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Expansion of Asia: 600 to 1450

Expansion of Asia: 600 to 1450. AP World History Ms. Kamburov. Chinese Dynasties Chronology. Shang Zhou Period of Warring States Qin Han Tang Song Brief period of Mongol rule Ming. Tang & Song. Grouped together Tang expanded China

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Expansion of Asia: 600 to 1450

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  1. Expansion of Asia: 600 to 1450 AP World History Ms. Kamburov

  2. Chinese Dynasties Chronology • Shang • Zhou • Period of Warring States • Qin • Han • Tang • Song • Brief period of Mongol rule • Ming

  3. Tang & Song • Grouped together • Tang expanded China • Fell due to overexpansion and feuds between local warlords • Song • Fell due to Mongol invasion • Eventually Mongols were driven out and replaced with the Ming dynasty

  4. Tang Expansion

  5. Song

  6. Tang & Song Accomplishments • Tang – most famous for poetry • Tells us about daily life in China during that time • Under the Song dynasty, China developed printing processes (also increased use of gunpowder) • This facilitated the spread of literacy and later influenced education, etc. in Korea & Japan • DQ: Where else did printing processes simultaneously develop?

  7. Tang Poetry At Partingby Wang Wei I dismount from my horse and I offer you wine, And I ask you where you are going and why. And you answer: "I am discontent And would rest at the foot of the southern mountain. So give me leave and ask me no questions. White clouds pass there without end."

  8. Political Stability • Under the Tang & Song dynasties, China was very stable • Bureaucratic system based on merit • Thus, civil service became a meritocracy as opposed to aristocracy • DQ: Who developed this system? • Extensive transportation and communication network within empire • Introduction of paper money and letters of credit • Urban base (e.g. Tang power was concentrated in Chang’an)

  9. Wu Zhao • First and only Empress of China • Ruled under the Tang dynasty • Ironically, China was at this time (600 – 1450) highly patriarchal • Women enjoyed very few rights • Foot-binding widespread under the Song dynasty

  10. Medical Effects

  11. Medical Effects

  12. Japan • Most important ruling family was the Yamato clan – the first and ONLY dynasty to rule Japan • Eventually government fell into the control of the Fujiwara family while the emperor remained a figurehead

  13. Feudalism in Japan • Developed around the same time as in Europe • Emperor – king/monarch • Shogun – chief general or high lord • Daimyo samurai – lords or knights • Lesser samurai – given land by daimyo samurai • Peasants & artisans

  14. Samurai • Followed the Code of Bushido • Similar to Code of Chivalry for European knights • Stressed loyalty, courage & honor • If a samurai failed to meet his obligations, he was supposed to commit suicide

  15. The Mongols • Nomads • Superb horsemen and archers • Rivalries between tribes and clans prevented unity until Genghis Khan set them on a unified path of expansion • Led the Mongol invasion of China • Eventually the Mongol Empire spanned from the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe • Golden Horde in Russia • DQ: What major trade routes can you identify in the following map?

  16. Mongol Empire

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