• The Beginning of East Asian Civilization

China

• Early China and the Shang
• The Zhou Dynasty, Confucius, and China's Philosophic Traditions
• The Early Chinese Empire: The Qin and the Han
• The Tang Empire (618-907)

Japan

• Classical Japan (500-1185)

Korea

• Classical Korea (c. 50 BCE-918 CE)

Vietnam

• Vietnam (ca. 3000 BCE to 939 CE) [Coming Soon]

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China

• China's Golden Age: The Song, the Mongols, and the Ming Voyages

Japan

• Medieval Japan (1185-1600)

Korea

• Korea: Koryo (918–1392) and the Mongols (1231-1336) [Coming Soon]

Vietnam

• Vietnam’s Golden Age, 1010-1527: the Ly, the Tran, and the Le [Coming Soon]

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China

• China: The Ming and the Qing

Japan

• Japan: The Tokugawa

Korea

• Korea: the Choson (Yi Dynasty)

Vietnam

• Vietnam: Trinh and Nguyen Lords [Coming Soon]

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China

• China and the West: Imperialism, Opium, and Self-Strengthening (1800-1919)

Japan

• Japan and the West: The Meiji Restoration (1868-1912)

Korea

• Korea: The West and Japan (1860s-1919)

Vietnam

• Vietnam: Nguyen Unification and French Colonization [Coming Soon]

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• Vietnam as a Colony of France, 1862-1954, and Japanese Invasion
• Korea as a Colony of Japan, 1910-1945
• [Coming Soon] WW I and the 1919 Peace Treaty of Versailles
• China in Revolution, 1912-1949
• Japan in China, 1937-1945
• Japan at War with the United States, 1941-1945

China

• China: 1945-present

Japan

• Japan: 1945-present

Korea

• Korea: 1945-present

Vietnam

• Vietnam: 1945-present

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I. The Physical/Historical Setting of China

• Ancient Civilization and Dominant Cultural Center
  
• Agriculture and Population
  
• Family and State
  
• The Perfectibility of Man and the Moral Role of Government
  
• The Individual and Society
  
• Legalism and a Strong State
  
• Advanced Commercial Development in Place of Industrial Development

II. Modern China

• China Before the Modern Era
  
• China in the 18th and 19th Centuries During the Period of European Economic Expansion
  
• The West in China
  
• China's Response to Imperialism
  
• Revolution and War

III. Contemporary China

• China Since 1949
  
• Maoist Policies
  
• Policy Changes Since Mao
  
• Agrarian Policy and Economic Development
  
• The Family and State in China Today
  
• State and Society: Democracy and Centralism
  
• China's Cultural Identity: Defining What It Means to be Chinese

IV. China Today in Global Context

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I. The Physical/Historical Setting of Japan

• Island Country in a Regional Setting
  
• Mountains and Sea
  
• Men Among Men: The Government

II. Dynamics of Change: Modernization

• "Tradition" Defined
  
• The West in Asia
  
• Modernization
  
• Imperialism and War: 1905-1945

III. Contemporary Nations and Cultures — Postwar Japan

• Postwar Reform: 1945-1955 and Thereafter
  
• Economic Recovery and Growth
  
• Social Relations
  
• School and Work
  
• Culture Preserved

IV. Japan in Global Context

• Japan and the World
  
• The Future of the World
  
• Conclusion

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I. Korea in Its Physical and Cultural Environment

• Physical Setting
  
• Cultural Influences
  
• Strategic Position and National Division

II. Traditional Korea

• Independence and Identity
  
• Origins of the Korean People
  
• Three Kingdoms (c. 50 BCE–668 CE)
  
  • Development of a Writing System
    
• Unified Silla (668–935)
  
• Koryo (918–1392)
  
  • Mongol Domination (1231–1336)
    
• Choson (Yi) (1392–1910)
  
  • Invasion and Seclusion (16th Century)
    
  • Two Centuries of Peace (1600–1850s)
    
  • Imperialism, Western and Japanese (1850s–1910)

III. Colonialism, Liberation, and Civil War (1910-1953)

• Japanese Colonial Rule (1910–45)
  
• Liberation, Division and War (1945–53)

IV. Contemporary Korea (1953-present)

• Economic and Political Development in the Two Koreas Today
  
• North–South Relations Today
  
• Korea and the World Today

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I. Vietnam in Its Physical and Cultural Environment

• Physical Setting
• Cultural Influences

II. Outline of Vietnam's History by Time Period and Region

• 4000 BCE-300 CE
• 300 CE-1450
• 1450-1919
• 1900-present

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I. Southeast Asia and America since 1492

II. Where Is Southeast Asia?

III. Americans in Southeast Asia

• Spanish-American War
  
• Second World War
  
• Vietnam War

IV. Southeast Asians in the United States

V. The People of Southeast Asia

• Mountains, Lowlands, and Cities
  
• Language and Culture
  
• Religions in Southeast Asia: Hindu and Buddhist, Islamic, Christian, Confucian

VI. Politics in Southeast Asia

VII. Southeast Asia in the Larger World

VIII. The Future of United States-Southeast Asia Relations

IX. Map of Southeast Asia

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I. The Physical/Historical Setting of South Asia

• Geography
  
• History
  
  • Beginnings: the Indus Valley Civilization
    
  • The Aryans and Their Contributions
    
  • Heterodox Religions: Buddhism and Jainism
    
  • Early Empires and Classical Indian Civilization
    
  • Growth of the Bhakti or Devotional Movement
    
  • Regional Kingdoms in South and Eastern India, ca. 500-1200
    
  • Islamic Period

II. Dynamics of Change

• 18th Century Struggle for Dominance: Indian and Western Powers
  
• Changes under the British Raj
  
• Nationalism, ca. 1885-1928
  
• To Partition, 1928-47: the Hindu-Muslim Divide

III. Contemporary Society and Government

• Consequences of Partition and National Integration
  
• Politics and Government
  
• Population Increase and Economic Development
  
• Social Changes, Struggles for Equality, and Human Rights

IV. The Global Context

• Background
  
• India's Positive Neutrality
  
• South Asia and the United States, the Soviet Union, and China
  
• The Nuclear Issue
  
• Afghanistan
  
• The South Asian "Diaspora"

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