Chapter+1+Pacific+Century

=**[|Chapter 1] //"Dynasties, Empires, and Ages of Commerce: Pacific Asia to the Nineteenth Century"//**=

After a brief introduction to the areas geography we will commence on a journey to examine the dynasties of China and Korea, and the changes that occur in Japan. We have a real challenging read to do in our class. The text material for this section starts on p. 9 and finishes on p. 43 (//"The Nature of Manchu Control"//). It is probably too much reading for the time we have, so we will be shortening it. Thus, here is your mission:
 * **Each of you will read 1 to 2 pages of text.**
 * **Note the most important points made in your pages.**
 * **Below are the way the sections should be read:**
 * 1) **p. 9-10**
 * 2) **//p. 11 to "The Rival Schools"//**
 * 3) **//"The Rival Schools" to "The Han Dynasty and the Chinese Language"//**
 * 4) **//"The Han Dynasty and..." to "The Han and its Western Contacts"//**
 * 5) **//"The Han and its Western..." to "The Early Han and the Rise of Confucianism"//**
 * 6) **//"The Early Han and the Rise..." to "The Rise of Koguryo"//**
 * 7) **//"The Rise of Koguryo" to "Ancient Japan"//**
 * 8) **//"Ancient Japan" to "Silla: The Unification of Korea"//**
 * 9) **//"Silla: The Unification..." to "The Buddhist Age.."//**
 * 10) **//"The Buddhist Age.." to "Daoism and Buddhism"//**
 * 11) "//**Daoism and Buddhism" to "Buddhist Influences in Korea and Japan"**//
 * 12) //**"Buddhist Influences..." to "Kingdom of Koryo"**//
 * 13) //**"Kingdom of Koryo" to "Decline of the Tang in China"**//
 * 14) //**"Decline of the Tang in China" to "The Song Dynasty & Pacific Commerce"**//
 * 15) //**"The Song Dynasty &..." to "The Southern Song Dynasty and Neo-Confucianism"**//
 * 16) //**"The Southern Song Dynasty.." to "The Mongol Empire and.."**//
 * 17) //**"The Mongol Empire and.." to "The Rejuvenation of East-West Exchanges"**//
 * 18) //**"The Rejuvenation of East-West Exchanges" to "Ming Dynasty"**//
 * 19) //**"Ming Dynasty" to "Hideyoshi: Japan Looks West"**//
 * 20) //**"Hideyoshi: Japan Looks West" to "Rise of Tokugawa: Shogunate"**//
 * 21) //**"Rise of Tokugawa Shogunate" to "Tokugawa Isolationism"**//
 * 22) //**"Tokugawa Isolationism" to The Nature of Manchu Control"**//
 * **You are to be prepared to peer teach what you have learned and noted to members of the class.**
 * **FINAL PRODUCT - all members of class will have notes for the entire chapter and period, about three thousand years give or take a century..WOW!**
 * **Peer teach and take notes ... using this [|Google Doc]**