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Invaders from Asia drove the Ainu into northern Japan.
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May 18, 1100
Real power rested with a Powerful warlord called a shogun.
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May 18, 1200
Mongolia - Mongol invaders led by Genghis Khan overthrew the Sung dynasty
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May 20, 1274
When the Mongols tried to inavde, the Japanese put aside their rivalries.
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May 18, 1279
Mongolia - Genghis Khan ruled all of china
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May 18, 1500
China - European influences reached China by sea.
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May 18, 1500
Portugese traders arrived in Japan
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May 23, 1500
Europeans came to Southeast Asia
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May 18, 1557
The first people to arrive were the Portugese who set up a trading colony at Macao
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The Japanese drove out European traders and the missionaries
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Japan remained largely cut off from the world
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China lost several wars and failed to keep out the European powers, Japan and the U.S.
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The British and French set up plantations for growing export crops.
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China lost Hong Kong to the British.
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A group of samurai demanding reforms overthrew the last shogun.
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Japan had a constitution and parliamentary system of government
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Japan captured Taiwan.
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The Japanese took the island of Taiwan from China
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Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.
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Japan annexed Korea.
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Rebels under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last Chinese dynasty and formed the Republic of China
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Japans empire also included mny islands in the North Pacific.
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Japan took over Manchuria
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Japan invaded eastern China
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Japan signed an alliance with Germany and Italy
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After Japans defeat the Nationalists and Communists fought for control of China
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The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The Communists won and set up the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong
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The Soviet and U.S. occupation forces withdrew
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North Korea invaded South Korea sparking the Korean War.
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North Korea and South Korea signed an armistice to end the fighting.
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To improve China's economy, Mao launched the Great Leap Forward
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The Cultural Revolution delayed China's economic development and brought Chaos to the country.
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After Mao's Death, Deng Xiaoping came to power.
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Burma changed its name to Myanmar