Chapter 10/11 Notes

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Medieval China
By
Ethan, Danny, Ryan, and Nick W.
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Standards

• The Tang Dynasty was able to pull people together
  and create a powerful dynasty
• Buddhism spread easily because people believed
  they would go to Nirvana or a state of complete
  peace

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Chapter 10 Chinas Golden Age
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Vocab of Ch.10

• Dynasty family that holds political power
  through many generations
• Merit system (S.C.S.E) process of hiring and
  promoting people based on talent and skills
  rather than on wealth or social status
• Daoism a belief that all things should follow
  the Dao if so then all will be well
• Neo-Confucianism Confucian thoughts and Buddhism
  and Daoism also
• Rice an easy to grow crop that was abundant and
  ripened quickly

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Main people of Ch. 10

• Tang Taizong a military leader who reunited
  China
• Empress Wu only woman emperor in Chinese history
• Siddhartha Gautama the teacher of Buddha and
  original Buddha
• Confucius great Chinese teacher and philosopher
• Zhu Xi a scholar-official and the most famous
  Neo-Confucian thinker

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Arts of Ch. 10

• Fine paintings in subtle colors
• Beautiful ceramic pieces of clay
• Glazed pottery of different subjects
• Temples and statues
• Chinese poetry

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Eras of Ch.10

• The Tang Era (618-907 ADC)
• The Song Era (960-1279 ADC)

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Main points of Tang Era

• Started in 618
• Tang Taizong started this Era
• Used bureaucracy for style of government
• Capital was Changan
• Golden Era for Chinese art
• Li Bo, one of the greatest poets in China, lived
  during the Tang
• Collapsed in 907

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Main Points of Song Era

• Started in 960
• Had good government, ruled by scholar-officials
• Used the Merit System to choose civil servants
• Moved south because of barbarian invasion from
  the north
• Four main religions were Daoism, Buddhism,
  Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism
• Increase in farming, technology, trade, and
  industry
• Ended in 1279

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Check Up Questions

1. In what way was the Song era a period of good
   government?
2. What were the four main religions?
3. What three key industries from Tang and Song
   periods?

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Chapter 11 The Mongols and The Ming
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Vocab for Ch. 11

• Ascendancy rise to a position of power
• Khan leader of Mongol tribe
• Despot cruel tyrannical leader
• Tributary state state that pays taxes in
  resources such as in food and supplies in place
  of trade
• Kowtow a custom that required touching the
  ground with ones forehead as a sign of respect
• Draft animal an animal used to pull a load

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Main people of Ch.11

• Genghis Khan a strong leader who built an army
  and conquered rival tribes
• Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty
• Marco Polo Famous European traveler who traveled
  along the Silk Road and brought information and
  goods back from China
• Hongwu founder of the Ming Dynasty and
  government, was a cruel despot
• Yongle Son of Hongwu, took power and continued
  his fathers policy of absolute power
• Zheng He Leader of maritime expeditions, court
  official

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Mongol Empire

• Largest empire the world has ever known
• Leader was Genghis Khan
• Took them 20 years to conquer China after they
  conquered the West
• Made a new social order with Mongols at the top
  and the Chinese at the bottom
• No civil service examinations, regional officials
  gained power

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Trade and Commerce

• Mongols encouraged trade and expanded commerce
• They reopened the Silk Road
• Mongols increased the status of merchants and
  didnt make them pay a special tax
• Traders and missionaries carried ideas and
  inventions from the Mongol Empire around the
  world

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Ming Dynasty

• Founded by Hongwu
• Hongwu revived Confucian values and the merit
  system
• Hongwus son Yongle came into power after
  Hongwus death and moved the capital from Nanjing
  to Beijing
• Created tributary system and used it to replace
  trade with foreign nations
• Began sea voyages in 1405, ended them in 1433

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Chinese Influence

• Trade brought Confucian and Buddhist ideas to
  Vietnam, Korea and Japan
• Vietnam, Korea and Japan adopted the Chinese
  writing system, painting style, music and
  architecture
• The Chinese invented paper and printing, which
  are still used today, as well as the magnetic
  compass and gunpowder
• Developed the wheelbarrow, the harness for draft
  animals, and draft pumps

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Works Cited

• Hart, Diane. "China's Golden Age." Medieval and
  Early Modern Times. 2006. Print.
• Hart, Diane. "China Under the Mongols and the
  Ming." Medieval and Early Modern Times.
       2006. Print.
• Google. Google Images. N.p., 25 Mar. 2011. Web.
  25 Mar. 2011.      lthttp//www.google.com/imghp?h
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• By Ryan, Nick, Danny and Ethan