CAS AR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Hutong
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Ar101 lecture 27: looting & the antiquities trade. Jungle encroachment: earthquakes, settlement of soft soil foundations, molds & fungus. Domestic unrest/religious wars: cultural revolution (1966-1976) in china, ajodhya, india, preah vihear temple complex on cambodian-thai border. Courts always agree w/ cambodia & thailand refuses to believe it. Attacked businesses owned by other country in both countries after a. Thai movie star made an offhand comment that of course preah vihear is thai: afghanistan. Wars & military actions: parthenon, opium wars. China lost against british & they took hong kong. China captured a group of 12 diplomats & tortured them to death & French & british retaliated by sacking of imperial palace in beijing. China trying to buy back all the pieces that were taken. 12 bronze zodiac heads from the fountain: wwi: cathedral of reims, france (1225) germans accused french of killing soldiers. Allies thousand bomber raid over german cities (e. g. cologne,