imperial china
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- Han dynasty
- a golden age of prosperity in china
- Tang Dynasty
- buddism spreads from india to china
- song dynasty
- agricultural improvements food production allowing for growth in areas other then farming such as trade and commerce
- merit based exams begin
- during the song dynasty people of all classes become scholar officials through a merit based civil service exam... based on the works of Confucius
- gun powder invented
- allowed for greater invention later in time such as grenades artillery and bombs
- moveable type invented
- lowered the cost of printing and makes written materials more widely available
- yuan dynasty
- mongols establish this dynasty and greatly favor foreigners to fill important government positions
- paper making spreads to europe
- after over 1000 years the art of paper making finally spread to europe. paper then becomes crucial for recording and transmitting information.
- Zheng He
- had 7 maritime voyages display chinas power in ganging tributaries and expanding over the ming dynasty
- marco polo
- travels through europe as a guest of the mongol emperor kublia khan+ a book about his travels becomes a best seller in europe
- ming dynasty
- mongol rule ends and the ming dynasty is established. the ming dynasty built the forbidden city
- Tang Taizong
- the man who restored china to its glory he was a distinguished general
- wu zhao
- at the age of 13 the beautiful wu zhao arrived at the court of tang tazing to become one of the emperors secondary wives
- inventions
- compass, smallpox vaccine paper money clock rocket moveable type canal lock porcilain gun powder tea and a paddle boat
- khanates
- completed conquest of northern china and korea
- mongols as rulers
- while ferocious in war.. they were tolerant in peace
- mongol peace
- imposed stability and law
- kublai khan
- found the yuan dynasty , united china , extended rule twice sent 150,000 worriers to japan
- mogols and the chinese
- mongols kept the chinese out of government thought forgieners were trustworthy restred grand canal and extended it 135 miles
- foreign trade
- increased under kublia khan made caravans routes across central asia carried chinese products and inventions
- marco polo at the mongol court
- venitian trader/ traveled by caravan was captured and imprisoned khan sent him on government missions
- the end of the mongol rule
- yuan dynasty was overthrown kk died then dynasty began to fade rebelions start to brake out in 1300
- decline of the mongol rule
- golden horde rules russia for 250 years japs embraced influence of an outside culture last khanate fell in 1480
- harrow
- used in agriculture for rice patties
- terrace farming
- saved space allowed more people to farm and grow their own food
- harvested crops 2 times per year
- made them drought resistant
- growth + urbanization
- woman didnt work big growth in population
- western steppe
- dramatic weather changes more people in the west steppe then in the south trades with horses
- gentry
- upper class people attained status
- pastoralist lifestyle
- portable tests warefare