1-Japan

=(Japan), 1750-1914=

=Political=
 * __**Shogun**__ military governor, ruled in retainers in turn for military rights
 * Emporer was only a figure, the shogun monopolized power
 * __**Sengoku**__ "country at war" due to the power struggle of shogun and daimyo (1700)
 * __**Daimyo**__ "great names" territorial lords, developed gunpowder weapons
 * __**Bakufu**__ "tent government"(1700)
 * __**Russo-Japenes War**__ (1904-1908)
 * __**Sino-Japenese War**__ (1894-1895)
 * 1810 held hokkaido and Kurile Islands
 * 1879 held Okinana and Ryuko islands
 * Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) Meiji-era travelers sent to study other countries contitutions
 * Ito Hirobumi (1841-1904) did the same as Yukichi
 * emperor Mushito (reigned 1852-1912) ended Japans civil war on January 3,1868
 * 1800's-__**The Meiji Restoration**__ and domestic pressure for a constitution and representative goverment
 * Shift from __**Tokugawa Bakufu**__ to a constitutional government

=Economic= = = = = =Religious=
 * Increased agricultural production resulting in population increase by 1/3 (1700)
 * Population control "infantcide"
 * Principal income from form of rice (1700)
 * land tax of 1873 (costed peasents 40-50 percent of their crops
 * 1800's-Foreign pressures reversed the long-standing closed door policy and flourished into a successful commercialized society
 * Buddhism from China
 * Neo-Confucianism
 * Christianity
 * 1800's-Became less and less significant with the establishment of the new government

= = = = =Social=
 * Hierarchy: Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai on top, peasants and artisans below followed by merchants
 * **__Bushido__** way of warrior
 * Without wars to fight daimyo and samauri became administrators and government functions
 * 1800's-Destruction of the old social order by abolishing significant military status

= = =Intellectual=
 * Chinese intellectual life in Japan
 * Merchant class promoted popular culture
 * "__**Floating Worlds**__" pleasure quarters (1750)
 * Books of the floating world
 * Kabuki theater
 * 1800's-The created of a new constitution influenced by Wester Europe and America
 * Meiji travelers such as __**Fukuzawa Yukichi**__ and __**Ito Hirobumi**__ traveled to obtain knowledge to strengthen their own society

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= = = = =Near Geographic=
 * Absorbed/conquered new lands (Korea, some of Russia)