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…opium as a means of payment, welcomed in China by many merchants in lieu of currency, in spite of the Imperial Chinese prohibition on opium. During the early 1800's opium addiction reached an all time high in China, and by 1838 thirty-five thousand, one…

…considered the Korean Peninsula as a "dagger pointed at the heart of Japan." It was over Korea that Japan became involved in war with the Chinese Empire in 1894-95 and with Russia in 1904-05. The war with China established Japan's dominant interest in Korea…

…it on foot. (See my discussion on civilization and communication in the context of the Internet.) Between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C., China was being consolidated into one empire, Chin and the Han dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). Peoples in Southern Manchuria…

…, chemistry, meteorology, seismology, technology, engineering, and mathematics can trace their early origins to China. From 600 AD until 1500 AD, China was the world's most technologically Advanced society. Four of these revolutionary Chinese technologies: printing…

…that it eventually lead to the defeat of Hadrianople and the loss of the army and Valens life. By the early 5th century those Goths, who only a few decades earlier had been fighting the Romans, were now part of the Empire and the military. The claim to Roman…

…of colonisation early in Heart of Darkness. On the deck of the Nellie anchored in the Thames, Marlow recalls the arrival in Britain by the legions of the Roman Empire: "I was thinking of very old times, when the Romans first came here, nineteen hundred years ago…

…by coercion. This model is typified by the ancient empires of Rome and Greece. Subject states were conquered and integrated de facto into the empire. For example, Rome itself effectively became larger with the incorporation of a new state. In the latter half…

…and cultural clashes, both of which were exacerbated by the opium trade, but both of which existed before and during the opium trade as independent agents that could have individually caused conflict. A primary reason for misunderstandings between China and Britain…

…Ancient History Essay "Rome's Imperial Expansion Was A Two Edged Sword" Rome was an extremely resourceful community that, because of their innovative ideas, military leaders and expansion, was eventually turned into an empire. At the same time…

…supplies reaching Southeast Asia to China. Japan also wanted the resources of Southeast Asia to themselves. Japan began building an empire called the Great Asia Co.- Prosperity Sphere. The United States opposed Japans expansion. Then in 1941 the Japanese began…