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Chapter 32 C+C Thesis: Though Qing China and Japan from the 1800’s to the 1900’s both experienced economic dependencies to European powers and their fair share of rebellions, Japan was able to quell their population and repel foreign influences while China fell victim to their unsolved problems.

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What advice would you offer to the last Ming emperor in 1635? Demonstrate your understanding of the problems facing China at this date, and the possible solutions that China might have taken in meeting these challenges.

Dear Son of Heaven,

In all seriousness, I come from the future, and would like to help His Highness in preventing the problems that will inevitably occur if His Highness does not change this current state that will lead to the fall of the Ming dynasty. First, I would like to advise His Highness to avoid giving too much power to His servants because that will cause the commoners to be unhappy in the long run. Secondly, I would kindly like to suggest taking more interest in government affairs rather than resting in your Forbidden City as the ruler of an empire must try to keep his empire and people safe. Lastly, I would like that you consider kicking out foreign people and not let them stay in the empire for too long, as they will try to take the land. All these suggestions that I give to His Highness are out of respect and care, and I carefully request that His Highness follow these advices. I bid you farewell, and hope that the Ming empire will stay safe.

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summarize and paraphrase the key arguments being made in this article:
 * it is important to study world history because it helps to deepen one’s understanding of past societies’ experiences
 * helps one to compare perspectives
 * prepares students for responsible citizenship in the contemporary world
 * moral reasons for studying WH as well.
 * facilitates engagements with different people and societies
 * encourages understanding and engagement with difference
 * Kwame Anthony Appiah “we should learn about people in other places, take an interest in their civilizations, their arguments, their errors their achievements, not because that will bring us to agreement, but because it will help us get used to one another”
 * teaches people that differences is not dangerous or distasteful
 * serious study of WH can help Americans to view the different people of the world with clearer eyes
 * the study of WH helps one to develop good judgement and wisdom
 * wisdom such as seeing things from multiple perspectives, understand complex situations realistically

Arguments that students, citizens, political leaders, and policy makers might make:
 * 1) besides feeling the need to help others, no nation has a responsibility to help others.
 * 2) though humans have been inventive and creative in the past to flourish, it has had a negative effect on the environment.

to wrap up: of all the fields of scholarship, WH offers most understanding of the world, has potential to promote engagements with different people, and has potential to develop good judgement.