Part 1: Context

All the historical backgrounds that you need to know to understand why history would go as the way it is.

China

  • A large scene depicting numerous workers in a hot, dusty environment, possibly a coal mine or similar industrial setting, engaged in manual labor.

    Beginning of the Century of Humiliation

    The start of the Opium War and how the conflict with the Great Britain was a fuse to the Century of Humiliation

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  • In this black and white photo, a young child is dressed in traditional Chinese royal attire and posing on a stone pathway leading to a large historical palace complex, likely the Forbidden City.

    Downfall of the Great Qing

    How have Qing dynasty came to an end and how China was being exploited by foreign imperial powers

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  • A black and white historic photograph of soldiers walking in formation, with some carrying a flag, during wartime.

    Age of Warlord and Republic of China

    How China have underwent a period of chaos and reunified a centralized government by forming the Republic of China

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The United States

  • Scenic landscape with a large lake in the foreground, surrounded by rolling green hills, and tall mountain ranges with rugged peaks in the background under a cloudy sky.

    Basic

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  • Snow-capped mountains under cloudy sky with a building and greenery in the foreground.

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  • Modern building with wooden siding situated in a mountainous landscape with green vegetation in the foreground and rugged mountains in the background.

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