Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Quick reference
A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
... East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere The pseudo-political and economic union of Japanese-dominated Asian and Pacific territories during World War II. In the aftermath of Japan’s dramatic conquests of 1941–42 , some nationalist leaders (for example, Indonesia’s Sukarno and Burma’s Aung San ) collaborated with the Japanese for tactical reasons. However, the hardships wrought by the Japanese (principally through their requisitioning of supplies and use of forced labour) soon disabused the local populations about Japan’s intentions. By the end of the war, the...
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere Reference library
Ian Nish
The Oxford Companion to World War II
...the establishment of the Co-prosperity Sphere’, which seemed to influence the thinking of the government. Here for the first time we have an attempt at a definition of the sphere. The document divided it into three areas: the Inner Sphere (Japan, Manchukuo, North China, the lower Yangtse valley, and the Soviet Maritime area); the Smaller Co-prosperity Sphere (including the Inner Sphere, plus Eastern Siberia, China, French Indo-China, and the Nanyo or South-East Asia; and the Greater Co-prosperity Sphere (including the Smaller Sphere, plus Australia, India, and...
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere Quick reference
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere A blueprint for Asia proposed by the Japanese government during World War II, both in an attempt to excite Asian nationalism and to justify its military conquests in the region. Japan's promotion of a sphere from which the European powers were to be excluded was viewed by the Allies as thinly disguised propaganda to serve Japan's aggressive purposes in the region. However, for some Asian nationalists, Japan's establishment of a new order in Asia did win some sympathy, and a number of groups, particularly in Burma...
1 Maccabees Reference library
U. Rappaport and U. Rappaport
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...whole sphere of Roman influence. My opinion tends to the list being accurate, that the letter was indeed sent to those addressees, with intent to demonstrate the wide extent of Roman activity and influence, especially in the east ( see Rappaport 1995 b : 282 ). Most of the kings and cities mentioned in the list need no comment. Ariarathes V was king of Cappadocia, 162–130 bce ; for Arsaces see at 14:2 . The name Sampsames is unknown and probably corrupt. Among the suggestions made to replace it are Lampsakos and Amisos (in western and northern Asia Minor...
Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period Reference library
Mary Joan Winn Leith
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...administered Temple ensured the prosperity of the land by honoring the demands of the Temple's chief inhabitant, Yahweh. The exiles could claim with Ezekiel that knowledge of proper ritual practice belonged to the exiled priestly elite, of whom Ezekiel was one, not to the humbler levels of Judean society who had been beneath the notice of socially discriminating Babylonian deporters. On a more pragmatic level, a well-run sacrificial ritual collected and redistributed the land's produce and, ideally, fostered prosperity and political stability. ...
Revelation Reference library
Richard Bauckham and R. N. Whybray
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...the east’ ( 16:12 ) who accompany the returning Nero on his return. Their ‘one hour’ of co-rule with the beast is clear proof that none of Revelation's time periods should be understood literally. v. 14 , this anticipates the account of the parousia in 19:11–21 . As the beast has his allies, so Christ is accompanied by his saints ( cf. 19:14 ). v. 16 , Revelation here exploits the contradiction between the two pagan Roman expectations: the admiring belief in Rome's self-promotion as ‘the eternal city’, and the rebellious hope of a conqueror from the east who...
1 & 2 Kings Reference library
Walter Dietrich, Walter Dietrich, and Walter Dietrich
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...Red Sea from East Africa, or via Tarshish (probably Tartessos), i.e. the Mediterranean, from West Africa, as v. 22 may suggest. The lion and bull decorations symbolize power, almost superhuman power ( cf. 7:29 ). Notes in vv. 26–9 on armament and arms trade are historically interesting. David lamed captured horses, not knowing what else to do with them ( 2 Sam 8:4 ). Solomon had a large chariot fleet (which is, however, not as large here as in 5:6 ). He also profited from serving as an agent for the export of arms from Egypt to Syria and Asia Minor: a...
Netherlands East Indies
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French Indo-China
Subhas Chandra Bose
anti-imperialism
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Konoe Fumimaro
