Changes during WWII

Causes:
Germany's aggression over Austria
Japan's attack on China
Japan's attack on Hawaii
Italy's attack on Ethiopia

Outcomes:
Germany was split up, and supervised by the Allied powers
Japan was occupied by the US, and its colonies were taken away
Italy didn't matter anyways.

Change Over Time: WWI

Changes: Peoples previously lumped under one empire were split up, because of the Treaty of Versailles
Evidence:
Treaty of Versailles
Ottoman Empire
Former Austria-Hungary

Continuities: World Powers were kept intact, because they won the war
France
US
Great Britain
Continuites: colonization persisted
Germany colonies were passed on to Great Britain and Japan
Other colonies remained colonies (India, etc)

Excuse the extremely large picture, circles represent changes

Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids

The book puts these empires together mainly because of their similar religion. By doing so, the book suggests that it maybe more relevant to group societies by their religions and thus belief structures later in the future as well, more so than their geographic location. Also, by grouping all of the empires in one chapter, the book implies that they are not important enough to have a chapter of their own.

Fabian Fucan

The religious attack is one by supporting Confucianism and Buddhism. The cultural aspect shows that he thinks that Christians are inferior when he refers to them as barbarians. When he explains that the Christians took over the Philippines and Mexico, it was a historical aspect to his attack. His political aspect is that he believes that they Weill try to take over every country. He also sees the Christians as people who will risk their lives for their religion.

#QianLongStyle

The point of view in this document is one of arrogance. As the king has been isolated in the forbidden city for his entire lifetime, he believes that he is superior to everyone else. Also, being the emperor of China, he is therefore the "son of heaven", and thereby superior to others. Finally, Chinese history is one of dominance, and therefore be has no reason to be polite, and he can be arrogant if he wants to.

History's Predictive Value

Based on our group's predictions for China's Ming and Qing dynasties, history can be a relatively accurate way to predict the future of a region. Matt's prediction about population was right on the mark, and my prediction of the gender structure and religion of China was correct. When given the background information of knowing the continued patterns of the region, the future can be accurately predicted. Even when given a sudden change, like China's isolation movement, predictions like Amit's on economics were still correct.

Religious and Gender-based change in China

Religious:
As Confucianism or some variant has been present throughout much of China's history, I expect it to continue through the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Gender-based:
Patriarchy has been present throughout China's history as well, so I expect it to continue.

Both of these predictions were correct, with gender structure becoming even more extreme, and neo-Confucianism was continued.