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History And Culture of East Asia
Early Civilazation
- Ch9inese History begins along the Yangtzee river(3,000 BCE) and the yellow river
- Earliest Form Of Writing Dates back to 5,500 BCE
- Isolationists – Japan and Korea become isloated from the rest of the world to become independatn from china
EUROPEAN INFLUENCE
- China is isolationist until they wanted to europeans to trade with them, China refuses to buy from europe but instead want europe to buy from them.
- 1838 – A war known as thr Opium War is started due to dispute of trade agreements of China and Great Britain
- 1842 – China Surrenders;Making the treaty of Naking that creates open ports of europeans and divide china into mandated spheres of influene controlled by other contries
Beginning of Cummunism
- A Relolution to overthrow the monarchy is started due to european war.
- The republic of china is started, two parties are born, one wins for communism and the other for democracy flees to taiwan
KOREAN WAR
- North Korea invaded South Korea which started a war in which The UN intervenes. In 1954 a ceasefire is established, to then sign a peace treaty. It has never been signed
MODERN CULTURE
- Art – Japanese Manga or Anime have world wide audiences
- Cosplay influences fashion in the West
- Yurts In Mongolia
- Tibet – The Dalai Lama
- Martial Arts