Modern+Asia


 * Interaction between Humans and the Environment** – Demography and disease, Migration, Patterns of settlement, Technology
 * Development and Interaction of Cultures** – Religions, Belief systems, Science and technology, The arts and architecture
 * State-building, Expansion, and Conflict** – Political structures and forms of governance, Empires, Nations and nationalism, Revolts and revolutions, Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
 * Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems** – Agricultural and pastoral production, Trade and commerce, Labor systems, Industrialization, Capitalism and socialism
 * Development and Transformation of Social Structures** – Gender roles and relations, Family and kinship, Racial and ethnic constructions, Social and economic classes


 * South Asia (India)**
 * British Colonization
 * Started in Bengal
 * East India Company
 * wants resources (tea, sugar, spices, silk)
 * Robert Clive-
 * get rid of the French presence in India
 * Weak Mughals
 * Administrative Headquarters
 * British law/Centralized Authority for more conquest (Sri Lanka/Afghanistan)
 * Sepoys- Indian soldiers employed by the British
 * Sepoy Revolt
 * for religious dietary law (bullet cartridges greased with pork/beef fat)
 * Fall of the Mughals
 * completely controlled by the British
 * Upper-caste Indians- Anglicized
 * taught English and adopted English customs
 * Loss of Indian customs, traditions, and heritage
 * Exploitation
 * raw materials out of India- finished products back to India
 * Indian National Congress
 * educated Indians fighting for Independence
 * Revolution against British Occupation
 * Maintain Indian identity while adapting to Western power


 * China**
 * Isolation
 * Strict control over trading practices
 * West only allowed to trade in Canton
 * Europe- bullied their way into trade with China
 * 1773- Europe introduces opium to the Chinese
 * 1839-1842 Opium Wars
 * Treaty of Nanjing
 * British have the right to expand into China- Opium addicts
 * Hong Kong=British possession
 * Allow Christian missionaries
 * Second Opium War- 1856-1860
 * Led to China being open to all of Europe for trade
 * Occupation is different- focused on trade purposes
 * not establishing colonies
 * China- advanced and global powe
 * Perceived as weak and easy to target
 * Chinese people themselves thought the government was weak
 * White Lotus Rebellion
 * Angry Buddhists (corrupt government officials/high and "unjust" taxes)
 * Taiping Rebellion
 * Religious Zealots recruit millions
 * Rebels bring down Manchu government
 * Korea declared independence against China
 * Failed Self-Strengthening Movement
 * Sino-French War
 * China's weakness=loss of Vietnam
 * Sino-Japanese War
 * Japan's imperial power and might
 * Treaty of Shimoneski- grants trading rights
 * sphere of influence=France, Germany, Russia and Britain control- NOT COLONIES- military bases/business
 * Manchu/Qing Dynasty
 * Weak and collapsed under European pressure


 * Japan**
 * Matthew Perry
 * arrives in steamboat
 * Disturbs Japanese
 * Militarily and technologically inferior
 * Unable to compete/protect oneself
 * Convention of Kanagawa
 * forces Japan up to trade with the unites States
 * Era of Seclusion
 * The Meiji Restoration
 * Technological improvements and military advancements
 * Winning military conflicts between Russian and China
 * Rituals returning to Japanese cultural roots allow for national identity
 * Nationialism
 * Reduced Western Influence
 * Imperial Power-
 * control over parts of China and Taiwan
 * Russo-Japanese War
 * Russia lost control over Manchuria
 * World Power