http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/96227 Issue 2 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:56:57 GMT 2026-04-06T20:56:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97154 The Role of Korea in Cultural Transmission between China and Japan during the Three Kingdoms Period; ; ; This article is about the latest results of Korea’s transmitting role in the era of the Three Kingdoms focusing on Buddhist thoughts and artistry. Our claim is to proof that China as the main source of culture, Korea and Japan created an influential circle in north‑east Asia. Monks carried philosophy, administrative system and artistry mostly but merchants, artisans were important participants of this cultural process too. The Three Kingdoms: Silla Paekche and Koguryŏ maintained cultural connections with China and Japan severally but along with the progress of the inner connections and the formation of the regional cultural characteristics a collective influential area evolved during the 5th to 8th centuries. We could use the latest archaeological evidences of architecture and graphic arts but other also sources to confirm our new viewpoint. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97154 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97123 Great Britain, Germany, and the Selected Railway Problems in China, 1907–1908; ; ; The contribution, which is based on unpublished sources from the National Archives in London and the Political Archive in Berlin (Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amts), aims to present and analyze the British and German view of the complicated question of railway‑building in China at the end of the Qing Empire era — concretely in the years 1907–1908. The author will turn his attention to the British and German economic interests in this country with special regard to the building of the Chinese railways, which were conducted by foreign companies. He will define the construction of railways as a policy of following the political and economic interests of the Great Powers in China. The contribution will also focus on the question of the British and German methods to gain railway concession and how successful London and Berlin was in its policy and whether it was able to take advantage of its opportunities. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97123 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97130 Feinde Widerwillen? Französisch‑burgundischer Discours über den Vertrag in Troyes; ; ; The Treaty of Troyes meant a fundamental breakthrough in relations between the Duke of Burgundy and French Kingdom, as well as between him and England. The article is using chosen narrative sources to try to analyse forms of perception of the identitity of Burgundy in relation to both partners, particularly France. It leads to a conclusion that it is possible to follow two marginal, mutually influential attitudes: the tendency to an independent political consciousness whose initiator is the land of Flanders and the tendency to include this consciousness into historical tradition of France. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97130 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97023 Russisch‑deutsche Beziehungen nach der Thronbesteigung Wilhelms II.; ; ; The study analyses the German foreign policy after ascension of the German Emperor and Prussian King Wilhelm II, in detail its relations with the Russian Empire and the transformation of the alliance system. It analyses the causes of the deterioration of the German‑Russian relations through observing the foreign‑political, economic and personal aspects. It answers the questions, why the German leadership did not continue in Bismarck’s alliance system, why it refused a treaty relationship with Russia based on the Reinsurance Treaty, and who specifically was responsible for that decision in the ranks of the German governing elite. The author claims that the German foreign policy was not able to timely notice the Russian shift of interest from the Balkans to Middle Asia. At the same time the author points out that even before Bismarck’s departure the German‑Russian trade war had raged, the significance of the Reinsurance Treaty had declined and the later cancelling of the treaty was not the beginning but the end of the disrupted relations between Petersburg and Berlin. The false impression of German diplomats that Great Britain wanted to give up its ‘splendid isolation’ and join the Triple Alliance can be seen as the other important impulse leading to the breakdown of the treaty. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97023 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z