Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania Notes

Section 1: Trade & Exchange: The Silk Road in the Medieval World

Section 2: Japan in the Age of the Samurai (1180–1333)

Section 3: Exploration, trade and interaction in East Asia & South-East Asia (1405–1700)

Section 4: The Rise & Fall of the Mughal Empire (1526–1712)

Section 5: Colonialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia

Section 6: India, Afghanistan and Burma (1750–1919)

Section 7: Challenges to Traditional East Asian Societies (1700–1868)

Section 8: British Colonialism & Emerging National Identities in Oceania (1788–1919)

Section 9: Early Modernization & Imperial Decline in East Asia (1860–1912)

Section 10: Nationalism & Independence in India (1919–1964)

Section 11: Japan (1912–1990)

Section 12: China and Korea (1910–1950)

Section 13: Impact of the Second World War on South-East Asia

Section 14: The People’s Republic of China (1949–2005)

Section 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia

Section 16: Developments and Challenges in South Asia after 1947

Section 17: Oceania after the Second World War (1945–2005)

Section 18: Asia (excluding China, Japan and India) (1980–2005)