Nanjing

their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five hundred years.The most noticeable and vital aspects of the Forbidden City are the history, architecture, and collections.The capital was moved from Nanjing to Beijing since Hongwu Emperor's son Zhu Di became the Yongle Emperor, and the construction of the Forbidden City began in 1406. The development lasted fourteen years and required over a million workers. Once the Forbidden City was…

Tanaka Toshiyuki’s father, and several of his other male relatives, served in the Japanese military during World War II (p. 2). Tanaka, a history scholar and professor at Japan’s Hiroshima Peace Institute, notes in his work, Japan’s Comfort Women, that these family members often told stories about their time in the military, citing their most honorable actions during the war, but never speaking of the dark, open secret the Japanese government so desperately wanted to keep quiet (pp. iv, 2-3).…

The most vital instrument of national power in the West’s interactions with the world is military might, because without the coercive efforts of their militaries none of their diplomatic polices and ideas could have effectively impacted foreign nations. Over the centuries, the one constant fact that if a nation had the desire to conquer or rule another, it needed a strong military whether that would be to coercive or protect its interests. The most ideal case of a country using its military…

up in a society where women need to get their feet bound in order to impress men and get married. This story is told as a flashback when she was young. As she grows up, a revolution is also going on. She lives with her family, the Tao Family, in Nanjing, China. China was first an Empire. After the revolution in 1912, it became a republic. Ailin obviously has to get her feet bound as she becomes older. However, she does not want to. Her father agrees to let her be without bound feet. She then…

“This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well,” proclaimed President Franklin D. Roosevelt when World War Two began in Europe (Brinkley, 728). A remarkable amount of the population in the United States favored Great Britain, France, and the rest of the Allied nations over the Axis powers which consisted of Japan, Italy, and Germany. However, the American government did not want to get involved in another war, so they isolated…

“Following the light of the sun, we left the old world”, Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus is said to be the founder of the new world, the Americas. Making an agreement with King Ferdinand & Isabella, Spanish Monarchs, he was sent on countless voyages in the search to prove the Earth was circular rather than flat. His voyages lead to the exploration of the Americas giving us the opportunity to live in the United States today. Although, his voyages influenced the world we live in he…

“No longer did they think of themselves ‘as different from men as earth was from heaven’, but as half of China holding up or constituting the other ‘half of heaven’” (Croll, 2). Today, the Chinese society alongside with the rest of the world are living in a time where women are not restricted from getting a proper education, living independently, having a good career, and to speak our minds; however, this was not always true in the past. Previously in early China, women were treated like objects…

The Pacific War was between the Japanese and Allies that lasted for three years resulting in the surrender of Japan. On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack injured over 1,000 Americans that resulted in over 2,000 American casualties. Japan also invaded Thailand and British possessions. This was a turning point in World War II and Japan’s defeat was…

the penalty is fixed at decapitation or strangulation.”(CH) was a very stern warning to the British. However, this was not enough to deter the British who believed they had the right to sell opium, and the Opium Wars ensued. This resulted in the Nanjing Treaty, England being given more port cities, being paid damages from the war, and most notably Hong Kong. Thanks to all of this, China lost much…

1. The Industrial Revolution gave rise to new economic needs: raw materials and agricultural products 2. Occasionally with industrial capitalism, more manufactured goods were produced than their people could afford 3. European investors found it more profitable to invest money away from home and at one point Britain was investing about half of its savings around the world 4. Imperialism guaranteed solutions to societies of industrializations class conflicts but eluding revolution and…