Islamic Expansion into India: The Background The Delhi Sultanate, 1206–1526 The Mughal Empire, 1526–1858 Suggested Readings and Viewings 12 On the Indian and Chinese Northern Frontiers Introduction The Mongol Empire The Manchu Empire Siberia Suggested Readings and Viewings 13 On the Indian and Chinese Southern Frontiers Development of Kingdoms in Southeast Asia Cambodia/Kampuchea Siam/Thailand Burma/Myanmar Indonesia Philippines and Guam Vietnam Suggested Readings and Videos 14 European Empires in Asia Introduction The Revolutionary West in Asia Revolutionary Western Civilization Revolutionary Western Civilization Moves East Suggested Readings and Viewings
11 Introduction to Part 2 15 Foreign Incursions, Domestic Challenges, and Late Qing Dynastic Decline Introduction First and Second Opium Wars Reduce Imperial China to a Semi‐Colony Rebellion and Reform Selected Readings and Viewings 16 The Birth of Republicanism in China, 1911–1949 The Republican Revolution (1911) and the Founding of the Republic of China (1912) Warlordism (1916–1928) The May 4th Movement (1919) The Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang and the Republic of China: The Nanjing Decade (1928–1937) The Second Sino‐Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II (1939–1945) The Nationalist‐Communist Civil War, 1945–1949 Suggested Readings and Viewings 17 The People’s Republic of China, 1949– Mao’s 27 Years (1949–1976) Deng Xiaoping’s Reforms (1978–1989) Problems Suggested Readings and Viewings 18 Japan’s Rapid Modernization, 1868–1918 Meiji Restoration, 1868–1873 Emergence of Modern Japan On the War Path to Build an Empire The Russo‐Japanese War, 1904–1905 Japan and World War I, 1914–1918 Suggested Readings and Viewings 19 Japan Goes from Liberalism to Militarism, 1918–1945 The Era of Party Government, 1918–1931 The Ascendance of Militarism in the 1930s Japan in the Second Sino‐Japanese War and World War II, 1937–1945 Suggested Readings and Viewings 20 Japan since World War II Japan’s American Revolution, 1945–1952 Japan’s Transformation during the Cold War, 1952–1989 Japan in Recent Years Suggested Readings and Viewings 21 Korea in Modern Times Foreign Incursions Early Efforts at Modernization and Japanese Influence The Korean Empire (1897–1910) and the Gwangmu Reform Korea under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1910–1945 Korea after World War II Suggested Readings and Viewings 22 The European Struggle for India and the Emergence of Indian Resistance, 1707–1914 Introduction