Chapter 14 Introduction
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Unit 3
From Isolation to Adaptation
Chapter 14 Introduction
In what ways might a country's choice to remain isolated both reflect its worldview and result from worldview?
Japan became a completely isolated country with no one leaving and no
one coming in – so much so that Japanese sailors who landed in foreign
places were not allowed to return home because it was feared that they
would “contaminate” the Japanese people.
How could Japan become that isolated? How did such an isolated people live? What did they believe?
