Lin Tse-tsu - sent to the port of Canton to stop the illegal opium trade., First Opium War - clash between the British and Chinese forces, Treaty of Tientsin - a treaty that includes the legalization of the opium trade., Hideyoshi - ordered the expulsion of the Portuguese, Matthew Perry - dispatched with orders to open the Japanese islands to navigation, commerce, and diplomatic relations., Treaty of Yandabo - treaty wherein Burma was forced to pay war indemnity, Meiji Restoration - restoration of the emperor as the absolute ruler of Japan, Treaty of Saigon - treaty wherein France acquired additional territories., Thailand - Siam is the old name of this Southeast Asian country, Sun Yat-sen - Father of Republic of China., Aung San Su Kyi - Myanmar democracy icon who was seen as the beacon for human rights., Sati - practice of wives immolating themselves to death on their husband’s pyre, Empress Dowager - controversial woman who became queen that led China into the modern age, Purdah - required women to conceal their skin and body from males, Jauhar - practice of wives and daughters of defeated warriors, voluntarily immolating themselves, Devadasis - the practice of “marrying” women to a deity or to a temple, Foot Binding - practice in China that while the girls are still young and their bones were supple, their feet were bound to prevent these from growing, Lily Foot - attract men from well-to-do families, March 8 - official date of celebrating World International Women’s Day, Noor Shah Jahan - the 20th and last wife of the fourth Mughal emperor, Jahangir,

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