chinese dynasties
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CHINESE DYNASTIES. From 581 - 1644. Sui (581 - 618 CE). Completed Grand Canal High taxes, forced labor Made repairs on the Great Wall of China Rebels assassinated the Emperor. Tang (618 - 907 CE). Golden Age of China : Richest, most powerful country in the world. Rebuilt bureaucracy - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CHINESE DYNASTIESFrom
581 - 1644
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Sui (581 - 618 CE)
• Completed Grand Canal
• High taxes, forced labor
• Made repairs on the Great Wall of China
• Rebels assassinated the Emperor
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Tang (618 - 907 CE)
• Golden Age of China: Richest, most powerful country in the world.
• Rebuilt bureaucracy– Examination system– Confucian education– Limited social mobility
• Buddhism supported, then oppressed• Invention of movable print, porcelain,
gun powder
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Tang Dynasty (618-918)Tang Dynasty (618-918)
Empress Wu
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The Golden AgeThe Golden AgeArtistic, Technological and Industrial Developments
Gunpowder and Rockets
Moveable Type
Chinese junks
Porcelain - Chinaware
Landscape art
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Tang (618 - 907 CE)
Decline
• Weak emperors, nomadic incursions, economic difficulties
• Warlords take control
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Song (969 - 1279 CE)
• Large centralized bureaucracy (Neo-Confucian)
• Mercantile class grows, increased trade – silk and porcelain are big exports.
• Magnetic compass, paper currency, growing sea power
• Weak military
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Song Dynasty (960-1279)Song Dynasty (960-1279)Economic System:
•Rise of the Merchant
•The basic unit of payment was copper coins strung on a string, but these were heavy and cumbersome for use in large-
scale transactions. The Song solution was to print paper money
Agricultural Advancements:
• New developments in rice cultivation, especially the introduction of new strains
from what is now Central Vietnam, spectacularly increased rice yields.
Paper Money
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Yuan (1279 - 1368 CE)
• Mongol Khubilai Khan conquers China• Economic stability and prosperity• China more open to trade and travel (Marco
Polo)• Ignored Chinese traditions, replaced
bureaucrats with non-Chinese• Unsuccessful attacks on Japan, corruption
weakens dynasty• Peasant rebellion ends Yuan
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Ming (1368 - 1644 CE)
• Tried to erase all signs of Mongols
• Reinstated civil service, Confucian scholars
• Eunuchs play growing role - resented by scholar gentry
• Rebuilt and extended Great Wall and built the Forbidden City.
• Distant overseas exploration…(Zheng He)
• Collapsed after famines and riots
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