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- The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... Hotel on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing Empire of China ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- Korea had been annexed by the Japanese Empire, and remained under the control ... they published the news, and eight members of the newpaper staff were jailed ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king ... Gwanghaegun endeared himself to generations of Koreas for guiding ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century long Korean ... an heir. The Dowager Queen Sinjeong, mother of King Heonjong, the king before ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- formed in 1907 among the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ... With the onset of World War I, the world would see the two alliances ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- His philological works include Wen Shi (文始 "The Origin of ... An activist as well as scholar, he produced a great amount of political ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- The Mongol invasions of Korea (1231 - 1273) consisted of a series ... the challenge, as they later rose during Japan's invasion of Korea ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- |allegiance=Empire of Japan |serviceyears=1868-–1898 |rank=Field Marshal ... Army and the third and ninth Prime Minister of Japan. A general and a member ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- |combatant1=[[Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg|22px]] Empire of Japan ... ambitions of Russian Empire and Empire of Japan, in Manchuria and Korea ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 10:20, 22 September 2023
- Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji Tennō, literally “emperor of ... but he presided over the Westernization of Japan by abolishing the feudal ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Pasir Panjang initiated upon the advancement of elite ... the Malay archipelago for its key importance of protecting trade to China. ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- Ganghwa Island (江華島), known as the first line of defense for ... island in South Korea, sits in the estuary of the Han River on the west coast ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- term that refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ... The roots of the Zhonghua minzu lie in the multi-ethnic Qing Empire ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- The German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... Aside from migration within the Empire of Japan or its puppet state ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- - 1662), was a military leader at the end of the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Born ... Zheng Chenggong was a prominent leader of the Ming loyalist movement ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, "period of enlightened ... and Dutch) were threatening the Empire of Japan, and that the only solution ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- and Sinologist, and is still considered one of the world's great Asian ... Japanese and achieved a remarkable degree of fluency and erudition. He never ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- or Chandragupta Vikramaditya) stands as one of the most powerful emperors ... during his reign. He sponsored a circle of poets known as the Nine Gems ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- and the planned invasion of the Empire of Japan; Churchill was pressing ... *Stalin agreed to enter the fight against the Empire of Japan within ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- The Dutch Empire is the name given to the various territories controlled ... global commerce during the second half of the seventeenth century. A ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- The Records of Three Kingdoms (三國志, 三国志, Sānguó Zhì ... Records of Three Kingdoms became the basis for a later historical ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- in the Near East, spread to the Byzantine Empire, and from there along the ... in the Near East, spread to the Byzantine Empire, and from there along the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ... place at the center with varying degrees of success. The Sinocentric tribute ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- of the Korean peninsula to the Empire of Japan.Qing Dynasty China cedes ... |combatant2=Japan|alt Empire of Japan |commander1=China|qing Li Hongzhang ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... of China had been fighting the Empire of Japan since 1937. ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- [[File:KarlHaushofer.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of Karl Haushofer, circa ... who developed the German concept of Geopolitik. An army officer ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... Mayo has become associated with celebration of Mexican-American culture. ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Echigo province during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history and nearly ... At the age of fourteen, Kenshin was urged by Usami Sadamitsu and a ...16 KB (2,605 words) - 11:26, 18 April 2023
- Fort Pasir Panjang, or Labrador Battery, located at the southern tip ... the world, understood the importance of coaling stations and coastal ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor ... This genealogy shows the line of succession from the founding monarch ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Japan's justification for abducting Korean, Chinese, and Southeast ... Some Japanese historians, using the diaries and testimony of military ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- battle occurred incidental to the mission of the General Sherman to attempt ... and passed a law that prohibited the return of shipwrecked seaman, especially ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, or Logos, rather than ... The Assyrian Church of the East refused to drop support for Nestorius ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- , is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. With a population of ... was more than doubled by an influx of refugees from the north. Busan ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- Korean empress Queen Min was assassinated in the early hours of October ... instigated the assassination. The course of Korean history took a tragic ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- 270px|Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France. circa ... Concubinage refers to the state of a woman or youth (known as the ...20 KB (2,953 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- Min, married to King Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902 ... Queen Min, an unlikely person to take the reins of Korea during the ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral ... replacing it for practical reasons, the use of the abacus continues to be ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Mitsui Group is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (keiretsu ... shogunate and began operating a system of money exchanges. They received ...22 KB (3,120 words) - 12:54, 10 March 2023
- Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Japanese empire, referred to themselves as ... States had declared war against the Empire of Japan. Japan had been annexing ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. This blanket ... Orthodoxy split from the larger body of the Christian Church centuries ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- Meiji-jidai) denotes the 45 year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in ... it, the 1889 Constitution of the Empire of Japan (the Meiji Constitution ...24 KB (3,557 words) - 04:15, 9 November 2022
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- until 1910, lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running ... Shortly following the declaration of the Korean Empire in 1897, the ...39 KB (5,704 words) - 03:49, 6 August 2022
- The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered one of the richest north temperate ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second ... Hokkaidō did not officially become part of Japan until 1868, and ...26 KB (3,650 words) - 13:21, 1 February 2024
- considered the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two ... writings influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- |p1 = Empire of Japan |flag_p1 = Flag_of_Japan_-_variant.svg ... At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Dutch) chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... ratified by Spain (at the time, the Crowns of Castile and Aragon), July 2 ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures ... ==Meaning of the term== Orientalism derives from a Latin word oriens ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- is an entity responsible for the money of its country or of its group ... Though the primary purpose of a central bank is to act as a financial ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- explorer to Africa. Seeking the headwaters of the Nile River, he explored ... a businessman. After a short experience of office work proved him to be ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's ... Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria (Northeast China) and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- :This article is about the legal term alien referring to citizens ... country or is not a native or citizen of the land in which they live ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 00:39, 9 January 2023
- in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1923. Part of the wide White Russian resistance movement, the Volunteer ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- who is most famous for his mission to Japan, which opened that country ... he was only 15 years old, under the command of his older brother Oliver Hazard ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- born Hiyoshi-maru日吉丸; coming of age (Genpuku) as Kinoshita ... Hideyoshi is noted in Japanese history for a number of political and ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 12:36, 18 April 2023
- began in 1873, just prior to the Treaty of Ganghwa in 1874 between Japan ... Korea has sometimes been described as a shrimp between two whales ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- 1586) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle ... his goals and slowly expanded his world of relationships and issues. ...6 KB (961 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- , born Yáng Yùhuán (楊玉環), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient ... been a court favorite, began the Rebellion of Anshi, taking the capital of ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan that manufactures automobiles ... In the 1950s, the management of Nissan made a conscious decision to ...26 KB (3,647 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- and the Diamond Vehicle) refers to a family of Buddhist lineages found primarily ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- system known as Civil law. For the area of law in common law countries ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- has such standing. There are also a variety of ways such endorsement occurs ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- This article is an overview of the history of Korea, up to the division ... However, Korea's history has been one of constant struggle between forces ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- and fresh sound rooted in the traditions of earlier country stars such ... depended on his camaraderie and talents of his partner and best friend ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath ... invade and liberate Malaya when the Emperor of Japan surrendered. Noted for ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- The Ethiopian Empire, also known as Abyssinia, in what is now Ethiopia ... In the twentieth century, the last emperor of Ethiopia took on special ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- During the 1930s and early 1940s, the Empire of Japan controlled the ... Union|border=1px solid black #AE4242|Empire of Japan|border=1px solid black]] ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese independence, and the ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty from November ... and China was defeated by Britain. In view of the weakness of the Qing government ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Derived from the ... Most tombs reflect a system of religious beliefs, and are used by ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- #039;s call for the immediate independence of India. Its aim was to bring ... Gandhi's speech, and the greater number of the Congress leaders spent ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- Tulip is the common name for any member of the thousands of varieties ... While the flowers advance the tulip species' individual purpose ...14 KB (2,216 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture ... they have adopted their values and standards of behavior. The problem is that ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- as Gando, refers to northeastern parts of the People's Republic ... Today, most of the region resides in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- The French campaign against Korea of 1866, known as Byeonginyangyo ... Though Joseon Dynasty Korea maintained a policy of isolation from ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Fascist Italian state and the Ethiopian Empire (also called Abyssinia). ... The Italian Empire was officially recognized by the Empire of Japan ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- Korea has one of the longest continuous histories of any kingdom or ... North Korea and South Korea. The borders of Korea have fluctuated throughout ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
