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History of the East - course 5925 rub. from Level One, training 10 lectures for 2 hours, Date: November 29, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 02, 2023
Together with Konstantin Mikhailov, we will go on a trip to the East to better understand both him and ourselves. We will have 10 lectures about the Chinese Ming Empire, the Ottoman and Persian Empires, their beauty and power, about the century of colonies and the path to independence, and about the 20th century - the era of change. Let's look at world history from an unusual perspective - this will make Eastern culture and the events that are happening in the world today closer and more understandable.
“It seems to me that the history of religion is the shortest path to understanding what goes on in people’s heads. And there is nothing more interesting than people in the world. It may, of course, seem that religious studies is something special and abstruse. This is partly true, but there is no such complex material that cannot be presented clearly and interestingly. Unless, of course, the listener is afraid of the new, because in the religions of the world, especially in unusual, distant religions, there is a lot that calls into question even our most ordinary ideas."
Age of Empires: Ming China
The largest, most powerful, richest state on Earth is the Chinese Ming Empire. It would seem that she was created in order to rule the world, begin colonization and determine the history of mankind. But none of this happened, and the Ming era remained in the history of the East as an example of a brilliant rise and a tragic decline. How and why did this happen?
Age of Empires: The Gunpowder Empires of the Ottomans, Persians and Mughals
The Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire and the Mughal Empire in India are three great states that, in the early modern times, dominated the entire space from North Africa to Bengal. How is it that they managed to capture Delhi and Constantinople, threaten Vienna and Moscow, but failed to carry out the industrial and scientific revolution?
Age of Empires: Europeans come to the Far East
In the 16th century, Europeans reached the Far East - and this completely changed the life of Japan and China. Gunpowder weapons determined the outcome of local crises, European silver influenced local economies, Christianity won thousands of hearts. But not everyone liked the arrival of Europeans. Meanwhile, Japan and China were developing their own unique cultures, which determined the development of the Far East until the beginning of the 19th century.
Age of Colonies: Japan and China Open Up to the World
Changes in the 19th century forced the Far East to open up to the outside world. But this turned out very differently for local states. Japan made an unprecedented leap forward, rapidly catching up with Western countries, and China fell into a severe crisis. The world of the East was changing beyond recognition.
The Age of Colonies: the struggle of Russia and England for Central Asia
In the 19th century, difficult times came for the Islamic world: even those regions that were not colonized by Europeans found themselves under constant pressure from European countries. They were at the center of the Great Game, the great political confrontation between the British and Russian empires for control of Central Asia. Turkish wars, Persian crises, Russian and English colonization, invasions of Afghanistan, wars in the Caucasus - the destinies of half the continent are intertwined in this bizarre story.
Age of Colonies: Race of Empires
In the 19th century, India, Africa, and Indochina found themselves divided between European powers. But why was this colonization necessary? What did it bring to Europeans and what to the inhabitants of the colonies? How did the colonies help us understand the culture of the imperial capitals, and how did Western influence change the colonial world?
The Colonial Age: India's Path to Independence
India, the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, began to think very seriously about independence already at the end of the 19th century. But she managed to achieve success only with the advent of a new generation of politicians, including the famous Gandhi. How was life like in the most important colony in the world in the first half of the 20th century? And how did she manage to find her way to independence? Let's try to figure it out.
A Century of Change: The World of Islam in the Early 20th Century
Never, perhaps, has the world of Islam changed so rapidly as in the first half of the 20th century. Old empires disintegrated, giving birth to new states. Scripts changed, laws were rewritten, religious movements were banned, new fashions were introduced - yes, including European hats. Some people liked this and caused indignation among others, which means new disputes and conflicts flared up in the East.
A Century of Change: Japan and China before World War II
The first half of the 20th century turned out to be as bloody for the Far East as even the most terrible times rarely turn out to be. By the beginning of World War II, there were conflicts over the ruins of the collapsed Chinese empire and the expansion of the militaristic empire of the Japanese. Dictatorships fought for power, violence became the norm. But at the same time, Japanese art developed and magnificent Shanghai shone with all the lights.
A Century of Change: The Dictatorships of China, North Korea, Cambodia and Vietnam
The second half of the 20th century also turned out to be difficult for the East. It was during this period that large-scale dictatorial regimes emerged, which affected the fate of tens and sometimes hundreds of millions of people. China, North Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam - how did they survive the second half of the century and how much did it cost them?
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