Medieval China500s -1600s

GeographyChina is the fourth largest country in the world in terms of landmass. It currently has the highest population with over 3 billion people.

Southeast Asia has very good land for farming.

More than 90%of the world’srice comes fromAsia .

The Huang and Chang are the two most important rivers.

It has the tallest Mountain in the world:Mount Everest

Japan

ChinaLaos

Mount Everest

Himalayas

Religion

Confucius-> Confucianism

Buddha-> Buddhism

Laozi-> Daoism/Taoism

3 Philosophies

Spread of Buddhism

Achievements

Political Structure

Confucianism as a frameworkfor government.

The scholar-officials had to pass very difficult testsIn order to be in the government.

Empress Wu was the only woman to rule China!.

Chinese Dynasties• Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties reunified China• The Great Wall and Grand Canal were major geographical landmarks

The Yuan Dynasty

EconomicsTrade along the Grand Canal was a key mode of trade and growth for China. It was originally constructed in 5 BCE, but the Sui dynasty made the major connections.

Social StructureMerchants were high on the social structure as they were able to trade goods and bring wealth to China.

Once the Song Dynasty popularized the use of scholar-officials they became highly regarded.

Like in most Medieval societies the farmersand “peasants” made up most of thePopulation.

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