Tang Dynasty
- Birthed from the fall of the Sui Dynasty - Roads built - Stable government due to iron fist - Was run on a bureaucracy - Powerful Military - Expansion of territory from Vietnam to Aral Sea - Tributary system utilized Japan - Shogun leaders - Heavily influenced by China |
Political:
Sui Dynasty -Strong central government - Strong military - Construction and completion of the grand Canal. - Rebellions lead to assassination and end of the Dynasty Song Dynasty
- Eurasian superpower - Weak government - Very bad financials Korea - Modeled after China - Subjected to China as an overlord after time Vietnam - Kings of Silla - Subjected to China as over lord |
Economic:
Sui Dynasty - Rice innovation (faster sprouting rice) from Vietnam is cultivated. - Iron tools developed |
Tang Dynasty - Porcelain Invented - Gun powder invented - Naval Innovations - Block printing developed - Travel and trade with South Asia is enhanced greatly - Paper money invented - Trade with Arabs, Persians, Indians and Malayans established - Capitol city of Chan'an |
Song Dynasty - Considered the most urbanized part of the world - Capitol city of Hand Gozhou - Metal barreled canons invented - Much Economic Growth - Trade continued and promoted heavily - Silk trade routes established and utilized |
Religion:
- Confucianism
- Daoism
- Buddhism begins in China being embraced by the Sui Dynasty but rejected from the Tang Dynasty
- Neo-Confucianism developed from Buddhist beliefs
- Laughing Buddha formed
- Confucianism
- Daoism
- Buddhism begins in China being embraced by the Sui Dynasty but rejected from the Tang Dynasty
- Neo-Confucianism developed from Buddhist beliefs
- Laughing Buddha formed
Society:
- Korea greatly influenced by China despite much denial - Chinese culture based on Confucian values and Daoist ideas - Japan greatly influenced by China as well though still very different - Japanese women were the least oppressed - Korean women were the most oppressed - Upper class Chinese women were very limited - The lower the class the more equal - Foot Binding very big in China |
Innovation:
- Izum Shikibu, a Japanese poet and lover, 975 CE - Japanese tale of Genji - Vietnamese "Chu Nom" language developed from the Chinese alphabet - Confucian Philosophy very dominating - Porcelain invented - Gun Powder invented - Block printing invented - Aristocracy educated (males primarily) |
Near Location:
- China Middle Earth
- Korean peninsula off of China
- Japan the island off of East China
- Vietnam just south of China
- A wide variety of climates ranging from cold to temperate
- Many rivers and mountains populate these lands
- Major cities are on the coasts
- China Middle Earth
- Korean peninsula off of China
- Japan the island off of East China
- Vietnam just south of China
- A wide variety of climates ranging from cold to temperate
- Many rivers and mountains populate these lands
- Major cities are on the coasts
http://buddhism.about.com/od/throughasiaandbeyond/a/chinahistory.htm
http://www2.uncp.edu/home/rwb/lecture_nonwest_world.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1973.120.6
https://www.google.com/search?q=song%20dynasty%20art
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https://www.google.com/search?q=korean%20temple&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=foot%20bingdin&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=Izum%20Shikibu&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=tale%20of%20genji&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=map%20of%20sui%2C%20tang%20and%20song%20dynasties&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=map%20of%20japan%20korea%20and%20vietnam&tbm=isch
By Amerika Jayme 4-11-14
http://www2.uncp.edu/home/rwb/lecture_nonwest_world.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1973.120.6
https://www.google.com/search?q=song%20dynasty%20art
Https.//www.google.com/search?q=laughing%20buddha&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=korean%20temple&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=foot%20bingdin&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=Izum%20Shikibu&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=tale%20of%20genji&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=map%20of%20sui%2C%20tang%20and%20song%20dynasties&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=map%20of%20japan%20korea%20and%20vietnam&tbm=isch
By Amerika Jayme 4-11-14