East Asia

import. However, some claimed that it was China’s “isolation” that resulted in the rejection. From my perspective, the idea that China was “isolated” was not totally correct. Instead, the East Asian was actively involved in trading, embraced scientific ideas, and accepted different culture. First of all, East Asia was drastically involved in the trading system, and was even the center of trading during the time before the Macartney Mission. The scale of trading, or say…

association of human communication will introduce that every culture is different in their own unique way. A native cultural concept in East Asian cultures will include different philosophies and thoughts on the way people interact within that culture. Such philosophical ideas that are implemented in the East Asian culture is the concept of facework. In the East Asian cultural setting, countries like South Korea, Japan and China follow a concept that is the basis of respectful and mindful…

system to favour the West of the East”. She did this in studying Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and examining the roles of these regions in trade, production, innovation, and culture. With a discerning eye, Abu-Lughod picked apart existing research, analysis and…

Rashid Khalidi’s Sowing Crisis describes the beginning of the Cold War and American dominance and control in the Middle East. The book provides the reader with a compelling case that the U.S. and the Soviet Union involvement in the Middle East provided the basis for the complete break down of democracy in the region and lead to not only regional conflict but global conflict. The effects that U.S. and Soviet Union intervention are not only still felt today but are felt all over the world. In…

culture, and diseases across the world. Through time, the reasons for migration varied, as more change was being made within the world. In various Latin American countries, slavery was abolished, which resulted in the migration of workers from East Asia to Latin America, where they can work on plantations for low wages and unfair conditions. Migration increased as various calamities such as the Irish potato famine, as more people left their Ireland to escape famine. A vast amount of migration…

Japan's security and economic survival was ahead of Asian values. Without Japan becoming more powerful East Asia wouldn't have been saved from the west. What made Japan so powerful was the economic exploitation of its neighbors. They are both centralized, protected by the water that surrounds them, and easy passage to the Atlantic. They are both well protected by the geography of the lands and have excellent harbors. Japan believed that its security depended upon territorial expansion.…

similar as much the stability in the region relied upon the submission of its neighboring tribes and proper running their city-states (Von Sivers 514). The state of affairs around the fourteenth century in the economies of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East were much more developed, with international markets permitting trade across these continents. Trade was consistent across all these regions, allowing many popular ports and city to be established (Abu-Lughod 33). The apparent benefits…

groups. Among those involved this world system, from the 13th to the 18th century, Asia acted as a vital political, cultural, and economical player and Europe was far from domination…

voyages of Africa was to get around the continent of Africa, to reach the India the eastern part of Asia in order to get spices, silk, and other fine goods. Stories were told by ancient Egypt and Phoenicia that say the sailed to Africa and made it 2,600 years ago (Scheller, 25). It was to say that Arabs were the only ones really getting things from Asia. There was always two ways to get good to Europe from Asia. Caravan, by foot was a way to get there which involved camels carrying things on…

merchandises that could be imported from Asia. The Mongol Empire, which hurried up interactions between the civilizations of Asia, also encouraged European interest. The plummet of the khans in China interrupted this exchange, as China became once again a land of mystery to Europeans. Europe’s upper classes had by this time become habituated to introduced products from Southeast Asia and India, particularly spices. These goods were brought to the Middle East in Arab ships, and then brought…