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AP World History Chapter 13

AP World History Chapter 13. The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The Imperial Age Taika , Nara, and Heian (7th to 9th centuries). Borrowing from China at height. Taika Reforms.

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AP World History Chapter 13

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  1. AP World HistoryChapter 13 The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

  2. The Imperial AgeTaika, Nara, and Heian (7th to 9th centuries) • Borrowing from China at height

  3. Taika Reforms • Copy Chinese style of rule, two officials sent to China during Tang. They returned with information on government. • Bureaucracy, Central Government Stronger • Opposed by aristocracy, Buddhist monks

  4. Heian Period • Capital to Heian (Kyoto) • Abandons Taika reforms • Aristocracy restored to power • During the Heian the Fujiwara clan married their daughters to the heirs to the throne, thus ensuring their authority. • The pleasure loving emperors lost control of policy to aristocratic court families. • This loss of control led to Japanese Feudalism.

  5. Court Life in the Heian Era • Court culture • Codes of behavior • Aesthetic enjoyment • Poetry • Women and men take part • Lady Murasaki, Tale of Genji

  6. The Decline of Imperial Power • Fujiwara family • Dominate government • Cooperate with Buddhists • Elite cult • Regional lords (bushi) • Fortress bases • Semi-independent • Samurai • Warrior class emerges • Martial arts esteemed • Special code • Family honor • Death rather than defeat • Seppuku or hari-kiri • Peasants lose status, freedom • Salvationist Buddhism

  7. The Era of Warrior Dominance • By the 11th and 12th centuries • Family rivalries dominate • Taira, Minamoto • The Declining Influence of China • 838, Japanese embassies to China stopped • Gempei Wars • 1185, Minamoto victorious • Bakufu, military government • Kamakura, capital

  8. The Breakdown of Bakufu Dominance and the Age of the Warlords Yoritomo • Minamoto leader • Assassinates relatives • Death brings succession struggle Hojo family • Minamoto, emperor figureheads Ashikaga Takuaji • Minamoto • 14th century, overthrows Kamakura rule • Ashikaga Shogunate established • Emperor driven from Kyoto • Struggle weakens all authority

  9. Japanese Feudalism: 1467-1477, civil war among Ashikaga factions • The Age of Warlords divided Japan into 300 small states each ruled by a different Warlord. • The Emperor lost more control to the Shogons.

  10. Toward Barbarism? • Military Division and Social Change • Warfare becomes more brutal • Daimyo support commerce • Artistic Solace for a Troubled Age • Zen Buddhism • Important among elite • Point of contact with China

  11. Korea: Between China and Japan • Separate, but greatly influenced • Ancestors from Siberia, Manchuria • By 4th century B.C.E., farming, metalworking

  12. Tang Alliances and the Conquest of Korea • 109 B.C.E., Choson kingdom conquered by Han • Silla, Paekche • Koguryopeople • Resist Chinese dominance • Sinificationincreases after fall of the Han • Buddhism an important vehicle • Sinification: The Tributary Link • Silla, Koryo dynasties (668-1392) • Peak of Chinese influence • Silla politically independent

  13. Koryo Collapse, Dynastic Renewal Revolts • Caused by labor, tax burdens • Weaken Silla, Koryo governments 1231, Mongol invasion • Followed by turmoil 1392, Yi dynasty founded • Lasts until 1910

  14. The Making of Vietnam, Chinese push south to Red River valley Chinese push south to Red River valley Viets • Retain distinctiveness Qin • Raid into Vietnam, 220s B.C.E. • Commerce increased • Vietsconquer Red River lords Merge with Mon-Khmer, Tai Culture distinct from China • Women generally have higher status Conquest and Sinification • Han • Expand, Vietnam becomes a tributary • from 111 B.C.E., direct control • Chinese culture systematically introduced

  15. The Making of Vietnam Roots of Resistance • Resistance from aristocracy, peasants • Women participate • 39 C.E., Revolt of Trung sisters Winning Independence and Continuing Chinese Influences • Distance from China helps resistance • Independence by 939 until 19th century • Le Dynasty (980-1009) • Using Chinese-style bureaucracy

  16. The Making of Vietnam The Vietnamese Drive to the South • Indianized Khmer • Defeated, Viets expand into Mekong delta region Expansion and Division Hanoi • Far from frontiers • Cultural divisions develop following intermarriage with Chams, Khmers Nguyen dynasty • Capital at Hue, by late 1500s • Challenge Trinh in North • Rivalry until 18th century

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