MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

HIS114  1994 Fall – 2009 Summer II

History of Eastern Civilizations 1850 to Present

1.

Identify and locate the various Asian states on a map. (I-IV)

2.

Describe the people, culture, and society of China in the mid- nineteenth century, including the role of the imperial government. (I)

3.

Describe the interaction between China and the European barbarians and its impact on Chinese society and government. (I)

4.

Describe the movement of Japan from isolation to world power, and examine the challenges that this posed for Japanese society and government. (I)

5.

Describe the expansionist efforts of Japan in the era prior to World War I with particular emphasis on the Russo Japanese War. (I)

6.

Describe the relationship between the British and the population of India prior to World War I. (II)

7.

Describe the developments taking place in the Islamic world prior to World War I. (II)

8.

Describe the nature and impact of imperialism in the region of southeast Asia prior to World War I. (II)

9.

Describe the changes taking place in China through the 1920's. (III)

10.

Describe the struggle between China and Japan, the rise of communism, and the resulting collapse of the Kounintang. (III)

11.

Describe the modernization and imperialistic actions of Japan prior to World War II. (III)

12.

Describe events in Japan during World War II and the post war era. (III)

13.

Describe the forces of nationalism and the independence movements in the Indian subcontinent and the establishment of an independent India and Pakistan. (IV)

14.

Describe the modernization of Turkey and the political developments up to the present. (IV)

15.

Describe the changing face of Iran and the Middle East following World War I. (IV)

16.

Describe the growing nationalism and the independence movements in Indonesia and the Philippines. (IV)

17.

Describe developments in Indo China from the French era to the present. (IV)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

HIS114  1994 Fall – 2009 Summer II

History of Eastern Civilizations 1850 to Present

I. Asia in the era prior to World War I

A. China the middle land

1. Land and people

2. Culture and society

3. Role of imperial government

B. China and the barbarians

1. Early contact with the east

2. The Canton trade

3. The opium war

4. The treaty settlements

C. Manchu China on the defensive

1. Rebellion and revolt

2. More foreign trouble

3. Failure of T'ai P'ing

4. Other rebel movements

5. Efforts at revival and reform

D. Chinese diplomatic system under stress

1. China and her neighbors

2. The plight of Korea

3. The Sino-Japanese war

4. The scramble for concessions

E. Chinese attempts to meet the new challenges

1. Initial efforts at reform

2. The boxer rebellion

3. Boxer settlement and results

F. Japan: land of the rising sun

1. Early Japan

2. Contact with other lands

3. The opening of Japan

G. Movement toward change and modernization

1. Downfall of the Shogunate

2. The Meiji restoration

3. Reorganization and resistance

H. The growing new order in Japan

1. New rules and democratic movement

2. The crisis of 1881

3. Development of political parties

4. Preparations for constitution

5. An era of change in Japan

I. Expansion of the empire

1. Russo-Japanese rivalry

2. Reasons for Japanese expansion

3. Russo-Japanese war

4. Results of the war

II. South Asia and the Middle East prior to World War I

A. India the subcontinent

1. The land and people

2. The West comes to India

3. Indian hostility and Seppy revolt

4. British india-latter 19th Century

B. Efforts at Indian nationalism before World War I

1. A restless people

2. A wind for change

3. Efforts to counter Hindu movements

C. Middle East world

1. The land and people

2. Village, city, and tribe

3. Early historical development

D. Development of the Islamic world

1. The rise and spread of Islam

2. The Moslem middle ages

E. The 19th Century Moslem world

1. The Ottoman empire

2. Persia-Iran and Afghanistan

3. The Egyptian state

4. The Maghrib region

5. The Arab part of Asia

F. The lands of southeast Asia

1. The land and people

2. The early history

3. Contact with the west

G. Imperialism in southeast Asia

1. Case of the Philippines

2. The Netherlands East Indies

3. British areas of southeast Asia

4. French Indo-China

5. The unique experience of Siam

III. East Asia in the 20th Century

A. China in turmoil

1. The end of the old regime

2. China through World War I

3. Rising Koumintang power

4. Challenge to religion and culture

B. The early challenge of communism

1. Forces encouraging communism

2. Early Chinese communist movement

C. China at war

1. The Manchurian situation

2. Japanese aggression - Chinese reaction

D. China and Japan at war

1. The undeclared war

2. The internal situation in China

3. Growing communist power

E. The World War II era in China

1. The war years

2. Diplomacy among the allied powers

F. The collapse of the Koumintang

1. Post war confusion

2. Fall of the Koumintang

G. Japan to 1919

1. Korea and Manchuria after 1905

2. Japanese government to 1918

3. Japan in World War I

H. Party government in Japan - 1918 to 1931

1. Aftermath of World War I

2. The era of party government

3. Downfall of the party government

I. The Japanese road to war

1. Militarism and Manchuria

2. Japan in the 1930's

3. The road to war

4. Japan expands south

5. Breakdown of Japanese - western rel.

J. Japan in World War II

1. The move to war

2. The war years

K. Japan after World War II

1. The occupation era

2. Changes in law and government

3. Economic changes in Japan

4. Economic rehabilitation

5. The peace treaty

IV. South Asia and the Middle East in the 20th Century

A. British India and change

1. The World War I era

2. Gandhi and Indian nationalism

3. The era of transition

B. Movement toward independence

1. Extension of self rule

2. Problems from the minorities

3. The ear of British rules

4. Movement toward partition

5. Agreement on partition

C. India and Pakistan after independence

1. The union of India

2. Indian governmental system in action

3. Pakistan - a Moslem land

D. The modernization of Turkey

1. The young Turks

2. Turkey and World War I

3. The Middle East and peace conference

4. Allied domination and Turk reaction

5. Turkey and World War II

6. Turkey moves toward democracy

7. Crisis with Greece and Cyprus

8. Modern Turkish politics

E. Iran in the twentieth century

1. Unrest and revolution

2. The Iran of Shah Reza

3. Occupation of Iran

4. Imperialism and nationalism

5. Iran and the West

F. The lands of the Fertile Crescent

1. The French in Lebanon and Syria

2. The land of Iraq

G. The postwar Fertile Crescent

1. Republic of Lebanon

2. Republic of Syria

3. The land of Iraq

H. Arabia, Palestine, and Jordan

1. Saudi Arabia

2. The land of Palestine

3. The land of Jordan

I. The Indonesian Islands

1. The Netherlands East Indies

2. The impact of war and peace

3. The Republic of Indonesia

J. The Philippine Islands

1. The era of American control

2. War era in the Philippines

3. Republic of the Philippines

K. The Indo Chinese peninsula

1. Indo China under the French

2. Wartime Indo China and the postwar era

3. Cambodia, the Khmer land

4. The problems of Laos

5. The two Vietnams