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History 7-10 / Year 8 / Knowledge and understanding / Asia-Pacific world
Curriculum content descriptions
interpretations about the Asian-Pacific society and events, and/or individuals and/or groups connected to the society (AC9HH8K16)
Elaborations
- Topic: Angkor/Khmer Empire
- discussing theories about the causes of and/or the factors that contributed to the decline of the Khmer Empire; for example, Tai invasions, economic decline as a result of Jayavarman VII’s building program, population growth and attempts to control trade routes, religious revolution through the rise of Theravada Buddhism, internal political tension, environmental challenges such as soil sterilisation, over-intensified land use, the development of an unstable climate through drought and monsoons, and the breakdown of Angkor’s water management system,456,Topic: Japan under the Shoguns
- evaluating the significance of the range of reasons for Japan’s closure to foreigners under the Tokugawa Shogunate and the impact of US Commodore Perry’s visit in 1853,456,Topic: Polynesian expansion across the Pacific
- explaining the challenges posed by the lack of written sources in understanding the history of Polynesia, such as changes in interpretations of Lapita culture being present in Vanuatu
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Cambodian history, Pacific Island history, Cultural interaction, Political systems, Feudalism, Political leaders, Japanese history, Land ownership