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APRIL 21 – AP COMP GOV – HISTORYAgenda:• Country Briefs• Notes: Dynastic
History of China (finish)
Homework:• Read p. 296-306
(Political Regime)
Take out:• Pen/Pencil• Notebook
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FIVE DYNASTIES – 907-960 CE• Politically and
Militarily unremarkable
• Dominated by political unrest – controlled by five short-lived dynasties
• Development of “China” – porcelain whiteware
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NORTHERN SUNG (SONG) – 960-1126 CE• Third “Golden Age” -
high point of Chinese classical culture
• Philosophical and artistic development
• Political centralization• Economic growth• Scientific innovation • Adoption of Neo-
Confucianism as the official state ideology
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SOUTHERN SUNG (SONG) – 1127-1279 CE• Invaders from
Mongolia drive Chinese Empire South
• Marked by unrest and military conflict
• Capital established at Hangzhou (Huangzhou)
• Trade and economy severely limited
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MONGOL RULE – YUAN DYNASTY – 1280-1365 CE• Empire established
by Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis)
• Reopen and expand international trade
• Marco Polo (et. al.) visit• Western interest in the
East begins• Capital established at
Beijing
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THE MONGOLIAN EMPIRE
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MING DYNASTY – 1368-1644 CE• Established sophisticated
agricultural and trade-based economy• Rise of a large middle-class• Treasure Ships – trade and
discovery• Developed a strong
centralized bureaucracy and military
• Great Wall of China completed
• Forbidden city constructed
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CH’ING (QING) DYNASTY – 1644-1912 CE• 1644 - Manchu Qing
Dynasty drives out Ming. • Chinese empire reaches its
zenith, with the annexation of Tibet, Mongolia and present-day Xinjiang (Turkestan).
• 19th Century - Qing Dynasty begins a long decline. • Western powers impose
"unequal treaties" that create foreign concessions in China's ports
• Regional warlords rise as central government atrophies
• Foreign influence grows: political, economic, religious
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QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER• How does the dynastic history of China
effect our understanding of modern China?• Which elements of this long and
complicated history have a lasting effect on China today?
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“BOXER REBELLION” - 1899-1901• Uprising in Northern
China seeks to stifle reforms in the Qing administration, drive out foreigners and re-establish traditional rule.
• Rebellion defeated by foreign intervention
• With Western powers, Russia and Japan extracted further concessions from weakened Qing government
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RISE OF THE REPUBLIC1911-12 - • Military revolts by reform-
minded officers lead to proclamation of Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen and abdication of last Qing emperor.
• Republic struggles to consolidate its rule amid regional warlordism and the rise of the Communist Party.
1925 – • Death of Sun Yat-sen brings
Chiang Kai-shek to the fore. • Breaks with the Communists
and confirms the governing Kuomintang as a nationalist party.
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THE REPUBLIC• 1931-45 - Japan
invades and gradually occupies more and more of China.
• 1934-35 - Mao Zedong emerges as Communist leader during the party's "Long March" to its new base in Shaanxi Province.
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COMMUNISM IN CHINA• Watch the following video, and answer the
questions below:• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZPvHV0A6GU1 - What events led up to the adoption of Communism in China? What was the appeal of Communism? 2 – How was Soviet Communism similar to and different from Chinese Communism?