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Period: May 23, 700 to
Japan/Koreas - Japan begins to develop political system
They established the capital Kyoto and had a Japanese emperor. -
May 23, 1180
Japan/Koreas - Shoguns rise to power.
They are powerful warlords whom's power rose over the years . They rule over daimyo and had samurai's to protect them. -
May 23, 1199
Southeast Asia - Khmer empire includes most of mainland Southeast Asia
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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1299
Mongol invaders rule China
Mongol invaders overthrow the Sung dynasty and rule China. By 1279, they control all of China. -
Period: May 23, 1200 to May 23, 1299
Southeast Asia - Thais migrate from Southern China into Khmer region
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May 23, 1274
Japan/Koreas - Mongols try to invade.
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May 23, 1281
Japan/Koreas - Mongols try to invade
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Jan 1, 1500
China - Europeans arrive
Europeans arrive in China by sea. They open up trade. The first to land were the Portuguese. -
May 23, 1500
Southeast Asia - Europeans arrive
Portuguese and Dutch set up trading posts. Soon the British and French followed. -
Period: May 23, 1500 to
Japan/Koreas - Portuguese traders arrive in Japan
Spanish and Dutch follow. -
May 18, 1557
China - Portuguese set up Macao
The Portuguese make the trade town of Macao. It is a huge trading center. Chinese leaders continued to keep their culture and ignored the visitors and their ideas. -
Period: to
Japan/Koreas - Japan remains mostly cut off from world.
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Period: to
Southeast Asia - The British and French build many things
They build plantations, roads, railroads, and schools. -
China loses Hong Kong to British
A war ends with China no longer being in control of Hong Kong. -
Japan/Koreas - U.S. Navy Ships arrive in Tokyo Bay
This contact helped Japan trade and sparked change. -
Japan/Koreas - Meiji Restoration
The samurai overthrow the shogun and an emperor is put back in place. -
Japan/Koreas - Japan has a constitution and parlimentary system
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China - Japan captures Taiwan
China loses Taiwan to Japan. -
Japan/Koreas - The Japanese take Taiwan from China
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Japan/Koreas - Japan defeats Russia
They gain control of the southern half of Sakhalin from Russia. -
Japan/Koreas - Japan annexes Korea.
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China - Republic of China is created
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Japan/Koreas - Japan has control over many islands in the North Pacific.
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China - Japan takes over Manchuria
Using a puppet government they controlled it. -
China - Japan invades eastern China
Most of it falls under their control and stays there until the end of World War 2. -
Japan/Koreas - Japan invades China
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Japan/Koreas - Japan signs alliance with Germany and Italy.
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Japan/Koreas - Japan attacks Pearl Harbour
World War II is going on. -
China - Japan is defeated
Communists and Nationalists fight for China. -
Japan/Koreas - The US drops nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan surrenders. -
China - Communists make People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong controls it and it sticks. -
Japan/Koreas - Korean War
North Korea attacks South Korea. The UN defends South Korea. Continual fighting. -
Japan/Koreas - Korean armistice
They sign a truce after a lot of fighting. -
China - Great Leap Forward
Mao starts the GLF program to improve China's economy. It actually made things worse and slowed down economic progress. -
Period: to
China - Cultural Revolution
Many educated individuals were murdered because they were called critics and enemies to the country. This set China's economy far back. -
China - Mao dies
Deng Xiaoping comes into power. He realized past mistakes and set China far forward. -
China - Pro-democracy demonstrations are shot down
Peaceful protests are met with artilliary and killed hundreds of people in Tiananmen Square. -
Period: to 220
China - Han's Dynasty
Han's Dynasty makes China's miltary stronger and the culture spread. Cities and Chinese art/architecture flourished. -
Southeast Asia - The Khemer dominate Cambodia
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China is reunited
The Han dynasty fell and military leaders took over regions. Unity was onlyl restored on this date. Following this there would be the T'ang and Dun dynasties when Chinese cultures would thrive.