Asian HistoryEssays, Research & Term Papers (630) essays
Asian History essays:
How effectively had Japan modernized itself by 1914?
... Matthew C. Perry finally succeeded in breaking down the wall of Japan's seclusion in 1864. -- What was the impact of Perry's missions on Japan? Dissatisfied about the fact that American "ship-wrecked sailors" were treated very badly by the Japanese, the United States sent Perry ...
Ely Parker
... hole life, in which he lived a pretty good one in the end. Ely Samuel Parker, Seneca Indian, engineer and soldier, was born near Indian Falls, NY in 1828, during a jouncing, 30-mile horseback ride as his parents went home to their Tonawanda Reservation in western New York. Elizabeth and William ...
Buddha
... new religion that dared to test the boundaries of reality and go beyond common knowledge to find the answers of the mysteries of life. India During the sixth century BC, India was a land of political and religious turmoil. It was an era of great brutality with the domination of ...
The Korean, Vietnam and Iraq war.
... world what was happening. In the Vietnam was the media had a whole new way of ... one another. The media in hand had different styles for all three wars. The Korean War with the media was not really present as much. The media in this war, stayed out really with not showing the world ...
How and why did women's rights to property and marriage change in China between 960 and 1400?
... two cases used by Niida show Commissioner Liu stating quite explicitly that, ''according to law, when the parents are already both dead and the sons and daughters divide the property, a daughter is to receive one-half of ... of foot ...
The Battle of Okinawa
... United States and Japan, and the United Kingdom had naval involvement only. The Americans commanders were Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Joseph Stillwell. The Japanese commanders was Mitsuru Ushijima. The Americans had 150,000 initially and 548,000 by the end of ...
This paper covers the effects of imperialism on India
... country and the larger global economy (Bentley 941). Although The British did not force Christianity, they did however establish English-style schools and suppressed Indian customs that conflicted with European laws or values. Western Imperialism destroyed the Mughal Empire, and changed the lives of ...
The Genius Of Gandhi. Explains the genius of Gandhi's ideas, actions and principles of non violence through examples of his work in India and his following around the world.
... of his time, and have continued to teach and inspire long after his death. His method and ideology of non-violence have motivated and instigated many great political movements across the globe. In the United States ... of the country, the Asian continent and the world ...
Why the Chinese Nationalist Party lost the Chinese Civil War.
... of post-war United States policy in China" (Kubek, 1965: 62). This view point is unduly simplistic and overvalues America's role in China, an opinion supported by Chang, who believes the Guomindang government's "failure was due not so much to lack of American ...
Zen Gardening
... of view that Buddha saw it. Because of this, they are some of the most unique gardens in the world. They give monks a great place to meditate and are fun to look at. Their popularity in Asia has brought them to the United States. Americans ...