The Chaos and Division of Asia's History

The assigned readings about Asian history lead a unified conclusion that the past (history) of Asia was characterized with chaos and internal divisions. “China, once again entered an era of divisiveness and chaos. Competing warlords dominated China for the next 350 years” (The Golden Age of China: 79). China is a perfect symbol of Asia’s history because if studied from the past, the history of China demonstrates how divisions took place in the country’s political and economic spheres. China’s history reveals how the religion led to emergence of chaos in the country. This shows that religion, in the history of Asia, was more divisive than uniting when individual countries considered their religions as different. Religious harmonization of Buddhism and Daoism was important to ending the wars that emerged from the struggle for influence between kingdoms (The Golden Age of China: 80). The main reason for religion causing division in Asia’s history was because of competition between two main religions, Buddhism and Daoism. Asia’s history did not have divisions that lasted forever. Certain historical events, especially the emergence of the Sui dynasty in China was crucial in unifying Asians. Leadership approach, especially Yang Jian’s, was critical in the unification of China. Art and philosophy were important aspects in the history of China according to the findings of this paper’s analysis. These aspects were used as part of the historic leadership styles in the continent. Asia’s history also has an aspect of patriarchal leadership, with only one woman becoming an emperor in China.

Asia’s history had conflicts that led to the rise and fall of different dynasties. The collapse of Han dynasty affected the political and economic system...

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The history of Asia shows a transition from a period of conflicts and wars to a period of unification. The mergence of strong dynasties with sharp divisions of their political interests was the main reason for polarization of China to a long period of war. Also, Asian’s had loose coordination between different countries as they initially thought independently. Religion, especially Buddhism, played an important role of transforming Asia. Buddhism had wider spread than Daoism and its teaching showed that their beliefs were similar. Art and philosophy were also significant in unifying Asia. Art works combined ideas from different nations, making Asians to believe that they were a large family. Philosophy promoted a shift from political culture to artistic culture. Unification of Asia created leadership space for women who had not led during the chaotic past.