Manchu

3. Peter the Great wanted “to transform his country through a process of state imposed Westernization.” He was convinced that Russia could overcome its backwardness only by adopting “the institutions, customs and attitudes of the technologically superior, wealthier and more powerful states of Western Europe.” Many were opposed to his decrees and edicts because they would “mean discarding much of Russia’s distinctive past.” Those “devoted to Russia’s unique Slavic and Orthodox Christian…

China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and has been the largest and most advanced economy for much of recorded history. China’s ancient history is divided into three eras: Pre-Imperial era (ca. 10,000 – 221BC), Early Imperial era (221BC – 960AD) and Late Imperial era (960 – 1911AD). During the Pre-Imperial era, the tribes living around the Yellow River area, were practicing agriculture. The earliest silk remains date to the early third millennium BC. By the third millennium BC,…

Allie Kiernan Kavanagh World Civ II 7 March 2016 Rough Draft In 1661, at the young age of 15, Emperor Kangxi took throne after his father’s death. Due to the fact that he was so young, Kangxi had regents till 1669. Kangxi took many important journeys and expeditions throughout his rule. He was a strong, accomplished military leader and also supported Chinese art and culture. Emperor Kangxi’s use of military strength, passion for literature and studying, and his caring attitude towards his…

Plenty of archaeological evidences are suggesting a strong connection between Korean peninsula and Japan in early Yamato state period. Then comes the interesting question, why and how the connection was build. Different explanations were forged and debates are fierce given limited information during that period. One very influential one called Horserider theory argues that Korean people invaded Japanese islands where no state is presented and bring them advanced political, cultural, material and…

Many people all around the world put their faith into some sort of religion. What practices they choose to participate in or their government tells them to participate in is based on their influences and background. Looking at the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian states one would come to the conclusion that all states participate in different forms of religion. Their religion is based off of certain elements such as their religious policy, the level of control each leader puts forth in effort to…

Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is the world’s largest man-made monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently spanning 21,000 kilometres, and was as significant during its initial construction in the Qin Dynasty (221BC), as it is today. Built over nine years to protect China from Northern invasion, at its peak, this section of the Wall spanned an estimated 5,000 kilometres from Lintao to Liaoning. During its construction under Emperor Shi Huangdi, it was a central focus which…

During the mid 1600s, people who originated north of China, the Manchus, forced their way into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and asserted their dominance.(1) Due to the word “Manchu” not being of Chinese origin, they decided to adopt the name “Qing.” However, there was not much physical distinction between the Ming and Qing, so the Qing government decided to create a hairstyle that was called the Queue. (1) This was an extremely interesting hairstyle, for they shaved the front half of their…

Evelyn Rawski in her book, Early Modern China and Northeast Asia. Cross-Border Perspectives, focuses on how China was shaped by its relations with other East-Asian countries. I was particularly interested in how Rawski describes the way relations between China, Japan and Korea influenced the nomenclature these countries used to refer to each other and how it incorporated the Hua-Yi discourse deeply rooted in Confucian culture. The relations between these countries were undoubtedly influenced…

from being viewed with the typical strategies of othering. The characters were not casted as the Hollywood Orientals, but strictly as Filipinos—because that is who they were supposed to portray. Films like Broken Blossoms (1919) and The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) merged together aspects from different Asian cultures, making them into their belief of Orientals. In contrast, in the scene at Ben’s house, there is Filipino décor and artwork entirely presenting the culture appropriately. The most…

self-strengtheners had goals that wanted to reform the country 's military by incorporating western techniques within. The self-strengtheners were the Chinese commanders of the armies during the Taiping rebellion, which prior to this was not an ability the Manchu military leaders willing to give up. However, due to the Rebellions of the 19th century, the Manchus had no other choice but to grant these military leadership powers to the select few. These Chinese military leaderswere able to make…