Challenges to traditional east asian societies 1700-1800
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Tokugawa Shogunate's Rule: Economic and Social Structure
Links: Overview of the Tokugawa political system Introductory Essay on Tokugawa Japan Internal Challenges: Social and Economic changes and reasons for discontent
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Commodore Perry's Expedition
Links: The Opium War through Japanese eyes -Chinese defeat in the Opium Wars also had an impact on Japan and helps understand the reaction to Perry's visit Black Ships and Samurai -Fantastic from MIT's Visualising Cultures Black Ships and Samurai 2 Crisis of the BAkumatsu Period 1853-1868
Links: Crisis of the Bakumatsu Roleplay -An MUN style debate set in the time of the Bakumatsu period. Absolutely brilliant but maybe ask your teacher to help you organise it. Yokohama Boomtown -Treaty port Japan from MIT High quality photographs from the Bakumatsu/Meiji periods Reasons for the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Links Perry, Samurai, Daimyo - From Crashcourse Reasons for the fall of the Tokugawa Mindmap |
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