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CHINESE DYNASTIES

CHINESE DYNASTIES. From 581 - 1644. Sui (581 - 618 CE). Completed Grand Canal High taxes, forced labor Made repairs on the Great Wall of China Rebels assassinated the Emperor. Tang (618 - 907 CE). Golden Age of China : Richest, most powerful country in the world. Rebuilt bureaucracy

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CHINESE DYNASTIES

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  1. CHINESE DYNASTIES From 581 - 1644

  2. Sui (581 - 618 CE) • Completed Grand Canal • High taxes, forced labor • Made repairs on the Great Wall of China • Rebels assassinated the Emperor

  3. Tang (618 - 907 CE) • Golden Age of China: Richest, most powerful country in the world. • Rebuilt bureaucracy • Examination system • Confucian education • Limited social mobility • Buddhism supported, then oppressed • Invention of movable print, porcelain, gun powder

  4. Tang Dynasty (618-918) • Empress Wu – (649-705) • Wu Zetian became the first and only woman to be Emperor – supported Buddhism. • Began a campaign to elevate the position of women. Said that the ideal ruler was one who ruled like a mother does over her children. • Meritocracy - Civil Service exams- best people ran the government and were treated fairly. • Reduced the army's size and stopped the influence of aristocratic military men. • Fairness to peasants- lowering taxes, raising agricultural production, and strengthening public works. Empress Wu

  5. The Golden Age Artistic, Technological and Industrial Developments Gunpowder and Rockets Porcelain - Chinaware Landscape art Moveable Type Chinese junks

  6. Tang (618 - 907 CE) Decline • Weak emperors, nomadic incursions, economic difficulties • Warlords take control

  7. Song (969 - 1279 CE) • Large centralized bureaucracy (Neo-Confucian) • Mercantile class grows, increased trade – silk and porcelain are big exports. • Magnetic compass, paper currency, growing sea power • Weak military

  8. Song Dynasty (960-1279) • Economic System: • Rise of the Merchant • The basic unit of payment was copper coins strung on a string, but these were heavy and cumbersome for use in large-scale transactions. The Song solution was to print paper money • Agricultural Advancements: • New developments in rice cultivation, especially the introduction of new strains from what is now Central Vietnam, spectacularly increased rice yields. Paper Money

  9. Yuan (1279 - 1368 CE) • Mongol Khubilai Khan conquers China • Economic stability and prosperity • China more open to trade and travel (Marco Polo) • Ignored Chinese traditions, replaced bureaucrats with non-Chinese • Unsuccessful attacks on Japan, corruption weakens dynasty • Peasant rebellion ends Yuan

  10. Ming (1368 - 1644 CE) • Tried to erase all signs of Mongols • Reinstated civil service, Confucian scholars • Eunuchs play growing role - resented by scholar gentry • Rebuilt and extended Great Wall and built the Forbidden City. • Distant overseas exploration…(Zheng He) • Collapsed after famines and riots

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