Japan remained neutral, fearing reprisals from more advanced militaries. Japan was colonized by the United States and forced to modernize. Following the model of Western imperialism, Japan expanded its empire. Japan opposed imperialism and fought for Asian sovereignty.
Kievan Russia traded with the Byzantines extensively. It was a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe, under the reign of the Rurik dynasty. Currently, the modern peoples of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia all claim Kievan Russia as their cultural ancestors.
The answer is D.
Although some of these were his side goals his overall main goal was to reunify the nation to avoid civil war.
Answer: The philosopher is John Locke. Although many idea like this appeared in greek the idea had its greatest currency in the 17th and 18th century.
