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…such a feat. Britain and France were in imperial decline, and more concerned about colonial economics than the stability of Europe. Both imperial powers assumed that empire-building would necessarily be an inevitable feature of the world system. German…

…. Britain and France were in imperial decline, and more concerned about colonial economics than the stability of Europe. Both imperial powers assumed that empire-building would necessarily be an inevitable feature of the world system. German aggression could have…

…of Europe. Both imperial powers assumed that empire building would be an inevitable feature of the world system. German aggression, and the eventual start of the Second World War, could have been stifled early had the imperial powers had acted in concert…

…that empire-building would necessarily be an inevitable feature of the world system. German aggression could have been stifled early had the imperial powers had acted in concert. The memories of World War One however, were too powerful, and the general public…

…and the sixteenth century, SPAIN ruled as a great power among other nations. Its empire began when, in 1492, Spain financed Columbus's expeditions and explorations to conquer territory in the New World. Once it held its new established territory, Spain relied…

…of Japan in the field of the world economy5 3.4 Flying geese approach to the East-Asian miracle5 4. The Asian crisis and after9 4.1 Asian crisis9 4.2 Impact of the Asian crisis on world economic relations9 4.3 After the crisis: more cooperation10 4.4 China…

…Gradualism is naturally the most feasible approach to any situation. Since the fall of the iron curtain, these two Communist power houses have chose to move towards democracy. China has chosen to take the natural, more gradual approach…

…Asia, with Japan to it's immediate north, The Philippines to it's southeast, and the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west. (Click here for map.) The Taiwan Strait between China and Taiwan is a major shipping lane between the North East Asia ports…

…reading, but an excellent interpretation of Confucianism in the light of Western interests in maturity. Teaching Resources Filmstrip: "Confucius and the Peaceful Empire," Asian Man: China, Encyclopedia Britannica Education Corporation. Filmstrip…

…and the events prior to its uprising in the summer of 1900, led me to consider the floods that struck on China just before the end of the century, in conjunction with other events of the period, as an important cause of the Boxer uprising. Given that there also…