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Dynasties in China

Dynasties in China. Dynasties. Zhou: 1046-256 BC Period of Warring States Qin: 221 BC – 206 BC Han: 206 BC – 220 AD Period of Disorder: ~350 years, ends in 589 Sui: 589-618 Tang: 618-907 Song: 960-1279. Leaders of Dynasties. Qin Shi Huangdi Han Liu Bang, Empress Lu Wudi (141-87)

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Dynasties in China

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  1. Dynasties in China

  2. Dynasties • Zhou: 1046-256 BC • Period of Warring States • Qin: 221 BC – 206 BC • Han: 206 BC – 220 AD • Period of Disorder: ~350 years, ends in 589 • Sui: 589-618 • Tang: 618-907 • Song: 960-1279

  3. Leaders of Dynasties • Qin • Shi Huangdi • Han • Liu Bang, Empress Lu • Wudi (141-87) • Period of Disorder: ~350 years, ends in 589 • Sui: 589-618 • Wendi aka Yang Jian • Yang Di • Tang: 618-907 • Taizong, Wu Zhao • Xuanzong 712-756 • Song: 960-1279 • Taizu

  4. What was the downfall of each dynasty? • Qin • Harsh legalist policies made the people resentful • Quickly fell apart after Shi Huangdi died • Han • Wudi had to fight off the Xiongnu, weakened the empire although they didn’t collapse • 184 a Daoist sect called Yellow Turbans rebelled, led to collapse & warfare • Period of Disorder: ~350 years, ends in 589 • Sui: 589-618 • Yang Di (Wendi’s son) assassinated • Tang: 618-907 • Government weakened, lost land in Central & North Asia • Emperor was killed in 907 • Song: 960-1279 • Taizu

  5. What is going on with all these empires?! What’s the pattern?

  6. Let’s take a look at the cultural achievements of the Tang & Song Dynasties

  7. Woodblock Printing (Tang)Movable Type (Song)

  8. From Coins to Paper Money (Tang Dynasty)

  9. Porcelain, Magnetic Compass(Tang)

  10. Golden Age • During the Tang & Song Dynasties, China experienced a period of prosperity and growth • China’s population doubled • A great many inventions came about • Moveable type • Gunpowder • Porcelain • Magnetic compass • Mechanical clock for sailing • Paper money

  11. Golden Age • Agriculture • China imported a faster ripening form of rice • Trade • Tang rulers had control of the Silk Roads until their decline • Therefore, during the Song period, Chinese traders began to improve their sailing abilities & became the greatest sea power in the world. • Buddhism spread to Korea & Vietnam through trade • New ideas in Math and Astronomy spread to China through trade, including tea drinking!

  12. Art Tang poets, Li Bo & Du Fu were celebrated Song painters were very talented Song Painter Ju Ran Golden Age

  13. Golden Age • Society • Scholar-officials became a new upper class of society called gentry, as aristocracy began to decline • An urban middle class emerged of merchants, shopkeepers, artisans, & minor officials • The lowest urban class was made up of servants, soldiers & laborers • In the countryside, peasants still labored in the fields for the wealthy landowners

  14. Women The value of women’s work was devalued in the upper classes Upper class status of women was demonstrated by foot binding Lower class women were not as devalued because they were needed to work alongside their husbands in the fields Not So Golden Age

  15. Not So Golden Age

  16. Not So Golden Age

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