Compare and Contrast Japanese and Western Imperialism in...

Compare and Contrast Japanese and Western Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific 23 October 2013 at 18:10 The Japanese pursuit for an empire in South East Asia helped changed the balance of world power away from Europe, by taking their most lucrative colonies. Soon after the Japanese defeat in World War II, most of the colonies won their independence from their European masters. This essay will be arguing that despite the vast geographical distance and cultural, racial differences, as well as the different time periods involved, Japanese and European intentions were very similar, and that these similarities contributed to the weakening of Imperialism as a doctrine. To do so, this essay will be examining the reasons for the Japanese†¦show more content†¦The second problem was the Black Death, which was a bacteria that infected rats. As towns became over crowded and food became scarce, hundreds of millions of rats migrated to the towns. People lived with the rats in filthy conditions, allowing the fleas that became infected while infesting the rats to attack people and infect them too. Some historical sources claim up to 2/3 of Europe’s population were affected and half died. Lastly, European powers were constantly locked in power struggles such as the 100 Years War between England and France. Thousands were killed or crippled over sometimes only a few kilometres of territory. These problems all contributed to a chronic labour shortage. Landowners had too many crops and no-one to harvest them. Peasants and Serfs tried to take advantage of the situation by trying to implement new conditions, but landowners refused to lower quotas, even though there were fewer people to meet them. This led to revolt and some changes were put in place. Landowners started paying wages for the first time. The way Europe responded to this was by introducing mercantilism. 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