Evolution of Government in Korea and Vietnam: Influence, Comparison, and Resistance to Chinese Assimilation

  Explore the development of government in Korea from the era of the three kingdoms through the establishment of the post-Yuan Yi Dynasty. How did local and Chinese ideas and institutions influence this development? How did the early development of Vietnam compare and contrast with that of Korea? What were the similarities and differences in their relationship with the Chinese government and cultural influences? Was their relationship with China at all like Japan’s? Explain. Who were more successful in resisting Chinese assimilation Japan, Korea or Vietnam? Explain.