Doo Hwan
May 18, 1980 Chun launches an attack on the city of Kwangju. At least 1,000 are killed. Chun then becomes ...
president
Popular demonstrations in Seoul in 1987 forced the
government to allow .... Chun’s
comrade-in-arms win.
elections for president
1992 Kim Young Sam, a former pro-democracy leader, joins
Chun’s party, wins the
presidency,
1997 ..., a man both Park and Chun had tried to
kill, is elected president.
Kim Dae-jung
...a former anti-Japanese
resistance fighter, ruled the north from 1948 until 1994.
Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung's son ... has replaced him.
Kim Jung Il
The official ruling ideology in North Korea is not Communism
but
Kim Il Sungism
Indira Gandhi ruled
India
where? widow of first prime minister became
prime minister herself (the first in the world) and then
later her daughter became the president.
Sri Lanka
Where? Benazir Bhutto was prime minister twice,
and almost a third time
Pakistan
the widow of one ruler and the
daughter of another alternated as prime minster
between 1991 and 2009.
Bangladesh
Pakistan's founder
Jinnah
There were a lot of what of political leaders in Pakistan
assassinations
Myanmar now under
military rule
Chinese and non-Chinese: Indonesia and Malaysia
sites of
greatest tension
the Philippines, East Timor clashing groups
Muslim-Christian
Myanmar, Vietnam fighting btwn:
Lowlander-highlander
imposed strong-handed rule on the Philippines from 1972 to 1986. Was overthrown by
“People Power.”
Marcos
In 1962 the Burmese military seized control and
established “....” Have killed
hundreds whenever pro-democracy protests
erupted.
Burmese socialism
Democracy movement led by Aung San’s daughter,
.... She won annulled 1990 election
Suu Kyi
Thailand: Last ... was in 2006. There was an election, in
2007, which ... won.
coup; civilians
Indonesia:
1949-1965 Sukarno-rule with support of
Communist Party.
Indonesia:
1965 Attempted ... led to an anti-
Communist bloodbath
coup
Indonesia
1965-1998 Suharta’s ... stimulates economic growth.
right-wing dictatorship
Indonesia:
1998-present. Stumbling steps toward ...
democracy
Malaysia:
Communist (primarily Chinese) rebellion slowed
progress toward ...
independence
Malaysia:
Ruling party is a coalition of Malay, Chinese, and
Indian parties. ... dominate
Malays
Singapore:
Communal tensions with ... led to Singapore separating from ... in 1965.
Malays; Malaysia
Singapore:
Under leadership of ..., Singapore
became a trading and financial centre, making it
very wealthy
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore:
There are elections, but the ... always
wins
ruling party
Indonesia: everyone is required to believe in ... Most are ...
one God; Muslims
Malaysia: Malays are supposed to be ...
Muslims
Thailand: to be a real Thai, you should be ...
Burmese also.
Buddhist
Chinese maintain a separate cultural identity by
frequenting .
Chinese temples
War
with the ... ended in 1954 with the division of Vietnam into a Communist north and an anti-Communist (but not democratic)
south.
French
Vietnam is united under a
... government in 1975.
Communist
1945-75 War in
Vietnam
1947 Partition of
India
1950-53 ... War
Korean
1965 Massacre in
Indonesia
1966-76 Cultural Revolution in
China
1971 ... splits from Pakistan
Bangladesh
1975-78 Killing fields in
Cambodia
1977-2009 civil war in
Sri Lanka
richest, best-educated country in South Asia but
has had to endure violence between Sinhalese and Tamils
for over 30 years (rival ethnic nationalisms with religious
overtones).
Sri Lanka
off-and-on again democracy with little economic growth. Product of Muslim nationalism
Pakistan
like Pakistan, off-and-on again democracy
Even poorer than Pakistan.Product of Bengali nationalism
Bangladesh
was (and still is) caught in the middle, claimed by
India because its ruler in 1947 was Hindu but also claimed
by Pakistan because the majority of the population is
Muslim.
Kashmir
..., Nehru’s daughter,
Indira Gandhi
indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 by .
her Sikh bodyguards
India: 1961--used military force to seize ..., which had been
Portuguese for almost 5 centuries.
Goa
India 1962 fought with China along India’s northeast border.
who won
China
India’s first .. test was in 1974.
nuclear