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Rise to Power
Governi
ng China
SUI
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The Sui
dynasty also
had a stable
economy,
which was
militaristic,
and they
were
legalists.
Belief
Systems
Daily Life
Uniting China
The Grand
Canal promoted
trade by
connecting the
Yellow and
Yangzi rivers.
They Rebuilt the
great wall for
protection.
Farmers could
ship food
supplies for a
cheaper price
because of the
Grand Canal.
Public works
and central
military unified
empire.
Tang
(618907)
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The strong
government
led to a
strong, fierce
military force,
this military
led to the
expansion of
China and
the
reestablished
safety on the
Silk Road. All
government
officials
practiced and
followed
Confucianism
. That means
all
government
officials and
teachers
were men. All
of the
government
officials took
a civil service
exam. A civil
service exam
tests to see
how much
they know
about the
Confucian
study and the
law. The
higher they
score the
higher they
place in the
government.
The
government
made a
powerful
As a sign of wealth,
during the Tang
dynasty some noble
Chinese families
started binding their
daughters feet.
In the Tang
dynasty the rich
usually binded
the girls feet.
This would
make their feet
shape into a
ball, and this
made women
weaker. Due to
this it was hard
for women to
work, so this
meant that men
had to provide
the basic
materials to
survive. During
the Tang
Dynasty the
printing press
was invented,
clocks
gunpowder and
much more.
military that
couldnt be
stopped.
Song
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-effective
centralized
bureaucracy
-Elite families
important
locally
-Official must
pass the Civil
Service Exam
-the
mercantile
class grew in
power as
they became
wealthy
-Confucianism
remains the most
important official
philosophy
-Neo-Confucianism
added metaphysical
answers to many
Buddhist questions
-Buddhism
continued
-Taoism also
-Ancestor worship
-Poor farmers
remain the
same as always;
women still
oppressed
-City life
improves with
better food,
music, art, and
great
entertainment
-Many
opportunities for
travel
-Education
increases in the
city
-House and
architecture
improve
-magnetic
compass and
calculator (the
abacus)
invented
-Education
improved since
schools were
abundant.
Woodblock
printing made
books more
widely
available.
-Confucian
scholars were
respected
-Military was not
respected
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Kublai Khan
had a hard
time finding a
way to rule in
traditional
Chinese style
Social class
played a big
part in the Daily
Life of the Yuan
Dynasty.
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while keeping
power in the
hands of the
Mongols. He
implemented
bureaucracy,
but his
officials were
chosen from
noble foreign
families. This
way, he was
able to
maintain
control
without
giving power
to the former
dynastys
government
officials
Mongols were
the highest
class as Kublai
Khan was
Mongolian.
Then there
were the
foreigners, and
Chinese with
government
jobs. At the
bottom were
architects,
physicians,
astronomers,
military
engineers,
merchants,
poets, etc.
implementer to separate
the chinese and the
Mongols.
Chinese daily
life has since
changed, but
many old
customs are still
practiced daily.
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Zhu Yuanzhang
claimed the Mandate
of Heaven in 1368
and established the
Ming Dynasty. The
Ming Dynasty ruled
their empire for
almost 300 years,
prospered from freer
private trade and
industry and with
trade with Europeans,
and then it fell due to
internal rebellions
and the attack of the
Manchus.
-Capital
moved to
Beijing in
1421.
-Forbidden
City built for
Emperors
-Time of
greatest
wealth in
Chinese
-Neo-Confucianism
-Matteo Ricci
(Italian) the first
Christian missionary
started nearly 300
Catholic churches
but Christian
influence
condemned in late
Ming and early Qing
-Muslims and
Buddhists continued
to grow in influence
as well
-Cultural
Renaissance
New art,
literature and
musical styles
especially in
opera
GREAT china
dishes sold for
huge profit to
Europe
-Still
emphasizes
landscape and
nature scenes
history
-last native
Emperors in
Chinese
history.
-first to deal
with
Europeans
arriving
-Population of
about 100
million
-Centralized
authority
-Emperor
directly ruled
rather than
use chief
ministers as
Mongols had
-New
modernized
and
traditionally
Chinese code
of laws
written
-Civil service
exam reinstated
Chinese
scholarship
-Careful
records kept
(census,
-Literacy
increased and
books became
cheaper
because of the
printing press
and a stable
govt.
hereditary
social
hierarchy)
and used to
control
peasants and
strengthen
kingdom