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A not so Brief

History of East

AsiaBy: Erwin Gerard Geron

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Three Major Regions of East Asia

China

Korea

Japan

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Prehistory

Ancient

BronzeAge China

Imperial

China

Modern

China

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The Shang

Dynasty (1570?1045? BC)

The Zhou Dynasty(1045? 256 BC)

The Golden Age of

Chinese Philosophy

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The QinUnification

(221 206

BC)

The Han

Dynasty (206

BC AD 220)

Period of

Disunion(220 589)

The Spread of

Buddhism

Reunification

Under the

Sui Dynasty(581 618)

The Tang

Dynasty (618

907)

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The Song

Dynasty (960

1279)

The Scholars-

Officials and Neo-

Confucianism

The Mongol

Yuan Dynasty(1279 1368)

The Ming

Dynasty (1368

1644)

The Tribute

System and theArrival of

Europeans

Intellectual

Trends

The Manchu

Qing Dynasty(1644 1911)

Prosperity,

Population

Growth, And

Territorial

Expansion

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The Republic of China

The Nationalist and Communist

Revolutionary Movements

Second Sino-Japanese War andWorld War II

Civil War

The Peoples Republic

Transformation of the Economy

and Society

The Hundred Flowers and theGreat Leap Forward

The Cultural Revolution

Shifting Foreign Relations

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The

Prehistoric

Age (5000?

BC)

Gojoseon

(2333 BC

108 BC)

The Three

Kingdoms

Period (57

BC AD 676)

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The Unified SillaKingdom and

Balhae

The Goryeo

Dynasty (9181392)

Buddhist as the state

religion

The Joseon

Dynasty (13921910)

Confucianism as astate ideology

Produced Hangeul,

the Korean Alphabet

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The JapaneseColonial

Period (1910

1945)

Establishment

of the KoreanGovernment

(1945 1948)

The Korean

War (1950

1953)

The Aftermath

of the War(1954

current)

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Baekje

(18 B.C.-660 A.D.)

Gugoryeo(37 B.C. -

668 A.D.)

Silla (57

B.C. - 935A.D.)

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The Unified

Silla Kingdom(676 935)

Balhae (698 926)

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Prehistoric Japan

Kofun Period (ca.

AD 300-710) kofun huge,

mounded tombs

Establishment ofthe Yamato court

Nara Period

(710-794)

Establishment

under Ritsuryosystem

Buddhism as a

national religion

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Heian Period (794-

1185)

Fujiwara family rules

on behelf of the

emperor

Kamakura Period

(1185-1333) Kenmu Restoration

Establishment of the

Kamakura Shogunate

Muromachi Period

(1333-1568)

Nanboku-ch period

Establishment of the Muromachi

Shogunate

Sengoku Period

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Azuchi-Momoyama

Period (1568-1600) Increased contact with

Europeans

The Way of Tea

Edo Period (1600-

1868) Tokugawa Shogunate

Policy of national

seclusion

Cultural development

Bakumatsu

Meiji Period (1868-

1912)

Meiji Restoration

Rescinding of the policy

of national seclusion

Victories in the Sino-

Japanese and Russo-

Japanese wars

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Taisho Period

(1912-1926) Japan during

World War I

Showa Period

(1926-1989)

Second Sino-

Japanese War

World War II

Heisei Period

(1989 to

present)

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Jomon

Period(10,000 BC)

Yayoi Period(300 BC)

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Thank You for

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