Japan,+Korea+and+Vietnam

1. ESPIRIT: Japan

- Japan borrowed ideas from China to use in their economy and help their society. - Japan traded with China using sea trade. - Got involved with Europe during medieval times, organized the guilds, artisans and merchants.
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- The citizens started to change to a barbarians life style because peasants started to steal from others land. - the __Daimyos__ introduced tax collecting and supporting the arrogation system with their domain. - Woman in Japan were treated the same way in China, but over time woman became more as a defenseless appendages to warriors. - __Samurai:__ :loyal to their lords rather then the high court. - __Shoguns:__ were the military leaders of the military type of government. - Japanese woman however lost the roles in the villages at religious ceremonies. - Men started to take over woman's roles within the society, so they started to dress up as woman.
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- Japan was based around imperialism. - __Taika Reforms__: aimed to revamp the imperial administrations to follow the Chinese. - Court system to make judgments between each other. - __Fujiwara__: exercise the influence of imperial affairs. - __Bushi__: administrated laws, viewed over public projects and collected revenues for the court. - __Taira__: controlled the upper court and the emperor. - __Minamoto__: had powerful networks of alliances that made them superior to the leaders. - __Bakufu__: military government.
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- The //Tale of a Genji// was written by Lady Muraski.
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- __Seppuku__: was a belief by a samurai that if they lost in battle, then they lost honor for his family but, if they kill themselves it restores the honor to the family.
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- __Gempei Wars__: raged on for five years that showed the anger in the main island of Honshu. But the was brought suffering to the peasantry causing farmland to become ravaged. - __Ashikaga Takua__ji: led a revolt against the bushi government to over throw the Kamahura regime.
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- Created new tools to help the peasantry class. - Made bigger drafts for animals. - New crops to help feed the society called soy- beans. - Created heavy armor to protect the soldiers in battle. - Better swords that had more of a curve to it that would help soldiers fight better and impale the enemy causing more damage. - Stone forts: stronger then the wooden ones causing more of a defense against invaders.
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4. Summary: China's influence on Japan, Korea and Vietnam

As China started to spread because of advancement in technology, it influenced other regions in Asia; Japan, Korea and Vietnam. China influenced them in technology, politics, the economy and the society. Japan became influenced by China through politics like becoming imperialistic by giving them the Taika Reforms to help the administrations follow in the chinese culture. China also helped Japans society by giving woman the same rights they have within chinese society to make them bit equal to men. Korea was other region under China's influence. Korea payed tribute to the chinese emperors, and also Buddhism being a key link connecting the two regions. Vietnam was originally named Nam but was given the name Viet from the Chinese. China gave the Vietnamese superior technology, modes of political organization and ideas. Vietnam was influenced politically causing the region to have more features within society. Influenced the levels of Buddhism and the development in art,literature and poetry that gave Vietnam culture like the Chinese. Technology of China influenced Vietnam as well, they gave them cropping techniques and irrigation that made agriculture in Vietnam more productive. Caused Vietnam to be more military organized and helped them have chinese style palaces.