POLI 2469- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)
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Syllables based on consonant and vowel, or just vowel alone (except when n is at :) daimyo : dai-i-myo shogun: sho-gu-n samurail sa-mu-rai-i. Asian order family name rst, given name second. Abe shinzo japanese names are put in the western order. 1600 - 1868 feudal political order pre-modern economy ( not capable of fending o western military power. Japan hear about what was happening in china with the opium wars had some warning about it. 1853: commodore perry sails into edo bay to open japan to trade. 1858: japan signs unequal treaty with us, followed soon by other western powers. Tokugawa japan undermine tokugawa rule with contact with the west, religion. Tokugawa ieyasu gains hegemony and establishes stable political order (that lasts until. 1868) uni ed political authority under tokugawa regime tokugawa shogun set up an o cial feudal order, daimyo had authority over domains. Feudal order tokugawa shogun (feudal overlord) daimyo (feudal lords) samurai class imperial institution.
