HI 259 Quiz Flashcards
The Asian Military Revolution
Author: Peter Lorge
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Bushido: Soul of Japan
Inazo Nitobe
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The Good Man of Nanking
John Rabe
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Hidded by Leaves
Tsunetomo
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
J. Weatherford
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Term Tests
1st: February 4th
2nd: March 11
14% each
25 mins for 1-2 page responce
Written Assignment
Due: March 25th
2300-2500 words (7-8pages)
30%
Sign up for topic: Jan 21
Battle of Ain Jalut
Sept. 3rd, 1260
- Between Mongols & Mameluk Sultanate
- Modern-day Israel
Battle of Nagashino
June 28th, 1575
- Takrda Katsutori & allies v. Oda Nobunaga & allies (including Ieyasu Tokugawa)
- N.E. Japan; Mikawa province
Battle of the Midway
June 4-7 1942
- American v. Japan
- mid-Pacific
Sino-Japanese War
Aug 1894 - Apr 1895
- China v. Japan
Russo-Japanese War
Feb 1904 - Sept 1905
- Russia v. Japan
Warring States/Spring & Autumn Period
~5th c. BCE - 221 BCE
Battle of Tsushima/Sea of Japan
May 27-28 1905
- Japanese Imperial Navy v. Russian Baltic Fleet
- Decisive Japanese victory, Japanese commander Admiral Togo hailed as a national hero
Battle of Dan-no-ura
March 24 1185
- Genpai War
- Minamoto clan v. Taira clan
- Naval Engagement
- Southern tip of Honshu
- Decisive Minamoto victory
An Lushan Rebellion
755-763
- rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, China
Treaty of Portsmouth
Sept 5th 1905
- Officially ended the Russo-Japanese war
Sengoku Period
1467-1603
Seige of Xiangyang
1267 - March 14, 1273
- End of Southern Song dynasty by Mongolian Yuan Dynasty
Boshin War
1868-1869
- Japanese civil war between ruling Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial Court loyals
Battle of Dartsedo
Jan 28th, 1701
- Qing Dynasty v. Tibet
Genpei War
1180-1185
- Taira v. Minamoto
Taiping Rebellion
Dec 1850 - Aug 1864
- S. Chinese, Civil War
Battle of Jamrud
April 30th, 1837
- Emirate of Afganistan v. Sikh Empire
Opium Wars
1st: 1839-42
2nd: 1856-60
Battle Shiroyama
Sept. 24, 1877
- Last battle of the Satsuma Rebellion
Treaty of Shimonoseki
April 17th, 1895
- end of Sino-Japanese War
Boxer Rebellion
1898-1900
Battle of Yalu River
1st: Sept 17, 1894
2nd: April 30-May 1 1904
Chinese Civil War
1927 - 1936, 1946-1950
Battle of Lake Poyang
Aug - Oct 1363
- battle in war for control of China
Pearl Harbour
Dec 7th, 1941
Washington Naval Conference
1921-22
Battle of Plassey
June 23, 1757
Satsuma Rebellion
1877
Sepoy Mutiny/Indian Mutiny
1857