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MONGOLIA HISTORY!!! In the late 12th century, a twenty year old Mongol named Temujin came out and united all the wandering tribes of Mongolia. In the year 1189, he was bestowed with the honorary name, Genghis  Khan, which means "universal king". The Manchu dynasty(a major Mongolian dynasty) took over in the year 1611 and ruled until 1911. The Manchu dynasty was very controlling and when this dynasty fell the right to choose what the people believed in came back to the common people. A group of Mongolian princes claimed the Buddha of Urga to be their king. Ties between Tibet and Mongolia are strong because many Mongolians deeply believe in Tibetan Bu ddhism. In the 1930's many Buddhist monks were arrested and executed. In 1990, finally, the freedom of religion returned to the Mongols. In 1960, a new constitution was enforced and in 1961 Mongolia became part of the United Nations.

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 China was once a ancient powerful country. It has a long, mysterious history that’s around 5,000 years. China was a big ancient country, as a result was divided into dynasties and empires, the oldest one is known as the Xia Dynasty. Other dynasties and empires were known as the Shang Dynasty, Western Chou, Eastern Chou, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Three Kingdoms, Sui Dynasty, T’ang Dynasty, Sung Dynasty, Mongols, and the Ming Dynasty. From the long history of China there are specific people that contributed to the development of the country and some are, Confucius and Emperor Li Shimin. China was a ancient country that was known for its great structural buildings. Recently, archeologists have found an ancient cave in Xian, China in 1974 and inside was a whole army of terracotta men. Surprisingly, each figure had a different facial expression. This terracotta army was meant to be guarding the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang di. Also, this discovery was one of the most significant ones of the 20th century. Like many other ancient states, there were times of conflict. At 481 BC, the period of the Warring States took place. This was when the nation broke up into seven states. The period of the Warring States is usually interpreted as a time of endless violent wars among the states. Finally in 221 BC, this dreadful period was bought to an end by Qin Shi Huang di. Hu unified all of the states into what we know as today, China.

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__JAPAN'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY__  Japan has faced many religious changes but there are two major periods that stand out. They are the Tokugawa and the Meiji. During the Tokugawa era, the people lost faith in their religions and practiced religions just for the sake of practicing religions. This happened to a lot of Buddhists. Neo-Confucianism helped unite Japan under the Tokugawa. During the Meiji period, Japan divided into the feudal and modern Japan. Reforms tried bringing the people of country together by religious views. This is the brief history of Japanese religion. media type="custom" key="5759763" = Taiwan History!!!! = == Taiwan was inhabited by aborigines of Malayan when Chinese from the areas now designated as Fukien and Kwangtung began setting it in the 7th century. The Portuguese explored Taiwan in 1590, naming it “the beautiful”. In 1624 the Dutch set up forts in the south, the Spanish in the north. The dutch forced out the Spanish in 1641 and they controlled the island at 1661. The Manchus seized the island in 1683 and held it until 1895, when is passed to Japan after the first Sino-Japanese War. It was target of heavy American bombing during World War II, and at the close of the war the island was restored to china. == == After the defeat of its armies on the mainland, the nationalist government of the Chiang Kai-Shek retreated to Taiwan in Dec. 1949. Chiang dominated the island, even though only 15% of the population consisted of the 1949 immigrants. He maintained a 600,000-man army in the hope of eventually recovering the mainland. Beijing viewed Taiwanese with suspicion and anger, referring to Taiwan as a breakaway province of China. The UN seat representing all of China was held by the Nationalists for over two decades before being lost in Oct. 1971 ==

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