One reason why Japan has such a distinctive culture is because it was closed off from the world from 1623 to 1641. The Tokugawa Shogunate closed Japan because they were afraid of all the new ideas and cultures that came from trading. Because of this period of isolation, Japan created their own unique culture without being influenced by any western ideas.
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New Weapons Turn The Tide
With the new military technology, not only changed the War of the 100 years, but the whole war began to change in the world, like the English using cannons that could destroy the French castles; and new weapons like crossbows, which could shoot more arrows. While, among the French, the feeling of patriotism and nationalism began to grow as well, the English began to change the concept of fiefs, since the English needed large armies instead of feudal lords. The Italian cities flourished while England and France were recovering, and those Italian cities brought the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Age of Exploration.
Carter describes the two administrations of Nixon and Ford as distrustful
<span>"Two
Republican Administrations (Nixon and
Ford) have both misused and mismanaged the powers of national government,
obstructing (blocking) the pursuit of
economic and social opportunity, causing unnecessary hardship and despair among
millions of our fellow citizens.</span><span>Two Republican Administrations have betrayed the
people's trust and have created suspicion and distrust of government through
illegal and unconstitutional actions"</span>
<span>I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
</span>
So that America will live up to the standards that it was founded on. he wanted to end all of the cruelty and the hypocrisy that degraded the values of America as a nation
