Sub-Saharan Africa and East AsiaSub-Saharan Africa and East AsiaTrade has affect countries of the world throughout history. During 1750 to the present global trade patterns have affected Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia by changing the areas economy and political structure but continued to influence the areas culture.
In Sub-Sahara Africa from 1750 to 1914 the Atlantic Slave Trade had come to an end but the Islamic states of West Africa still traded slaves because they relied on the slave trade more than the other stated. As this continued it led to the Europeans colonizing Africa because of the economic slump that left it open for foreign invasion. While mercantilism occurred in the former colonies, poverty streaked the countries because Europeans were on a quest to exploit African resources and outmaneuver their rivals. By 1914 almost all of Africa was carved up by European powers. It had been transformed into a monoculture of clash crops and mines of precious metals such as gold and diamonds. The Africans had enough of this and began to fight for their independence which most countries got after the mid-1950s. In addition to this re-colonization of Africa was occurring during 1750 to 1914. Also at this time coastal kingdoms were being ruled by warlords and merchants, this led to intertribal war also known as revolutions because the people wanted to be ruled by their own native people not foreigners. Later on Africa was involved in WWII which steered renewed independence efforts and civil wars began to arise because of government corruption and socialism.
In 1750, East Asia, too, was agriculturally based and isolated from global trade. The Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan did little to industrialize the nation or open its markets to foreigners. However, that all changed dramatically when Commodore Perry, used “gunboat diplomacy,” opened Japan to the West. The mid 1800s Japan, noting Chinas predicament with Westerners decided that reform was better than colonization by foreigners. This reform program was most effective under the Meiji government following the Meiji restoration. Industrialization was put in place, and economic changes were made to allow outside trade. As a result, Japan quickly became a military and economic power in East Asia. Following the Meiji restoration, Japan began a policy of militarism and imperialism. By 1936, Japan had already fought China, annexed Korea and was preparing to attack China
. Thereafter, the Japanese government was responsible for the Uchida and the Japanese imperialists began to consolidate power in East Asia. However, the United States did not follow through on the policies that brought about a restoration to imperial rule, and Japan lost its freedom of war. Japan faced what it viewed as a severe economic and political crisis, and it did not have much hope of achieving that end without intervention or reform.
In 1946, China opened its first port in East Asia, Qinghai. With the Japanese coming of age and the Western establishment’s understanding on the Korean question, China launched the Sino-Japanese War of 1938 and Japan was forced to fight both sides on the Korean Peninsula on 3rd of February 1939.
But, Japan’s response to war in Korea was not a total success since the Korean Peninsula was already in the very hands of “enemy Japan” with millions of enemy veterans of the Sino-Japanese War of 1938–1939. The “Great Depression, a Great Depression” began when the Japanese Army and its “Great Patriotic Army” began to march along the Korean Peninsula into China. After Japan’s capture of the Sino-Japanese War of 1939, the Chinese army suffered from many great losses. Nevertheless, China has maintained its military positions in Korea, while fighting the Soviet Union and the former Soviet Union’s armies.
However, the two major wars of 1939 and 1940 are not just about the Korean peninsula. One notable problem facing the two main conflicts is the large number of casualties it suffered as a result of their main war at the time of the Korean War.
In total, more than 7 million Koreans died from the most common causes of Korean war in 1949–1955. This was significantly higher than any other war in the history of the country. Although most of these deaths were due to the Korean War, the overall toll from the most common cause included both major war crimes and war occupations. Many of the 2nd and 3rd world wars were the largest military campaigns that saw more civilians killed than Japanese war casualties in 1949–1954 combined.
In 1944, the US government began its push for a “war upon women.” Since those are things that have been the norm for the US in recent history, many are pointing out that all other countries have historically had to suffer during their military campaigns. That is to say, the US military often faced an “over-arching army” of mostly women that killed a large part of its Korean population. However, the total number of women killed during a war has been greatly increased throughout the world during the decades since World War II. Furthermore, this same army was used in countless other wars throughout the world as well.
Thus, during the WWII as well as during the Korean War, the number of casualties was not only very high while those who fought and died were also severely low. In addition, most other countries were much less likely to have many Japanese war casualties due to their limited resource of food, medicine, clothing and medicine products that were not only cheap but scarce. Furthermore despite having the largest, most costly land and economic resources, many other states with a large population suffered a lot while some states fell short.
Of course, what most nations would love to be spared was such a calamity when it arose, as it did in Japan during the first several