1. The Great Divergence |
2. Limitation of the Five Themes & Japan |
3. Medieval Warm Period & the Little Ice Age |
4. Material Culture vs. Nonmaterial Culture |
5. Social Hierarchy: East vs. West |
6. Geopolitical Situation: East vs. West |
7. Feudal Japan & the Age of Warring States |
8. Unification & Isolation of Japan |
9. Ascendancy & Expansion of China (under the Ming) |
10. Stagnation & Decline of China's Relative Power (under the Ming & Qing) |