Course Number: SS240
Course Title: East Asian History
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
General
The general objective of this course is to introduce students to the histories of China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan.
Specific
Students will be able to:
Unit 1
Chapter 1 - East Asia: Common
Ground and Regional Differences
1. Describe the
geographical characteristics of the East Asian region and identify the location
and historical boundaries of China,
Vietnam, Korea and Japan from prehistory to
the present.
2. Compare and
contrast early China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan in terms of social, political and
economic organization.
3. Describe the
cultural similarities and differences between early Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans
and Japanese.
Chapter 2
- Prehistoric beginnings
in China, and the Shang Dynasty
1. Describe the
patterns of development and diffusion of the Neolithic revolution in East and
Southeast Asia.
2. Describe the origin, development and
accomplishments of the Shang Dynasty in China.
Unit 2
Chapter 3 - The Zhou Dynasty
1. Describe the political, economic and social
development achievements of the Zhou dynasty
2. Describe the period of the Warring States and
its impact on subsequent Chinese history
3. Explain the main philosophical ideas of
Confucius, Xun Zi, Mencius and Mozi
4.
Explain the ways in which
Confucianism provided a moral-ethical foundation for Chinese and East Asian
societies that continues to this day
5.
Explain Daoism and compare
and contrast it with Confucianism
Chapter 4 - The Qin And Han: The
Making of Empire
1.
Explain the ways in which the Qin dynasty, although relatively brief, marked a
major departure from the ideas, policies and
conditions in China during the last
centuries of the previous dynasty.
2.
Describe the social, political and economic accomplishments of the "Glorious"
Han Dynasty
Chapter 5_- Buddhism, Barbarians and the Sui and Tang Dynasties
1.
Describe the origin of
Buddhism, it's development into Theraveda/Hinayana and Mahayana sects, and its
geographical diffusion
2.
Describe the events that led
to the decline and fall of the Han Dynasty and the reunification and rise of the
Sui and Tang Dynasties.
3.
Describe the major social,
political and economic achievements of the Tang Dynasty
4.
Describe the development of
Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty Describe the reasons behind the decline and
fall of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 6 - The Song and Yuan
Dynasties
1.
Describe the most important
social, political and economic characteristics of the Northern Song dynasty.
2.
Describe the reform ideas of
Wang Anshi
3.
Describe the reasons behind
decline of the Northern Song and the rise of the Southern Song
4.
Describe the most significant
social, cultural political and economic accomplishments of the Southern Song
period
5.
Describe the rise and
expansion of the Mongols and their overthrow of the Song Dynasty
Chapter 7 - The Ming Dynasty:
Imperial China
1.
Describe how the Manchus
consolidated their power in China
2.
Describe the reasons behind
the prosperity and population increases of the first 150 years of the Qing
Dynasty.
3.
Describe the most significant
developments of the reigns of Kang Xi and Qian Long.
4.
Describe the traditional
culture of East Asia in terms of family and marriage, child rearing, status of
women, sexual customs, and
law, crime and punishment
5.
Describe the events and
conditions that led to the decline and inertia of the later Qing Dynasty.
6.
Describe the impact of Qin
contact with Europeans
Unit 3
Chapter 9 - Premodern Vietnam and Korea
1. Describe the characteristics of early
Vietnamese society and culture.
2.
Describe the historical processes behind the spread of Chinese civilization into
Vietnam.
3. Describe the historical processes behind the southward expansion of the
Vietnamese state
4.
Describe the characteristics of early Korean society and culture.
5. Describe the historical processes behind the spread of Chinese civilization
into Korea.
6. Describe characteristics of and the relations
between three kingdoms of Koguryo, Paekche and Silla
Chapter 10 - Premodern Japan
1. Describe the origins of the Japanese people
and their early social, cultural, political and economic development.
2. Describe the historical processes behind the
spread of Chinese civilization into Japan.
3. Describe the major social, cultural,
political and economic developments of the Taika, Nara and Heian periods.
Chapter 11 -Medieval Japan
1. Describe the historical processes that led to
the collapse of the Heian.
2. Describe the major social, cultural,
political and economic developments of the Kamakura period.
3. Describe the historical processes that led to
the end of the Kamakura shogunate and the beginning of the Ashikaga shogunate.
Unit 4
Chapter 12 - The West Arrives In Asia
1. Describe the historical events and processes
that led to the arrival of Europeans in East Asia.
2. Describe the immediate impact of the Spanish,
Portuguese, Russians, Dutch and English in East Asia.
Chapter
_13 -
Tokugawa Japan
1. Describe the major social, cultural,
political and economic developments of the Tokugawa shogunate.
2. Explain how the roles of women and the nature
of the family evolved during the Tokugawa period.
Chapter 14 - Nineteenth Century China
1. Describe the causes and impact of the Opium
War.
2. Describe the impact of traders, missionaries,
treaty ports and mission schools.
3. Describe the causes and impact of the Taiping
Rebellion
4. Explain the major causes for the fall of the
Qing Dynasty
5. Describe the causes and impact of the Boxer
Rebellion.
Chapter 15 -Nineteenth Century Japan
1. Describe the historical processes that led to
the Meiji Restoration.
2. Describe the major social, cultural,
political and economic achievements of the Meiji Restoration.
3. Explain why it was more difficult for China
to face the challenges of western imperialism than it was for Japan.
4. Describe the social, political and economic
causes behind the rise of Japanese imperialism.
Unit 5
Chapter 16 - Imperialism in Korea,
Vietnam and Southeast Asia
1. Describe the imperial record of Japan in
Korea as well as the responses of the colonized.
2. Describe the imperial record of the British
in Burma and Malaya as well as the responses of the colonized.
3. Describe the imperial record of the French in
Indochina, the Dutch in Indonesia and the Americans in the Phillipines as well
as the
responses of the colonized.
Chapter 17-China 1896-1925:
Imperialism & Nationalism
1. Describe the pattern of imperial plundering
by the Russian, French and British that began in 1896.
2. Describe the purpose and the impact of the
Open Door Policy by America.
3. Describe the rise of Chinese Nationalism,
Consitutionalism and the actions of Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Yuan Shikai, Chiang
Kai-shek, the Guomintang, the Chinese Communist Party, the New Social Mobility,
the New Culture Movement and the May 4th
Movement, The Nanjing
Republic, and Mao Tse Tung.
Unit 6
Chapter 18 - China and Japan in the Early Twentieth Century
1. Describe the nationalist strategies,
activities and encounters of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse Tung.
2. Describe the major developments of The
Nanjing Decade.
3. Describe the major developments in Japan in
the 1920's and the Taisho Democracy movement.
4. Describe the events and impact of the
Russo-Japanese war and the Japanese movement into Manchuria.
5. Describe the causes and the immediate effects
of the rise of the militarists in Japan
6. Characterize the Zaibatsu Economy of Japan.
Chapter I9- The Second
World War in Asia
1. Describe the major personalities and events
surrounding the Japanese attack on China.
2. Describe the significance and impact of the
relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and the United States.
3. Describe the events leading up to the Pacific
War.
4. Describe the major political and military
personalities and events of the Pacific War in East Asia.
Chapter 20 - China Since 1945
1. Describe the events leading to and the
aftermath of the Chinese civil war.
2. Describe the tenure of Mao Tse Tung and the
gradual liberalization of the People's Republic of China.
1. Describe the events of the U.S. war in Korea
and the major post-war developments to the present.
2. Describe the events of the U.S. war with
Vietnam and the major post-war developments to the present.