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200
China: first emperor conquerd much of eastern China.
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China: Han Dynasty
During the Han dynaty, china's military power grew stronger, and Chinese culure spread into southern China. -
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Invaders from Asia drove the Ainu into northern Japan
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300
Southeast Asia: rice farming established...
and people had domesticated buffalo, pigs, and cattle. -
May 23, 700
Japan began to develop a unique political system
The Japanese establish a capital at Kyoto in central Honshu. -
May 23, 1100
Kjmer empire included most of mainland Southeast Asia
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May 18, 1200
China: Genghis Khan overthrew the Sung dynasty
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May 23, 1200
The Thais migrated from southern China into the Khmer regions
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May 23, 1274
Mongols tried to incade Japan.
When the Mongols tried to incade in 1274 and 1281, the Japanese put aside their rivaleries. They united to defeat the invader. -
May 18, 1279
China: Mongol invaders led by Genghis Khan ruled all of China
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May 18, 1500
European influences reached China by sea
The first to arrice werethe Portuguese, who set up a trading coloy at Macao in 1557 -
May 23, 1500
Portugese traders arrived in Japan
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May 23, 1500
Europeans can to Southeast Asia
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Japan remained largely cut off from the world
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China: Shag period
In the Shang period (1700 to 1100 BC), the water buffalo was tamedand irrigation syestems were dug. -
China lost several wars and failed to keep out the Europeans, Japan and US.
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British and French set up plantations for growing export crops
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China lost Hong Kong to the British
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Navy ships under Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in what is now called Tokyo Bay.
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A group of samurai demading reforms overthrew the last shogun,
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Japan had a consitituion and parliamentary system of government
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Japan captured Taiwan
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The Japanese took the island of Taiwan from China
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The Japanese defated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War
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Japan annexed Korea
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China: The Republic of China was formed
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Japan's empire also included many islands in the North Pacific
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Japan took over Manchuria
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Japan invaded eastern China
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Japan invaded the rest of China
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Japan signed an alliance with Germany and Italy
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Japan's defeat
After Japan's defeat, the Nationalists and the Communists fought for control of China. -
The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Soviet and US occupation forces withdrew from Japan
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North Korea invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War
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North and South Korea signed an armistice, or truce, to end the fighting
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China: Moa launched the Freat Leap Forward to improve China's economy.
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China: Culural Revolution also delayed China's economic development and brought chaos to the country
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China: Moa's death
After Moa's death Deng Xiaoping came to power -
China: Pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing, China's capital
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Burma changed its name to Myanmar after gaining independence
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Chinese invaded Korea
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China unity
After the decline of the Han dyn asty, several warlords divided and ruled China. Unity was not restored until about AD.618 -
Khmer dominated what is now Cambodia
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China: organizedsociety lived in small farming villages along the Haung River.
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China: people began farming along the Chang River