Early in the twentieth century, japan became the first east asian nation to defeat a european one. which country did they defeat?
a. great britain
b. russia
c. france
d. italy

battle of saint-mihiel, (12–16 september 1918), allied victory and the first u.s.-led offensive in world war i. the allied attack against the saint-mihiel salient provided the americans with an opportunity to use their forces on the western front en masse.

explanation:

the first forms of writing came from them in the form of pictographs around 3100 bc.