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China. Middle Imperial Era. China and Japan . Quiz: Tuesday, December 4 China, Chapter 12 p. 263-276 Japan, Chapter 13, 278-290 Chapter 13 hint: P 286-287 Due: Four pages of notes total Two pages for each Chapter. China: Reunification & Renaissance . Recall Political Developments:

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  1. China Middle Imperial Era

  2. China and Japan Quiz: Tuesday, December 4 China, Chapter 12 p. 263-276 Japan, Chapter 13, 278-290 Chapter 13 hint: P 286-287 Due: Four pages of notes total Two pages for each Chapter

  3. China: Reunification & Renaissance Recall Political Developments: • Sui Dynasty (589-618) • Reunification • Completion of Grand Canal connecting northern & southern China • Tang Dynasty (618-907) – expansion

  4. China during the Tang & Song Dynasties

  5. Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian Civil Service System • Reintroduced during Sui Dynasty; expanded in Tang & Song era, especially • Exams based on Confucian classics

  6. Economic Revolution • Population doubled during Song era • Agricultural prosperity • New variety of rice • New cash crops – e.g. tea, sugar • Dikes, reservoirs, & dams • Water pumps • P. 269

  7. Terraced rice paddies in southern China

  8. Economic Revolution Cont. • Commercial growth • Manufacturing expands during this period 1000-1450 • Internal trade, facilitated by canals & paper $ • Overseas maritime trade facilitated by magnetic compass & junks • Growth in industry • Esp. silk fabric, porcelain & paper • Water powered mills & bellows • Iron & steel

  9. Chinese Junks

  10. Urbanization (growth of cities) • E.g. Kaifeng & Hangzhou (p. 268)

  11. Other Technological Achievements • Gunpowder • Mechanical clock • Moveable type (printing) “Thunderbolt ball”

  12. Social Developments • Growth of scholar-elite • Declining status of women • Increasing legal restrictions • Demand in cities for domestic servants & concubines • Foot binding

  13. Ideal woman’s foot = 3” long!

  14. FOOT BINDING

  15. Lotus Shoes • The role of Women further diminishes during and after the Song Dynasty

  16. FOOT BINDING Q & A! • When did foot binding begin? • Tang Dynasty (618-907) among upper class • Why? • It’s beautiful. Right? • Another q: Would men find the deformed feet attractive? • Was it always the same? • No—It got much more debilitating (and widespread) during the later Qing Dynasty. (When was the Qing Dynasty?) • Last one – 1636-1911 • The ideal foot: approx. 3 inches long!

  17. Cultural Developments • Women poets as exception • Refined pastimes of the elite • Landscape painting

  18. P. 273-275

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